“Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too…” ~To Autumn by John Keats

Ode to Autumn is the second in my series of seasonally themed hats. Ode to Summer Hat is the first. Place both hats in your Ravelry cart for a bundle discount - no coupon code needed! If you already own Ode to Summer, Ode to Autumn will come up at an automatic discount!

Warm days, crisp nights, crunchy leaves underfoot, and bonfires.
Do you miss Autumn yet? Ode to Autumn is a tribute to my favorite season: a way to remember all the best parts of autumn while we freeze through the winter, or a way to anticipate it through the hot Summer.

This hat features a simple lace leaf motif framed by gently twisting cables. The motif and cable panel covers 25% of the hat, and the rest is filled with a comfortable moss stitch for snuggly warmth and stretch. It has sizes that comfortably fit all the way from a newborn to a men’s XL, so there’s a size for everyone!

This hat is sized by changing your gauge and yarn; please see the details below for which needle sizes and yarns are required for each hat size.

Sizing:

• 0-6 m (6-12m, Child s-m, Child L/Adult S-M, Adult L/XL)
• Finished hat circumference: 14 (18, 18, 20, 22) inches / 35.5 (40.5, 46, 51, 56) cm
• Fits Head Size: 14-16 (16-18, 18-20, 20-22, 22-24) inches / 35.5-40.5 (40.5-46, 46-51, 51-56, 56-61) cm.

Materials:
Since sizing in changed by using different needles and gauges, the list is fairly extensive. Within the pattern there is a clear chart that will help you keep all the details in order.

1 set of 16” circular needles size US 3 (4, 6, 6, 7) / 3.25 (3.5, 4.0 , 4.0, 4.5mm)

• 1 set of 16” circular needles size US 5 (6, 8, 8, 9) / 3.75 (4.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.5) mm (or size needed to achieve specified gauge)
• 1 set of dpns in the larger size
• 4 stitch markers; one of them must be distinguishable enough to be called a “unique marker”
• Sport (dk, dk, worsted, aran) weight yarn: 90 (100, 100, 115, 130) yds/ 82 (90, 90, 105, 119) m

Sample Yarns used are:

• 0-6 m: Spunware over the rainbow Sport (320 yds/298m per 100g)
• 6-12m: Baah Sonoma (233 yds / 213 m per 100 g)
• Child S-M: Knitpicks Swish DK ( 246 yds/225 m per 100g)
• Child L/Adult S-m: Stone Wool Cormo (200 yds / 183m per 100g)
• Adult L/XL: Vanna’s Choice (170 yds/155m) per 100g

Gauge: 26 sts/38 rnds(24 sts/36 rnds, 21 sts/28 rnds, 19 sts/27 rnds, 17 sts/24 rnds) gauge is measured over 4” of blocked moss stitch worked in the round with larger needles

Sample Sizes Shown:

• Green: 6-12 months shown on a 10 month old
• Yellow: Child S/M shown on a 3 year old
• Orange: Child L/Adult S-M shown on a 5 year old & adult man
• Gray: Adult L/XL shown on an adult woman with a Medium sized head.