Product description

The eye-catching Scandinavian-style motifs of the Galloway Cardigan have been revisited in the Galloway Hat, knit in Peerie for colorwork that simply sings. Peerie’s worsted-spun construction results in boldly and brightly defined colorwork and soft yet strong fabric that will wear well on many an adventure. Enjoy choosing your four-color palette unreservedly — the rounds of the chart only use two colors at once! And with two lengths, two brim styles, optional pom-poms, and 45 colors of Peerie at your fingertips, you can think up nearly limitless combinations for every member of the family.

Download a Galloway Hat coloring sheet and start exploring the possibilities of Peerie’s colorway palette.

Designer: Jared Flood

Collection: Holiday 2018

 

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Galloway Hat

Colorwork Hat

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Skill Level 3 of 5
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  • Product description

    The eye-catching Scandinavian-style motifs of the Galloway Cardigan have been revisited in the Galloway Hat, knit in Peerie for colorwork that simply sings. Peerie’s worsted-spun construction results in boldly and brightly defined colorwork and soft yet strong fabric that will wear well on many an adventure. Enjoy choosing your four-color palette unreservedly — the rounds of the chart only use two colors at once! And with two lengths, two brim styles, optional pom-poms, and 45 colors of Peerie at your fingertips, you can think up nearly limitless combinations for every member of the family.

    Download a Galloway Hat coloring sheet and start exploring the possibilities of Peerie’s colorway palette.

    Designer: Jared Flood

    Collection: Holiday 2018

     

  • Pattern materials

    YARN

    Brooklyn Tweed Peerie (100% American Merino wool; 210 yards/50 grams)

    • 1 skein of Main Color (MC); 1 skein of Color 1 (C1); 1 skein of Color 2 (C2); 1 skein of Color 3 (C3)
    • The optional pom-pom requires approximately ½ skein of Peerie. Purchase an additional skein if you would like to use the MC as your pom-pom, or you can use the remainder of yarn from C1, C2, and/or C3!


    Sample photographed in colors:

    • Alizarin (MC), Muslin (C2), Mesa (C3) & Palazzo (C4)
    • Burnished (MC), Seaglass (C1), Lovat (C2) & Humpback (C3)
    • Norway (MC), Burnished (C1), Tincture (C2) & Hammock (C3)
    • Fleet (MC), Seaglass (C1), Aurora (C2) & Treehouse (C3)


    YARDAGE

    • Beanie version: 111 yards MC*; 28 yards C1; 28 yards C2; 49 yards C3 of fingering weight wool yarn
    • Slouchy version: 125 yards MC*; 30 yards C1; 28 yards C2; 49 yards C3 of fingering weight wool yarn
    • The optional pom-pom requires approximately 105 yards of fingering weight yarn.


    *If working the Doubled Brim for either version add an extra 35 yards of MC.

  • Pattern specs

    CONSTRUCTION

    • The hat is worked circularly from brim to crown.


    GAUGE

    • 28 stitches & 28 rounds = 4″ in stranded stockinette stitch with Size A needle(s), after blocking


    NEEDLES

    Size A (for Main Fabric)

    • One 16″ circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
    • Suggested Size: 2.75 mm (US 2)


    Size B (for Ribbing)

    • One 16″ circular needle* one size smaller than Size A
    • Suggested Size: 2.25 mm (US 1)


    Size C (optional; for Tubular Cast On only)

    • One 16″ circular needle* one size smaller than Size B
    • Suggested Size: 2 mm (US 0)


    *32” circular needle can be used instead of 16” circular and DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round.


    FINISHED DIMENSIONS

    • Beanie (Slouchy) Hat 20½” [52 cm] circumference; 9 (9¾)” [23 (25) cm] length


    Please note: the stitch patterns for this garment are charted only.
  • Techniques

    Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern: 

    • Speed Swatching for Circular Knitting 
    • Color Dominance 
    • 1×1 Tubular Cast On
    • 2×2 Tubular Cast On


  • Pattern Updates

    10 December 2018: Version 2.0: 

    The slipped stitches in Round 8 of the Slouchy Chart should be worked on the 1st, 7th, and 13th stitches over the 18-stitch repeat.

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