Pinua comes with a story of a trip to a pine forest. Walking about, I noticed the bold, graphic qualities of the tree branches and decided that I had to try capturing that in a Hat. The result is Pinua.

It all starts with soft garter stitch interrupted by straight lines. The lines turn into tree trunks, and I used traveling stitches to mimic branches. Pinua is worked in the round, bottom-up and assumes you are comfortable with cables and twisted stitches.

Yarn
158 (183, 230, 270) yd/145 (167, 210, 246) m
35yd/32m for a 6x6in/15x15cm swatch in St.St.
DK weight, plied yarn.

Needles & Notions
Set 3.5mm/UK--/US4 DPNs/Circular or size needed to obtain gauge
Stitch marker as necessary
Cable needle as necessary
Tapestry needle

Sample details
Shown in Miss Babs Kunlun (280yd/256m per 4.4oz/125g; 70% Merino, 15% Cashmere, 15% Cultivated Silk)
Shown in size 21in/53.25cm on model with 21.5in/54.5cm circumference head

Gauge
23 sts x 32 rows to 4in/10cm on 3.5mm needles over St.St.
22 sts x 46 rows to 4in/10cm on 3.5mm needles over Garter St.
22 sts x 36 rows to 4in/10cm on 3.5mm needles over 1x1 Twisted Rib, lightly stretched
14 st x 8 row stitch panel = 1.75in/4.5cm x 0.75in/2cm on 3.5mm needles

Sizes
To fit sizes: 17 (19, 21, 23) in/ 43.25 (48.25, 53.25, 58.5) cm
Finished size: 14.5 (16.25, 18.25, 20) in/ 37 (41.5, 46.25, 50.75) cm

Skills required
Knit & purl sts, specialist cast-on, increases & decreases, knitting in the round, travelling sts

Pattern contents
Written & charted instructions; illustrated tutorials for Alternate Cable & Crochet Provisional Cast-ons

Accessibility Statement
The main PDF for this pattern is colour blind accessible. It uses black text on a white background. Charts are in greyscale and do not rely on colour.

Support
Do you need help with this pattern? We have a specific discussion thread in the Wormhead’s Hats group where you can ask any questions.