Toasthead

Ornamented clamshells at a medium scale dance up the head in this engaging fair isle knit.

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Milarrochy Tweed (70% Wool; 30% Mohair; 100m / 109yds per 25g ball)

Butter on Rye
A Hare: 2 x 25g balls
B Cowslip: 2 x 25g balls

Allfruit
A Hirst: 2 x 25g balls
1 ball of each of the following shades:
B Gaskin
C Asphodel
D Snapdragon
E Foxglove
F Tarbet
G Ardnamurchan

Needles and notions
40cm / 16in gauge-size circular needle
40cm / 16in below gauge-size circular needle
Gauge-size needles in preferred type for working small circumferences
Tapestry needle
Stitch markers

Gauge
28 sts and 32 rounds to 10cm / 4in over
colourwork pattern in the round after blocking.
Use 3mm needle as a starting point for swatching.

Size
To fit head circumference: 51-56cm / 20-22in
Hat circumference (unstretched): 53cm / 21in
Height from brim to crown: 23cm / 9in

Pattern notes
This hat is worked in the round from the bottom up following a colourwork chart. A decorative cast on sets up a small ribbing section. After an increase row, the chart takes you up through the crown. Motifs inside the clamshell shapes keep floats short.