Parallelo - PDF knitting pattern

Sideways-knit Hats encourage playing with colour, and Parallelo is a great starting point to explore the short-row colourwork technique. Mix and match the panels as desired to create a Hat with more or fewer contrast lines – it’s an ideal stashbuster and enormous fun to work!

With this construction, sizing is achieved through gauge alone, so be sure to swatch carefully and choose the right needle size. The pattern includes charted instructions and tutorials for provisional cast-on, German short rows and Kitchener stitch in garter pattern.

Yarn

Yarn A: 169yd/154m; Yarn B: 69yd/63m
61yd/56m for a 6x6in/15x15cm swatch in Garter St
DK weight, plied yarn.

Needles & Notions

Pair 3.25mm [3.5mm] straight needles or size needed to obtain gauge
3.25mm crochet hook
Approx. 3yd/3m waste yarn
Tapestry needle

Sample details

Shown in The Yarn Collective Bloomsbury DK in shades Moss & Sand [263yd/240m per 100g; 100% Merino]

Shown in size 21in/53.25cm on model with 22in/56cm circumference head

Note

Sizing in this pattern is achieved through gauge.

Size & Gauge

To fit size: 21in/53.25cm; use 3.25mm needles
Gauge: 24 sts x 48 rows to 4in/10cm over Garter St:
Finished sizes:
Circumference: 18in/45.75cm
Length: 8.25in/21.25cm

To fit size: 23in/58.5cm; use 3.5mm needles
Gauge: 22 sts x 44 rows to 4in/10cm over Garter St:
Finished sizes:
Circumference: 19.75in/50cm
Length: 9in/23cm

Skills required

Knit & purl sts, short rows, provisional cast-on, grafting

Pattern contents

Charted instructions; illustrated tutorials for Provisional Cast-on, German Short Rows & Kitchener Stitch (Garter St.)

Support

Do you need help with this pattern? We have a full range of tutorials on the website. We also have the Woolly Wormhead’s Facebook group where you can ask any questions.

Published September 2017.
PDF file size: 3.3MB, image res. 300DPI
Product code: WW312KParallelo
Technical editor: Heather Murray
For more information, see: http://www.woollywormhead.com/parallelo