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This hat has a leafy lace pattern that is part of the knitting tradition of people in Ladakh, North India. The pattern is a copy of little Angmo’s hat, that was knitted by her mother Dolkar (without a pattern!) The pattern may have an European origin. Read the story! And this too.

For more Ladakhi knitting patterns try these: raised chain hat and the dzonba slipper by himalaya