Kepler by Pam Allen

Kepler

Knitting
August 2017
DK (11 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 37 rows = 4 inches
in cable and column pattern
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
301 yards (275 m)
17½" [44.5 cm] brim circumference and 8½" [21.5 cm] tall, folded without pom
English
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Luxurious DK merino Phoebe is the perfect yarn of choice for a knit like Kepler. Pam’s knit-purl stitches and cables take shape after a cozy, deep ribbed brim, all capped off nicely with a sweet pompom.

yarn
phoebe / mercury 801 / 1 skein

needles
16” circular needle in size US 6 4 mm / 16” circular in US 7 4.5 mm / set dpns in size US 7 4.5 mm

gauge
26 sts and 37 rnds = 4” 10 cm in cable and column patterns with larger needles, after blocking

skills required
Long-tail cast on (link provided), increasing, decreasing, working in the round. Charts, line-by-line instructions, and pom pom making instructions (link included)