The Winter Sunrise Hat by Elinor Brown is perfect for winter. The pattern starts with a provisional cast on. Following the chart, I knit the hat up to the top. The knit decreases form their own lovely colourwork pattern ridges. Once the stranded knitting and decreases are done, the provisional stitches are picked up and […]
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DIY: Knit Diamond Hat and Free Pattern by Anne Mizoguchi
The Diamond Hat is a free pattern by Anne Mizoguchi, one of a series of colourwork hats. I used three colours of Rooster Almerino DK, a soft alpaca-merino blend yarn. I used Ocean as the main colour, and Gooseberry and Smoothie as the contrast colours. Since I have a loose gauge, I used 3.0 circular […]
DIY: Knit Herringbone Hat and Free Pattern by Anne Mizoguchi
The Herringbone Hat is part of a series of three free stranded colourwork hat patterns by Anne Mizoguchi. To knit the hat, I used Rowan Superfine Merino DK in the Aubergine and Sky colourways. This allowed for good practice in choosing colours for colour dominance. Since I am still relatively new to stranded knitting, I […]
DIY: Crochet Brioche Beanie and Free Pattern by Nerissa Muijs
This is the Brioche Beanie, a free crochet pattern by Nerissa Muijs. It’s a beautiful and quick hat pattern that mimics the look of the knit brioche stitch. To crochet the Brioche Beanie, I used a 5.0 mm hook. My gauge is very tight in crochet and I always have to size up by at […]
DIY: Knit Undergrowth Hat and Free Pattern by Mandy Powers
The Undergrowth Hat by Mandy Powers was published in Knitty Magazine, Winter 2011. Beautiful leaves, inspired by hostas, adorn the hat in stranded colourwork. When I first joined Ravelry, I remember seeing this hat pattern and I fell in love with it. At the time, though, I didn’t know how to knit (I only learned […]