Designed to coordinate with my Seamless Stars & Stripes Socks pattern which I knit while we visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, learning a bit more about our ancestors who immigrated from Europe. The meergruen yarn reminds me of Lady Liberty’s aged copper patina. The ‟stars and stripes” are worked in stranded knitting, with slipped stitches to minimize a jog in the pattern between the end of one round & the beginning of the next, providing a seamless flow of the pattern.

PATTERN DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Intermediate; skills required include: provisional CO (uses very basic crochet), working in the round, slipped stitches, & stranded colorwork

GAUGE
in stranded colorwork: 25 sts & 30 rnds = 4” 10cm, blocked

FINISHED SIZES: Toddler (Child, Adult S, M, L)
Blocked hat height: 7 (7.5, 8, 8.75, 9.25)”/18 (19, 20.5, 22, 23.5)cm
Blocked hat circ at rest: 15.5 (17.25, 19.25, 21, 23)”/39.5 (44, 49, 53, 58.5)cm;
2”/5cm negative ease in circumference is recommended for a comfortable fit

MATERIALS:
DK weight yarn in 2 contrasting colors (wool or wool blend yarn recommended); colors should provide good contrast to each other- black & white photos are an excellent tool to determine this. Shown size Toddler: Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 120: 131 yds (120 meters)/ 1.76 oz (50g): used 76yds (29g) MC 00175 limone & 37yds (14g) CC 00176 meergruen. Child: MC 00173 Apfel & CC 00120 Sonne
U.S. 7 (4.5 mm) 16”/40cm circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge), with either a second 16” circular for smaller-circumference knitting at the crown or a set of double pointed needles;
2nd circular needle is needed for the provisional CO (can be 1 size smaller for CO only)
4.5 mm crochet hook & 4-5 yds smooth waste yarn for provisional cast-on
Stitch markers
Darning needle

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