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HOOK TO HOOK

mountain rangehat
Thissnow-cappedmountainhatisanideal
giftforadventuroustypes.ByLucyCroft
QWestYorkshireSpinnersRe:Treat,(100%wool,
100g/140m),1 ballofeach: Adore (552), Pure
(010)andSoul(105)
QA 6 m m( U SJ / 1 0 )h o o k
QA p o m p o mm a k e r ,8 5 m m
Foryarnstockists see Reindeer Hat

TENSION
11 stsand 10 rowstomeasure10x10cm(4x4in)
overhalftrebleusinga 6mmhook,or size
neededtoobtaincorrecttension

MEASUREMENTS
Hatmeasures54cm(21in) in circumference

ABBREVIATIONS
htr2tog(Yrh,inserthookintonextst,yrhand
pullupa loop)twice, yrh and pull through all
loopsonhook
Fora fulllist,see page 92

NOTES
Hatis madeusingbothFairIsleandintarsia
colourwork techniques. Before starting the

Crown,windyourselfa number of smaller

ballsinallcolours.

Whenchangingcolourmid-row,twistthe

endsofthetwocolourstogether.Pickup

thenewcolourinthelastyrhoftheprevious

stitch.Carrytheunusedstrandsofyarnacross

theWSoftheworkif requiringtheunused

colourwithina coupleofstitches.If unused

strandis notusedinnext3-4sts, fasten off

andrejoin when indicated

HAT

BRIM

UsingSoul,ch5.

Row 1 (WS) Htrinblofsecondchfromhook

andblofeachchacross,turn.[4htr]

Row2 (RS)Ch1(doesnotcountasst

throughout), ss in bl of each htr across, turn.

[4ss]

Row3 (WS) Ch1, htr in bl of each ss across, turn.

[4ss]

Rows4-65RepeatRows2-3, 31 moretimes.

Fastenoffleavinga longtail.FoldBrimsothe

shortendsline up and use the tail to whipstitch

together.

CROWN

With RS facing, join Adore in any htr row end.

Round1 (RS)Ch1(doesnotcountasst

throughout),2htrinendofeachhtrrow of

Brim,sstobeghtrtojoin.[66htr]

Round 2 Ch1,htr in each st around, ss to beg

htrtojoin.

Round 3 Ch1,htrinfirst 27 sts,changetoPure,

htrinnextst,changetoAdore,htrinnext 16

sts,changetoSoul,htrinnextst,changeto

Adore,htrinnext21 sts, change to Soul, ss to

beghtrtojoin.

Round 4 Ch1,htrinfirstst,changetoAdore,

htrinnext 26 sts,changetoPure,htrinnext 3

sts,changetoAdore,htrinnext6 sts,change

toPure,htrinnext4 sts,changetoAdore,htr

innext4 sts,changetoSoul,htrinnext3 sts,

changetoAdore,htrinnextst,changetoPure,

htrinnext3 sts,changetoAdore,htrinnext

4 sts,changetoPure,htrinnextst,changeto

Adore,htrinnext10 sts, change to Soul, ss to

beghtrtojoin.

Round 5 Ch1,htrinfirst3 sts,changetoAdore,

htrinnext4 sts,changetoPure,htrinnext 3

sts,changetoAdore,htrinnext2 sts,changeto

Pure,htrinnextst,changetoAdore,htrinnext

13 sts,changetoPure,htrinnext3 sts,change

toSoul,htrinnext3 sts,changetoPure,htr

innext 11 sts,changetoAdore,htrinnextst,

change to Soul, htr in next 5 sts, change to Pure,

Clockwisefromtop:Thereindeer’seyesinthehatareworkedintotherowwiththeothercolours,butanalternativeis tosurfacecrochetthemat
the end; to achieve the mountain range design, Lucy has designed her hat using a combination of Fair Isle and intarsia colourwork techniques