Sweetshop Hat - by Tin Can Knits

This simple colourwork reminds me of the little brightly coloured candies at the Sweetshop. Bet you can’t knit just one!

Once you’ve discovered a colour palette that glows, you may want to make a Sweetshop sweater too!

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Pattern Info

Sizing
Newborn (baby, toddler, child, adult SM, adult L)
Fits head: 13 (15, 17, 19, 21.5, 23)” around

Yarn

DK weight yarn

MC for doubled brim: 70 (90, 110, 120, 140, 150) yards
MC for single brim: 50 (60, 90, 100, 110, 120) yards
Total CC yardage: 60 (60, 60, 80, 80, 80) yards

CC yardage can be made up of 2 to 4 (4, 4, 5, 5) colours.
Add 40 yards for pompom if desired

(Samples shown in The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers Pishkun in ‘Shake a Day’ with ‘Dumplin’, ‘Bear Gulch’ and ‘Pretty Shield’, and ‘Dumplin’ with ‘Bear Gulch’, ‘Pretty Shield’, and ‘Shake a Day’, and Rainbow Heirloom Sweater in ‘Princess Rockstar’ with ‘Orange Peel’, ‘Sweet Dreams’, and ‘Guilty Pleasure’)

Gauge
22 sts & 30 rounds / 4” in stockinette using larger needles
22 sts & 26 rounds / 4” in stranded colourwork on larger needles

Needles
US #3 / 3.25mm & US #6 / 4mm
(or as required to achieve gauge)

Newborn and baby sizes require DPNs in both sizes or long circulars for magic loop method.
All other sizes need 16” circular in both sizes and DPNs in larger size, or a long circular needle for magic loop method.

Alternatively you can use the magic loop technique to knit in the round using a single long circular needle.

Notions
stitch markers, darning needle

Helpful Tutorials
Let’s Knit a Hat
Colourwork Tips and Tricks
Choosing a palette for colourwork

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