Final Move by Rastus Hsu

Final Move

Knitting
April 2025
both are used in this pattern
Sport (12 wpi) ?
27.5 stitches and 35 rows = 4 inches
in Final Move patt, after blocking (unstreched). 
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
1 (2, 3)
English Finnish

By incorporating simple knit and purl stitches with playful colour changes, the Final Move hat transforms your scrap yarns into a striking, textured fabric.

SIZES
1 (2, 3)

Recommended ease: 5–6” / 12.5–15 cm of negative ease.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Head Circumference (Unstretched): 14.5 (17.5, 20.5)“ / 36.5 (44, 51) cm.

Height (with Folded Brim): 8.5 (8.5, 9)“ / 21 (21, 22.5) cm.

MATERIALS 
Yarn: Approx. the following amounts of sport-weight yarn:
C1: 30 (35, 44) g / 97 (116, 146) yds / 88 (106,133) m.
C2: 4 (4, 5) g / 16 (16, 20) yds / 14 (14, 18) m.
C3: 4 (4, 5) g / 16 (16, 20) yds / 14 (14, 18) m.
C4: 2 (2, 3) g / 8 (8,10) yds / 7 (7, 9) m.
C5: 4 g / 16 yds / 14 m.
C6: 4 g / 16 yds / 14 m. C7: 2 g / 8 yds / 7 m.

The sample was knitted in Bare Naked Wools Festivus 9.0 Sport (C1) in colourway Snowflake, which is a soft sport-weight, 100% merino yarn, and La Bien Aimée Prism (C2–C7) in colourways Teal Sapphire (C2), Aquamarine (C3), Citrine (C4), Sunstone (C5), Moonstone (C6) and Blue Topaz (C7), which is a super soft woolen-spun yarn made of merino and upcycled wool yarn.

Needles: US 2.5 / 3 mm, US 3 / 3.25 mm and US 5 / 3.75 mm 16” / 40 cm circular needles. US 5 / 3.75 mm 40” / 100 cm circular needles or a set of DPNs.

Notions: Stitch marker.

GAUGE
27.5 sts x 35 rnds to 4” / 10 cm in Final Move patt, after blocking (unstreched). 

CONSTRUCTION
This hat is worked from bottom up, in the round. It features a 1 x 1 rib and a fascinating colourwork pattern.