Harkstead Hat by Joanne Scrace

Harkstead Hat

Crochet
September 2019
DK (11 wpi) ?
10 stitches and 13 rows = 4 inches
in offset htr
7.0 mm
5.0 mm (H)
60 - 100 yards (55 - 91 m)
S (M, L)
UK
English

The Harkstead Hat is part of the Easy Everyday Wearables ebook, a collection of garments and accessories that use simple shaping, basic stitches and easy techniques with tutorials to assist you to create beautiful wardrobe staples.

Crochet stitches have a distinctly different look between the right side
and the wrong side. When you work in rows these combine to make a
fabric that is reversible but when you work in the round without turning
you get a very different effect. I was playing around with the stiches and the wrong side looked so good that the inside out hat was born.
This unisex hat has two shaping options, beret or beanie and is worked in the round with wrongside or the inside of the hat always facing. To give the fabric of the body of the hat a lovely drape, the half trebles are worked in the spaces between the stitches instead of into the top of the stitch.

Size
S (M, L)
To fit head circumference up to: 45 (63, 61)cm/18(21, 24)in
Finished size at brim: 40(47, 53)cm/16(18.5, 21)in
Choose a finished brim size that is smaller than your actual head circumference measured at the place the brim will be worn.

Materials
1 50g skein of Coop Knits Socks Yeah DK (DK, 75% superwash merino wool, 25% Nylon, 112m/122yd/50g)
7mm hook
5mm hook
Stitch marker
We used shade 205 Dionysus for the beret and shades 203 Anemol and 204 Astra Planeti for the beanie.

Tension
10 sts and 13 rows in offset htr to 10cm/4in using 7mm hook (or size needed to achieve tension).
12 sts and 12 rows in dc to 10cm/4in using 5mm hook (or size needed to achieve tension).

Difficulty Rating
Easy

Skills Needed
Basic crochet stitches, working in spaces between stitches, working in the round without turning, increasing, decreasing (beret only).

Construction
Worked in the round without turning from the top down. Brim worked in same way.

This pattern is written and charted in standard UK crochet terminology with US translations given in the abbreviations.