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Always Paris
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Always Paris is an ode to an old movie I love. Knit seamlessly from its color-tipped brim to its bold crown, this hat has colorwork that’s a Maghreb-inspired Morrocan motif.
The hat shown has three colors, but can easily be done with just two.
Sizes
• Hat Circumference: 18¼ (21¾)” 45.5 (54.5)cm to fit sizes Adult Medium (Adult Large)
Hat shown in smaller size.
Yarn
• Neighborhood Fiber Co. Studio DK
100% Merino
275 yds / 251m / 114g
1 skein each of 2 or 3 colors
Shown in Easterwood (MC), Charles Centre (CC1) and Thomas Circle (CC2)
or
• DK weight yarn
MC: 80 (96) yds / 74 (88)m
CC1: 42 (51) yds / 39 (47)m
CC2: 45 (45) yds / 42 (42)m for cast-on and optional pom pom only
*Color CC2 can be eliminated if you wish to make this a 2-color hat. Use CC1 in place of CC2. Approximately 3 yds / 3m is required for the cast-on, and approximately 42 yds / 39m for the optional pom pom.
Needles
• US 4 / 3.5mm needles*
• US 6 / 4mm needles*
• Set of US 6 / 4mm double-pointed needles (if using shorter circular needle)
*16” / 40cm circular and/or set of double-pointed or 32” / 80cm circular needles for working magic loop, as preferred, to work in the round.
Notions
• stitch marker
• tapestry needle
• pom pom (optional)
Gauge
• 22 sts and 25 rnds = 4” / 10cm in color work patt with larger needles, blocked
Skills Used
• knitting in the round
• reading charts
• two-color knitting
• decreasing
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- First published: September 2018
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