Orchard Hat by Edel MacBride

Orchard Hat

Knitting
January 2025
DK (11 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
180 - 230 yards (165 - 210 m)
One Size
English
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A new approach, using a Half Fisherman Rib (brioche look) turn back brim,
A lace panel that’s a fairly simple repeat and was a big hit in sweater collections we made in the 90’s (you will want to use this panel in your own designs and scarves!)
A hat crown decrease that looks cabled, yet is not…

Designed first for my Milwaukee Summer School Class of 2024 in 3 shades.
Later developed in the ONE colour for the Manor Retreat with updated pattern notes (the current version).

Thanks to Milwaukee knitters and friends Candy Kennedy and Julie Steinhafel for fact checking the pattern. Sally McMenamin for test knitting and Michelle McGroary for helping testing and edits on the one colour version here.
To Adrianna on the Manor retreat for ‘proving the pattern’, being the first home with it in a perfect version knit in foxglove aran merino.