Oculus Hat by Meg Roke

Oculus Hat

Knitting
September 2017
DK (11 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in colorwork pattern in stockinette stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
145 - 190 yards (133 - 174 m)
small, medium, large, and x-large
English
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“Oculus Repairo!”… with glowing wands raised high, these are words I often hear from my children, who are undoubtedly big Harry Potter fans. Can you blame them?
My oldest child requested that I design a Harry Potter-ish hat and so this is the result. Wands at the ready…

Finished Measurements
adult small (adult medium, adult large, adult x-large)
8 (8¼, 8½, 8¾)“ 20.5 (21, 21.5, 22) cm approx length
19¼ (20¾, 22½, 24)” 49 (52.5, 57, 61) cm approx circumference

shown in adult medium in Hand of the King/ Catelyn (my son has a big head!) and in adult large in Black Walnut/ Riptide

Yarn
Traveller from Dragonfly Fibers (100% superwash merino wool) 280 yards (256 m) / 113 g (4 oz) per skein: 1 skein in MC and 1 skein in CC; shown in Hand of the King/ Catelyn and Black Walnut/ Riptide
Or 55 (60, 65, 70) yards of dk weight yarn in MC and 90 (100, 110, 120) yards of dk weight yarn in CC

Needles
US 5 (3.75 mm) 16” circular needles and double-pointed needles (or size required to obtain gauge) or long circular needles for magic loop
US 4 (3.5 mm) 16” circular needles or one size smaller than main needles

Gauge
25 sts and 28 rnds to 4 inches 10 cm, in colorwork stockinette stitch pattern on US 5 needles