Yvette Roositud Hat by Kate Gagnon Osborn

Yvette Roositud Hat

Knitting
Sport (12 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 33 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch on larger needles, worked in rounds.
US 3 - 3.25 mm
1.0 mm
795 yards (727 m)
About 19" (48.5 cm) in circumference at brim, 25¾" (65.5 cm) circumference at widest point, and 8¼" (21 cm) tall.
English

Roositud is an Estonian inlay technique in which a contrasting color is wrapped back and forth between the front and back of the fabric as it is knitted, resulting in a geometric pattern that looks similar to embroidery. The roositud technique allows the knitter freedom to place a motif anywhere and to use as many colors as desired. Three colors are used to create detailed patterning in this beret, and the pattern yarns are doubled for a fuller overall effect. Traditionally, roositud inlay was used only on mittens and stockings, but the technique is worked as a graphic motif on one side of this beret for an up-date on tradition.