This Pattern is Retired…but you can (probably) get it in November

I have a lot of patterns! But I also get overwhelmed if I have to deal with them all at once. So I’ve picked 12 of my favorites (the Core Collection) to keep around. Then every few months, I decide on a theme or a technique and make a handful of related patterns (the Rotating Collection) available for a little while (then they go away again).

The other patterns are retired and are not generally available. However, because I know some folks will want them, I make many of the retired patterns available for a few weeks every November. If you want me to tell you when they’re back, subscribe to the mailing list or patreon, and I’ll let you know!

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I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time resisting lovely skeins of sock yarn. They just seem to follow me home (I suspect I’m not alone, as I know quite a few knitters who maintain that sock yarn doesn’t even really count as stash…).

But not all of that sock yarn can turn into socks. Sometimes it’s too pretty to hide in shoes. Sometimes it’s too delicate to subject to the rigors of life as a sock. Sometimes you just have enough socks and what you really could use is a hat…or maybe some mitts. If that’s what’s going on in your stash, this pattern will totally help you out.

The slip stitch pattern works beautifully with even the more adventurous sock yarns out there (slipped stitches are a great way to tame yarn that might be inclined to pool or flash). And I was able to make a large man’s hat and mitts out of just one skein of sock yarn with a few yards to spare.

And, just in case it’s sport- or DK-weight yarn that follows you home, I’ve written the pattern to work for those too!

The pattern includes the directions for both the hat and the cuffs. Each piece is written in four sizes (a 104, 112, 120, or 128-stitch cast on for the hat, and a 36, 40, 44, or 48-stitch cast on for the cuffs), and you should feel free to adjust your gauge a bit to fine tune the fit of the pieces. Just be sure that you’re working at a gauge that gives you a fabric you like with your chosen yarn!

I recommend working at something around 5, 5.5, 6, or 6.5 stitches per inch, and I’ve included a table to help you figure out what gauge you’ll want to use for your size. With that range of sizes and gauges, the hat will fit a head between 17.5 and 25.5 inches (with lots of points in between) and the cuffs will fit a wrist between 6 and 10 inches (again, with lots of points in between).