Around the Walchensee Hat

Walchensee is a beautiful lake in Bavaria where
my husband and I spent one of our first
vacations together. When I found a yarn
named after the lake, I had to get it and find an
especially beautiful stitch pattern for it.
Around theWalchensee Hat features a cute
stitch pattern that is very easy to work. You will
know it by heart in no time and can always
easily see where you left off, but there is enough
going on for it not to be boring and keep you
engaged.
It works great with colorful fingering weight yarns
that are so hard to find good patterns for if miles
and miles of stockinette drive you crazy.

Materials
• Woll Butt Walchensee (420 m (459
yd) / 100 g (3.5 oz), 75 % virgin wool,
25 % nylon), 1 (1, 1), (1, 2, 2) balls in
#6821
• or fingering weight yarn of your choice
• 1.75 mm (US 00) knitting needles for
your favorite method for knitting in the
round, or needle size required to get
gauge
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle for weaving in ends

Skills needed
• Working in the round
• Simple increases and decreases

Gauge: 35 sts and 41 rnds = 10 cm (4”) in
pattern after blocking, unstretched

Size (finished hat circumference)
37 (43, 46) 51 (54, 57) cm
15 (17, 18) 20 (21, 22) inches
To be worn with 0-5 cm (1-2”) negative ease

Notes:
• The hat is worked in the rnd from the
bottom up.
• Numbers for the different sizes are given
as a (b, c), d (e, f). If only one number is
given, it refers to all sizes.
Designer notes
• I’m a loose knitter, so you may want to
try bigger needles if you aren’t