Inspired by the local wool close to my Dad’s childhood home, the Close to Home hat is the perfect transitional piece to take you from Summer to Winter and back again. Knit in the beautiful Daughter of a Shepherd Hebridean and Zwartbles DK this hat is lightweight yet incredibly warm and shows off the cable and rib pattern beautifully. Suitable for intermediate to advanced knitters, this one skein project is knit bottom-up, in the round and has both written and charted instructions.

Sizes

Baby (Child, Teen, Adult, Large Adult) to fit 40.5 (45.5, 51, 56, 61) cm/ 16 (18, 20, 22, 24)” head.

N.B. When making yarn substitutions it is important to swatch and get the right gauge to avoid any size differences in the finished garment.

Yarn Requirements

Daughter of a Shepherd DK
(75% Hebridean, 25% Zwartbles; 233 m/ 255 yds per 100g/ 3.5oz skein)
1 x 100g skein.

Additional notions

Stitch marker
Tapestry needle

Tutorials for all techniques used in this pattern can be found on my website.