Dipped Top Knot
Finished
January 10, 2019
January 16, 2019

Dipped Top Knot

Project info
Brioche Top Knot by Stephen West
Knitting
HatBeanie, Toque
Needles & yarn
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
278 yards
Kindred Red Rad DK
0.56 skeins = 129.4 yards (118.3 meters), 56 grams
Pink
Kindred Red Rad Sock
0.16 skeins = 74.1 yards (67.7 meters), 16 grams
Yellow-orange
Woolen Boon Boon DK
175 yards in stash
0.3 skeins = 75.0 yards (68.6 meters), 34 grams
Pink
The Altered Stitch in Valley Village, California
Notes

Using two different dyelots of Not Mellow held double on the brim for the front color, until one of the strands runs out, for a dipped effect. Pairing it with Goldie-Lox in the back. Then the rest of the hat will be single-color brioche in the same blush color.

Using one size smaller needle for the brim. Casting on 92 (halfway between the two given sizes) for a medium-slouchy effect, rather than the oversized slouchy.

I don’t have quite enough Goldie-Lox for the look I want, and Peach Perfect is a lighter but similar enough shade that I will use it as my background hat body color. Also it has hardly any speckles so there’s not really a visible difference unless you stretch the hat out!

Starting weights:
Not Mellow 1: 9.5g
Not Mellow 2: 45.4g
Goldie-Lox: 55.8g
Peach Perfect: 66.8g

after brim:
Not Mellow 1: 2.1g, 7.4g used
Not Mellow 2: 37g, 8.4g used

after body:
Goldie-Lox: 0g
Peach Perfect: 32.3g

I knitted the earflaps about an inch longer to use up all of my Goldie-Lox! Trying to stashbust this year!

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  • Project created: January 9, 2019
  • Finished: January 17, 2019
  • Updated: April 16, 2019
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