Polar Opposites by Elizabeth Warner

Polar Opposites

Knitting
October 2008
DK (11 wpi) ?
5 stitches and 6 rows = 1 inch
in Stockinette Stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
250 - 300 yards (229 - 274 m)
English
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Now you can knit your own globe to wear! Worked flat then sewn up, this hat does take a little intarsia know-how, but it’s done before you know it!

Personalize your hat by duplicate stitching your country or state in a separate color, or sewing a bead on your hometown.

Adjust the size of the hat by adjusting your gauge. Each hat is 98 stitches around when sewn up. A gauge of 5.5 stitches per inch will give a hat closer to 18” circumference.

Please note that the shaping on both hats was vastly improved after the Northern Hemisphere Hat shown was made -- the Southern Hemisphere pictures are a much better indication of the shaping on both hats.

Size
20” circumference, adjustable by adjusting gauge

Yarn
Any dk weight tweedy wool or blend, 50 g in each blue, brown and green, 20 g in white for each hat.

Gauge
5 stitches and 6 rows = 1 inch in stockinette stitch

Materials
Size 6 and size 7 needles, or size needed to obtain gauge with larger needles
Darning needle

Pattern Format
3 page .pdf download with charts, photos, special stitches and abbreviations.