Simply Knitting - UK (2020-04)

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FAIR ISLE HAT

YOUWILLNEED

QRowanFeltedTweedDK

(50%wool,25%alpaca,

25%viscose,50g/175m)

1 ballofeach:

YarnAZinnia(198)

YarnBBottleGreen(207)

YarnCEden(209)

QA pairof3.25mmneedles

QA pairof4mmneedles

QPompommaker

TENSION

24 stsand 28 rowstomeasure

10x10cm(4x4in)overFairIsle

patternusing4mmneedles

MEASUREMENTS

Tofitheadcircumference

47 ( 53 : 59 )cm, 18 ( 20 : 23 )in

Actualheadcircumference

41 ( 47 : 54 )cm, 16 ( 18 : 21 )in

FAIRISLEHAT

Caston 98 ( 114 : 130 ) stsusing3.25mmneedlesand Yarn A.

Row 1 (RS)*K2,P2;repfrom* tolast2 sts, K2.

Row 2 P2,*K2,P2;repfrom* toend.

Thelast2 rowsformrib.Repthese2 rowsuntilworkmeasures

10cm measured from the cast-on edge and ending with a WS row.

Changeto4mmneedlesandYarnB.

ContinFairIslepatternfromChart,usingYarnBandYarnC,

repeatingthe8-stpatt 12 ( 14 : 16 ) timesacrosstherow.

Complete Rows 1 to 36 then break off Yarn B and cont in Yarn C

only.

Workanother0 ( 2 : 6 ) rows straight in st st in Yarn C, ending with a

WSrow.

SHAPECROWN

WorkcrowndecsinYarnC.

Row 1 (RS) K4, *k2tog, K6; rep from * to last 6 sts, k2tog, K4.

[86( 100 : 114 ) sts]

Row 2 andallWSrowsPurl.

Row 3 K4,*k2tog,K5; rep from * to last 5 sts, k2tog, K3.

[74( 86 : 98 ) sts]

Row 5 K3,*k2tog,K4; rep from * to last 5 sts, k2tog, K3.

[62( 72 : 82 ) sts]

Row 7 K3,*k2tog,K3; rep from * to last 4 sts, k2tog, K2.

[50( 58 : 66 ) sts]

Row 9 K2,*k2tog,K2; rep from * to last 4 sts, k2tog, K2.

[38( 44 : 50 ) sts]

Row 11 K1,*k2tog,K1;repfrom* tolastst, K1. [26( 30 : 34 ) sts]

Row 12 (P2tog)toend.[13( 15 : 17 ) sts]

Threadthetailthrough the rem sts and pull tight.

MAKINGUP

SeamdownbackofHat,reversingstitchingforthebottomhalfof

thefoldoverribsection.Makea pompominYarnA andattachto

top of the Hat. See ball band for further care instructions.

TAKE ON A CHALLENGE

Lengthfromtopofcrowntobrim

22 ( 23 : 24 )cm, 8 ( 9 : 9 )in

ABBREVIATIONS

For a full list see page 95

WHERETOBUY

QForyarnstockistscontact

Rowanon 01484668200

http://www.knitrowan.com

ORYOUCOULDTRY...

QWoolWarehouse

http://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk

08005053300

QC o l o u r w a y

http://www.colourway.co.uk

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CHART

KEY

HOWTOUSE

OURCHARTS

Startatthebottomright-hand

corner.Readrightsiderowsfrom

righttoleftandwrongsiderows

fromlefttoright.A rowofsquares

represents a row of knitting.

1 Thesestepsshowwhathappensto

theyarnyoucarryoveronthewrong

sideofthework.Worka stitchinthe

firstcolourasusual.Tochange

colour,twistthetwoyarnstogether

before working the next stitch.

2 Workthenextstitchinthenew

colourasnormal.Whenworking

alternatingstitchesoftwocolours,

tryandkeepaneventensionand do

not pull the yarn too tight.

3 Changebacktotheoriginal

colour,notforgettingtotwistthe

twoyarnstogether before you work

the stitch.

4 A completedrowshowstheyarn

‘floats’carriedacrossthebackof

thework.If youalwayskeepthe

floatsofonecolourabovetheother

colour, your work will look neater.

STEP-BY-STEP HOW TO KNIT FAIR ISLE