This hat pattern is part of The Tea Collection – a series of hats celebrating tea and knitting by Clare Devine.

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Everyday Brew

Some days all you need is a good dependable brew; something warm, strong and comforting. Everyday Brew is that hat you grab as you are running out of the door and notice it’s cold and blustery outside. It is thick and cosy with a deep brim to snuggle over your ears. The simple, unfussy textured pattern shows off the subtle variegation of hand dyed yarn beautifully and makes this an ideal unisex hat.

What’s your everyday brew?

Materials

Ginger’s Hand Dyed Flumps Chunky (Chunky; 100% Merino; 100m / 109 yds per 100g skein)
Shade: Hocus Pocus; 1 x 100g skein

5mm / US8 circular needle 40cm / 16in length (or 80cm / 32in length for magic loop)

6.5mm / US10.5 circular needle 40cm / 16in length (or 80cm / 32in length for magic loop)

6.5mm / US10.5 set of DPNs for crown decreases, or longer circular needle for magic loop

One stitch marker
Tapestry needle

Gauge

19 sts and 23 rnds over 10cm / 4in of mixed ribbing used for brim worked in the rnd and blocked, using 5mm/ US8 needles
15 sts and 23 rows/rnds over 10cm / 4in of sailors’ rib worked in the rnd and blocked, using 6.5mm/ US10.5 needles

Sizes

S, (M, L)
To fit head circumference: 45 - 50 (50 - 55, 55 - 60)cm / 18 - 20 (20 - 22, 22 - 24)in
Finished hat circumference (unstretched): 40 (47, 53)cm / 15.75 (18.5, 21)in
Finished length from brim to crown (slouchy): 23cm / 9in
Finished length from brim to crown (fitted): 19cm / 7.5in