Ariella alpaca hat by Katherine Durack

Ariella alpaca hat

Crochet
October 2014
Lopi Lite Yarn from Alpaca Meadows Farm
Hand-spun Suri Art Yarn from Alpaca Meadows Farm
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 8 rows = 2 inches
in sc
6.5 mm (K)
8.0 mm (L)
99 - 115 yards (91 - 105 m)
Women's adult-size hat
US
English
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An ideal first Tunisian project using luxurious handspun alpaca yarn
These instructions explain how to make a hat using a combination of traditional single crochet and Tunisian simple stitch worked in the round, a technique that takes excellent advantage of highly textured novelty yarns.

You need two kinds of hooks for this project:

  • Size K standard crochet hook
  • Size L double-ended Tunisian hook

You also need two kinds of yarn:

  • A smooth, worsted weight yarn for the crown
  • A textured novelty yarn for the hat sides

The alpaca yarns used for this pattern create an exceptionally soft, warm, and wonderfully textured hat.