The Holdfast Hat was inspired by rippling water moving over stationary vegetation.The three colors invite to play with your favorite colorways, or branch out of your comfort zone a little!

The hat is worked from the brim up. After the one-color brim you work stranded colorwork throughout the body and the crown, never working more than two colors at a time.

SIZES
1 (2, 3)
Finished hat circumference: 46 (54, 61.5) cm / 18.5 (21.5, 24.5)” - recommended to be worn with 5 - 7.5 cm / 2-3” negative ease.

YARN
Holst Garn Supersoft (100% wool; 287 metres / 314 yards per 50 g)

MC: 40 (40, 45) metres / 45 (45, 50) yards
CC1: 90 (100, 110) metres / 100 (110, 120) yards
CC2: 40 (40, 45) metres / 45 (45, 50) yards

Sample shown is knit in colourway Iced (MC), Space (CC1) and Burnt Orange (CC2). Francesca wears a size 2 with 4 cm / 1.5” of negative ease.

NEEDLES
2.5 mm / US 1.5 circular needle with a cable length of at least 40 cm / 16”
2.5 mm / US 1.5 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” or double-pointed needles for crown shaping
2.25 mm / US 1 circular needle with a cable length of at least 40 cm / 16” (or needle one size smaller than main needle)

GAUGE
26 sts x 32 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (in the round, in charted pattern, on larger needle, after blocking)

NOTIONS
• Blocking tools (blocking mats, t-pins, blocking wires)
• Darning needle
• Scissors
• Stitch markers
• Tape measure

SKILLS & TECHNIQUES
• Tubular Cast-On
• Colourwork
• Reading your knitting

CONTRIBUTORS
• Model: Francesca Margaux
• Photography: Melinda Dela Costa
• Tech Editing: Jessica Schwab & Jen Hurley
• Graphic Design: Camille Romano

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
• Circumference: 46 (54, 61.5) cm / 18.5 (21.5, 24.5)”
• Total length, brim to crown: 20 (22, 24) cm / 8 (8.5, 9.5)”

Holdfast is one of the 12 joyful, seashore-inspired knitting patterns featured in Issue 11 of Making Stories Magazine.

Issue 11 is available through our webshop in print and digital as well as in a subscription, through our Ravelry store as a digital version and our stockists.

About Making Stories Magazine

With Making Stories Magazine, we strive to feature companies and makers who focus on sustainability, transparency, fairness and equity in their work. We love telling their stories and hope to inspire and enable crafters to make conscious and informed decisions about the materials they use and the companies they support.