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SYN is a simple and easy textured hat, knit in the round, with a textured brim and a slipped stitch pattern that can be worn both on the knit side and the purl side.
The pattern is easily adaptable to any size and yarn weight due to the 4 stitch pattern repeat. Play around to see what suits you best.

I made the sample slightly tight for a beanie-like look with the brim folded, but if you want a more slouchy look, simply wear it without the folded brim. The hat is fully reversible, and begins with a textured brim over four stitches before it evolves into a right-leaning swirling texture which is subtle on the knit side and becomes a perfect canvas on the purl side to show off beautifully that one skein of semisolid, speckled or striped indie dyed yarn in your stash.

I dived into Cecelia Campochiaro’s universe when she first published Sequence Knitting, resulting in the Sita hat, and I recently plunged into her newest book Reversible Knitting. Her comprehensive exploration of patterns made with simple techniques is so inspiring, and I wanted to make a combination between the two this time around, resulting in a hat using both reversible knitting and sequence knitting.

Yarn used for samples:
1 skein The Hare & The Crow Jinbaori Worsted Woollen (250m/100g) 100% woollen spun, non-superwash merino col. Anabaena,

Other yarn suggestions:
1 skein De Rerum Natura Gilliat (250m/100g) 100% woollen spun non-superwash merino,
or 1 skein La Rustique Les Laines de Margot (253m/100g) worsted-spun 80% Tarasconnaise d’Ariège 10% Romane agnelle et 10% Mérinos du Gard,

or approx. 60 (70)g /150 (176) m of an equivalent soft woollen spun non-superwash yarn. Your knitting tension and personal changes with the pattern might require more yarn.

Needles:
4.00 mm circular needles, or size required to obtain gauge.
40cm or 80cm cable.
Marker, tapestry needle.

Size: 54 (56) cm circumference.
The hat is originally made for a fitted beanie look. For a roomier hat, you can either knit it longer before the decreases for a slouchy look, or choose to knit a size up to wear it folded and well down your ears.

Gauge: 20 st and 30 rows on 10x10 cm.
Attention: due to the slipped stitches pattern the fabric will remain less stretchy than plain stockinette.

Huge thanks to my adorable testknitters LaureLingot, aparisianknits and Patblue.