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Skill level: Advanced Beginner

Kismet (noun) destiny; fate.

It’s the Kismet Hat! Vibrating lines of color are dotted with Evil Eye talismans if you’re into that sort of thing… and it’s still a super cute hat if you’re not! This stranded colorwork hat uses two (or more) colors of worsted weight and comes sized Adult Small, Medium, and Large for all of the knitters destined to receive one. Suggestions are provided for increasing and decreasing the depth of the hat if you’re looking for something slouchier or more fitted.

Construction Details
The Kismet Hat is worked in the round from the brim towards the crown. The pattern is provided in chart or written form. Smaller needles are used for the brim, while a larger size needle is used to work the stranded colorwork body and crown. DPN are suggested for the crown.

Skills Required

• Cast on
• Joining in the round
• Knit/Purl
• Working stranded colorwork
• Decreasing (sk2po, k2tog)
• Working with DPN (or preferred small circumference knitting technique)

Sizes: Adult Small (Adult Medium, Adult Large)

Finished measurements: 18 (20, 21.5)”/46 (51, 55) cm circumference and 9”/23 cm depth.

Gauge: 21 sts and 24 rounds = 4”/10 cm in stranded colorwork using size needle to obtain gauge.

Needles: US 7 (4.5 mm) 16”/40 cm circular needle and DPN or size needed for gauge, US 5 (3.75 mm) 16”/40 cm circular needle or two sizes smaller than size needed for gauge. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Yarn: two or more colors of worsted weight (CYCA #4) yarn in the following total yardage amounts:

Brim Color (optional): 40 (45, 50) yards. Note: add this yardage amount to Color A or Color B if you do not want a contrasting brim color.

Body Color A (A): 80 (90, 95) yards.

Body Color B (B): 80 (90, 95) yards.

Samples made with Yarn Snob Yarns “A Wondrous Worsted” (100% superwash merino wool, 218 yds/100 g) in Grey, Cream, and assorted solid rainbow colors.
and Stonehenge Fiber Mill “Shepherd’s Wool” (100% worsted spun fine wool, 250 yds / 114 g) in Navy and Denim Blue.

Other Materials: stitch markers, tapestry needle.