Lottie hat

This fun cloche plays with construction and traditional stitches to create a striking effect.

The two colour cable band is worked first as a strip and then the stitches for the crown are picked up and worked in the round.

The raised cable effect is achieved by working cable stitches on rows using the cable colour and slipping the cable stitches on rows using the crown colour - don’t worry it makes sense as you knit it.

SIZE

Size: to fit a woman’s head 54cm

MATERIALS

Yarn A: 50g DK approx 100m/50g

Yarn B: 50g DK approx. 100m/50g

Sample is in Longcroft Longwools DK Single Fleece Alpaca in Amelia Jane & Belmont

3.25mm circular needle 

3.25mm double pointed needles (optional for working crown as stitches decrease)

Cable needle

Three 14mm buttons or one large feature button

Darning needle

Stitch marker

TENSION

24 sts and 34 rows over stocking stitch to 10cm worked in the round.