Plus Hat by LizzyLou Knits

Plus Hat

Knitting
August 2020
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
142 - 164 yards (130 - 150 m)
One size
English
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Plus Hat is designed with young mathematicians in mind.

Size:
One size, To fit a older child/small adult adults head of 54 - 56cm/21.25 - 22 inches circumference.

Yarn:
2 colours of 8 ply/DK/light, 50gm balls of merino wool. I often use Debbie Bliss Rialto DK. Length of yarn is usually between 103 - 105 metres/112 - 114 yards per ball. Any wool of the same guage will be fine.

Suggested Needles:
3.25mm/US 3 DPNs,
OR 3.25mm/US 3 circular needle for casting on & knitting rib.
4mm/US 6 circular needle for hat body.
4mm/US 6 DPNs for shaping the crown.

Techniques:
Knitting in the round, knit & purl stitches, decreasing, catching floats, weaving. This hat is designed to be jogless:)