Sykorka by Katerina Drahosova

Sykorka

Knitting
March 2025
Light Fingering ?
30 stitches = 4 inches
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
115 - 161 yards (105 - 147 m)
Baby/toddler - child - adult small - adult large
English
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Worked from the brim in the round, this hat features a folded brim with twisted ribbing and a round crown. Sýkora modřinka is the name of the Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) in Czech.

The hat is worked in the round and after it is finished, duplicate stitch embroidery is added to the body of the hat.

Sizes: Baby/todler (finished circumference 36 cm, finished height
18 cm); Child (finished circumference 42 cm, finished height 20 cm); Adult small (finished circumference 48 cm, finished height 23 cm); Adult large (finished circumference 54 cm, finished height 25.5 cm).

Gauge
30 sts/10 cm (4 in) in stockinette stitch on 3.0 mm (US 2.5) needles worked in the round.

Needles
2.5 mm (US 1.5) - circular needles with a longer cable suitable for the magic loop technique.
3.0 mm (US 2.5) - circular needles with a longer cable suitable for the magic loop technique.

Yarn
Filcolana Arwetta (80% superwash merino, 20 % nylon; 210 m / 50 g) in color 971 Sand, or suitable fingering weight yarn: 0,5 - 0,5 - 0,6 - 0,7 balls (105 - 105 - 126 - 147 m)
Approximately 5-10 g each of white, light blue, dark blue, black, green, lighter yellow and mustard fingering weight scrap yarn or wool embroidery thread.

Notions
8 stitch markers
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends and duplicate stitch embroidery
Waste yarn for provisional cast-on
Optional: crochet hook for provisional cast-on