Original design by Becky Herrick
Becky Herrick lives and knits in northern Vermont. She loves knitting for all seasons but the chilly weather inspires her to design warm, functional knitwear. If you have any questions or comments you can contact her directly at becky.herrick@gmail.com. If you’d like to see what she’s up to right now check out her blog at beckyinvt.wordpress.com.
Nordic stranded colorwork and complementary spiraling stripes make these hat and mittens a set. The angora halo gives the yarn its softness and allows the colors to blend. The hat and mitten cuffs are bordered with left and right facing braids created using purled stitches. The shape of this hat is inspired by pillbox style hats, and the pointy mittens remind me of the mittens my great-aunt once knit for my siblings and I when we were children.
Pattern Availability: pdf download - $6.00
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Craft: Knitting
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Materials:
Yarn - Hat: Classic Elite Yarns, Fresco (60% wool, 30% baby alpaca, 10% angora; 164yds [150 m]/1.76 oz [50 gm]; CYCA x: #5378, brown (MC), 1(1, 1, 1, 2) skeins, #5364, blue (CC), 1(1, 1, 1, 1) skein.
Mittens: Classic Elite Yarns, Fresco (60% wool, 30% baby alpaca, 10% angora; 164yds [150 m]/1.76 oz [50 gm]; CYCA x: #5378, brown (MC),1(1, 1) skein, #5364, blue (CC), 1(1, 1) skein
Needles - US 2 (2.75 mm) dpns; US 3 (3.25 mm) dpns.
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.
Notions - 1 unique marker for beginning/end of round; 11 st markers for repeats; tapestry needle; scrap yarn.
Gauge: 29 sts and 34 rows = 4" in colorwork on larger needles; 31.5 sts and 35 rows = 4" in colorwork on smaller needles
Available Sizes: Hat - XS (S, M, L, XL);
Mittens - S (M, L)
Measurements: Hat - 18.25 (19.5, 21, 22.5, 23.75)" x 4.5 (5.5, 5.5, 5.5, 6.75)".
Mittens - 6 (7.5, 9)" x 7.25 (7.75, 8.25)"
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