A Mother's Heart by Melissa Metzbower

A Mother's Heart

Knitting
January 2017
Aran (8 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 22 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
145 - 225 yards (133 - 206 m)
Circumference: 10 (12, 14, 16, 18, 20)” / 25.4 (30.5, 35.6, 40.6, 45.7, 50.8) cm
English
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My daughter was the first to steal my heart, then my son was next. This matching hat set features not quite identical hats. One hat has a band with a heart “cut-out”, and the second hat holds that heart. Instructions are included to make both hats, Worked from the bottom up, flat, then seamed. The heart shapes can be make using intarsia or stranded knitting. This is a fantastic knit for that skein of variegated yarn that you don’t know what to do with!

Skill level Advanced Beginner

Finished Measurements
Circumference: 10 (12, 14, 16, 18, 20)” / 25.4 (30.5, 35.6, 40.6, 45.7, 50.8) cm
Height 4 ¼ (5, 5 ¾, 6 ½, 7 ¼, 8 ¼)” / 11 (12.5, 14.5, 16.5, 18.5, 21) cm

Yarn:
Worsted Weight Yarn:
1 skein each for MC and CC. Please note that if only making the child hat, only a very small amount of CC is used.

Needles:
Size 7 (4.5mm): straight or circular, and Size 5 (3.75mm): also straight or circular. Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Gauge:
20 sts and 22 rows = 4” /10cm square in St st worked flat using larger needles

Notions:
Tapestry needle; 8 stitch markers