September Hat

The worked in the round from the bottom up on a circular needle in brioche stitch. The stitches are cast on using the Italian cast-on technique to create a nice and neat edge. The top of the hat is shaped with decreases.

Please note that working brioche stitch in the round on a circular needle means that the brioche stitches are knitted on every other round and purled on every other round.

Sizes: Fits head circumference of 53 – 55 (55 – 58) cm 20¾-21¾ (21¾-22¾) inches

Gauge: 12 sts x 38 rows = 10 x 10 cm 4 x 4 inches in brioche stitch with one strand of each yarn on 4,5 mm US7 needles, measured while lightly pushing the swatch out to the sides (slightly stretched)

Needles: Circular needles: 4.5 mm US7 / 40 cm 16 inches ; Double-pointed needles: 4.5 mm US7 (unless the Magic Loop technique is used)

Materials: Suggestion 1: 100 (100) g Peer Gynt by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 91 m 98 yds ) or Peruvian Highland Wool by Filcolana (50 g = 100 m 109 yds ) held together with 50 (50) g Alpakka Følgetråd by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 400 m 437 yds ) or 25 (25) g Tynn Silk Mohair by Sandnes Garn (25 g = 212 m 232 yds )

Suggestion 2: 50 (50) g Sunday by Sandnes Garn (50 g = 235 m 257 yds ) (one strands) held together with 50 (50) g Tynn Silk Mohair by Sandnes Garn (25 g = 212 m 232 yds ) (two strands

Difficulty: ★ ★ ★ (3 out of 5