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Melt the Ice hat 2026
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316 house dk & rico mohair/silk #5 & 7 co 96
316 house dk & rico mohair/silk #5 & 7 co 96
blackberry ridge worsted
blackberry ridge worsted
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Finished
January 1, 2026
January 30, 2026

Melt the Ice hat 2026

Project info
A Hat To Make A Point by Woolly Wormhead
Melt the ICE Hat
Knitting
Hat → Pixie
Needles & yarn
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
16 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
284 yards
316 Dye Studio House DK
0.68 skeins = 157.1 yards (143.6 meters), 68 grams
princess buttercup
Red
Sunset Yarn in Madison, Wisconsin
January 27, 2026
Rico Design Essentials Super Kid Mohair Silk
0.58 skeins = 127.0 yards (116.1 meters), 14 grams
559 Black
Black
Notes

Make it red, add a braided tassel.

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Mods

  • Gauge 18s x 26r in #7 indian lakes wood needles
  • Cast on 96 with 2x2 rib using alternating cable cast on method.
  • Rib for 4+ inches on #5, knit plain round using #5
  • Switch to #7, stockinet for 3.5”
  • Dec rounds. Place markers every 16s. r1 knit 14 k2tog, six times. Knit one round. repeat these two rounds till 6 stitches remain.
  • Add braided tassel.

01-30-2026

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Finished
January 1, 2026
January 30, 2026
 
About this pattern
A Hat To Make A Point
by Woolly Wormhead
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Essentials Super Kid Mohair Silk
by Rico Design
Lace
70% Mohair, 30% Silk
219 yards / 25 grams

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House DK
by 316 Dye Studio
DK
100% Merino
231 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: January 28, 2026
  • Finished: January 30, 2026
  • Updated: February 12, 2026