Halla (a Finnish word for ’frost’) hat is a quick knit – a perfect choice for the first brioche project. It is knitted with a large needle and four divine, hand dyed yarns. As such, it is also a stash buster: pick three fingering weight yarns and combine them with fluffy suri, brushed alpaca or even silk mohair held double. This one size hat looks as adorable on a four-year-old as on an adult.

SIZES
One size.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Circumference: 20” / 51 cm.
Total length of the fabric before folding the hat in half: 31.5” / 80 cm.

MATERIALS

Yarn: MC: 3 colours of Merino Singles by Uschitita (100% superwash merino, 400 yds / 366 m – 100 g), 30 grams of each colour, colourways a) Butter Scotch, b) Moccachino, c) Silence.
CC: 1 skein of Melted Baby Suri by Qing Fibre (65% baby suri alpaca, 20% merino, 15% silk, 191 yds / 175 m – 50 g), colourway Bone.

Yardage
MC: approx. 383 yds / 350 m in total of fingering weight yarn.
CC: approx. 66 yds / 60 m of Melted Baby Suri or equivalent.

Needles: US 10.75 / 7 mm 16–24” / 40–60 cm
circular needles.

Notions: 1 stitch marker, tapestry needle.

GAUGE
9 sts x 10 rows to 4” / 10 cm in brioche stitch, after blocking.