Every Which Way Hat

The first time I touched Bare Naked Wools ‘Confection’ I knew two things: 1) I wanted to wrap myself in the yarn and 2) it would be a dream to knit. The natural colours of the yarn made choosing just one difficult so I selected two shades of grey and the natural, figuring I’d come up with a pattern later. The cowl sprang fully designed into my dreams and quickly flew off my needles, and shortly thereafter it was followed by this matching hat. I have some beach stone buttons and knew these irregular buttons were perfect to go with the rustic, natural qualities of the yarn and used one on the decorative tab on the hat.


Skills Required:

• Lace
• Working in the round
• Increasing and decreasing
• Following charts
• Blocking

Fits head circumference up to: 18” (21”, 24”)/45.72 (53.34, 61) cm
Finished size (blocked): 16.75” (18.75”, 20.5”)/42.44 (47.63, 52.07) cm


Other Tools:

• One button, 3/8”/9.5 mm (optional)
• Stitch markers (1 to mark the beginning of the round)
• Tapestry needle
• Unwaxed dental floss (to attach buttons)

Yarn: 80 (90, 100) yards/73 (82, 91.5) meters of merino/wool worsted weight yarn that knits up to 3.75-4.5 sts/inch.


Shown In: Bare Naked Wools ‘Confection Worsted’, (210 yards/192 meters; 100% corriedale wool; 4 oz/115 grams per skein). 55 yards of White Chocolate (colour A) and 42 yards of Cookies & Cream (colour B) in size Large. 1 beach stone button from Swift River Farm.