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Ever become obsessed with a fabric you’ve created with your yarn and needles and want to use it with absolutely everything? That’s the rabbit hole I fell down while participating in another round of the Artesanitarium Design Challenge. For this round of the challenge, our prompt was to combine two design features - After a vote with the rhyFlower test team, we decided to go forth with texture and colorwork. This was going to be a challenge for me indeed! Colorwork is not one of my stronger skills, but I agreed to go with whatever the team had chosen, so the ball was in their court! - I fell so in love with the colors and textures of Hip to be Square that I couldn’t stop knitting it and went from a cowl design to adding in a hat and mittens too.

Worked in the round, Hip to be Square contains written directions and charts. When the crown becomes too small to continue, you’ll switch to the magic loop method or DPNs.

SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate

SIZE INFORMATION
Child/teen Adult, Large Adult
20 22, 24” / 51 56, 61 cm

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
18 20, 22” / 45.5 51, 56 cm brim circumference– intended to be worn with 1-2” / 2.5-5 cm negative ease. Curt has a head circumference of 22” / 56 cm, shown wearing the adult size.

SUGGESTED NEEDLES
US2 (2.75 mm) 16” (40 cm) circular needle, or size required B to obtain gauge
Four US2 (2.75 mm) double-pointed needles (DPNS), or size required B to obtain gauge (Optional)

NOTIONS
Tapestry needle, stitch markers, pompom (optional)

YARN REQUIREMENTS
Color A: 180 200, 220 yds / 165 183, 201 m fingering weight yarn
Colors B through F: 5 different contrasting colors of 9 yds / 8 m each fingering weight yarn

SUGGESTED YARN
Log House Cottage – Squishy Sock
80% Merino 20% Nylon
420 yds (384 m) / 4 oz (115 g)
Color A: Before Midnight – Full Spectrum
Colors B through F: Various mini-skeins

GAUGE
29 stitches by 36 rounds in stockinette on larger needles = 4” / 10 cm, after blocking. Gauge is crucial in obtaining the correct fit. Changes in gauge will result in a size difference for your finished hat.

LOW-VISIBILITY & SCREEN READER FORMAT
A low-visibility and a screen-reader accessible version of this pattern are available for the pattern’s English version. The low-visibility format is 24pt print in Arial, black font, no italics, and contains written directions (there are no charts to work from). The screen reader format has all the items mentioned above, contains no abbreviations, and accessibility checked by read-aloud function on both a Windows PC and Android device.

WHOLESALE PRINTS
rhyFlower Knits patterns are available in print via our wholesale distributor Deep South Fibers.

PATTERN SUPPORT For pattern support for this design, please email melinda@rhyflowerknits.com