Carousel Hat - by Tin Can Knits

The Carousel hat combines whimsical colourwork and a playful palette to create a knit that is so much more than the sum of it’s parts.

Once you’ve discovered a colour palette that glows, you may want to make a Carousel sweater too!

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Pattern Info

Sizing
Newborn (baby, toddler, child, adult SM, adult L)
Fits head: 13 (15, 17, 19, 21.5, 23)” around

Yarn

Sport or sock weight yarn in six colours.

6 colours: 20 (30, 30, 40, 40, 50) yds each
Add 80 yds for pompom if desired
(Sample shown in De Rerum Natura Ulysse, see chart key for colourways)

(Samples shown De Rerum Natura Ulysses in ‘Tempête’, ‘Amarante’, ‘Fauve’, ‘Argile’, ‘Goéland’, and ‘Lagon’)

Note: Fauve is a discontinued shade; try similar colourways Potimarron, Pavot, or Érable

Gauge
24 sts & 30 rounds / 4” in stranded colourwork on larger needles

Needles
US #3 / 3.25mm & US #5 / 3.75mm
(or as required to achieve gauge)

Newborn and baby sizes require DPNs in both sizes or long circulars for magic loop method.
All other sizes need 16” circular in both sizes and DPNs in larger size, or a long circular needle for magic loop method.

Alternatively you can use the magic loop technique to knit in the round using a single long circular needle.

Notions
stitch markers, darning needle

Helpful Tutorials
Let’s Knit a Hat
Colourwork Tips and Tricks
Choosing a palette for colourwork

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