Sometimes a yarn just tells me what it wants to be, right there in the yarn shop. This delicious yarn is tonal-dyed and has an astronomically named palette, so I immediately started planning ways to add the stars to my knitting.

The hat begins with a three-color, corrugated ribbed band. The body is worked in one color. Simple embroidery creates a star chart of the winter night sky that is visible in the northern hemisphere.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Circumference: 1920, 21.5 inches/4851, 54.5cm
Depth: 9.25 inches/23.5 cm, unfolded
Choose a size with 1 to 3 inches/2.5 to 7.5 cm negative ease

MATERIALS
Quince & Co Phoebe 100% Extra Fine American Merino; 301/275m per 100g skein;
(MC) Pluto; 1 skein dark grey
(CC1) Saturn; 1 skein plum
(CC2) Jupiter; 1 skein pale grey