Pendle hat – knitting pattern using stranded knitting
I was born in Lancashire and I have lived here all my life. For a ‘Lancashire Lass’ like me, Pendle Hill looms large both on the landscape and in local legend. Whether you believe the tales about Lancashire witches or not, a walk up Pendle Hill is to be enjoyed at any time. Thing is, no matter when you go, when you get to the top it is always cold. So when I designed a superwarm hat with matching mittens (pattern available separately) I named them after the hill because a way to keep warm on a walk up Pendle is very useful indeed!
And this hat is warm. DK yarn is used plus the stranded knitting technique, a feature of which is ‘floats’ on the inside, produces a thicker, and therefore warmer, fabric.
There are so many colour combinations you could use in this pattern! A simple two colour hat will look very different in a high contrast or low contrast colour combination. You can use more than
one colour or shade for either the main colour or the contrast colour (as in the six‐colour version pictured), or you could introduce stripes or gradients. This is a great pattern for using up part balls from your stash. The colours used and their sequence for all the samples pictured are detailed in the pattern.
The pattern is written in three sizes
Small (Medium, Large) to fit head sized 46 (51, 56) cm / 18.5 (20.5, 22.5) inches.
Beanie hat has approx. 5cm / 2 inches of negative ease.
Yarn requirements
For pull‐on beanie
MC Approx 86 (98, 112) m / 94 (107, 122) yds of double knitting yarn
CC Approx 70 (79, 90) m / 76 (86, 98) yds of double knitting yarn
(Metres/yards for the six colour version pictured are given in the pattern)
For hat with folded brim
MC Approx 127 (144, 164) m / 128 (157, 179) yds of double knitting yarn
CC Approx 51 (58, 55) m / 55 (63, 72) yds of double knitting yarn
Other supplies
3.25mm (UK10, US3) circular needle, approx. 60cm long
4mm (UK8, US6) circular needle, approx. 60cm long
For the crown, either magic loop on long circular or 4mm dpns, set of four
1 x stitch marker
Tapestry needle
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