Grandpa Bramble hat

Bramble is the gentle patriarch of our flock (5 Sisters Farm). Ever since he was a baby he would stand quietly and wait for chin scratches, never pushy or rude, just a sweet solid fellow. (A picture of Bramble is seen in the images!)

This is a pattern for a hat worked from the bottom up and in the round, using the stranded colourwork technique.

5 Sisters Farm is a small family farm raising Shetland sheep for over 15 years, pasture-raised with love, in the town of Plainfield, NH.

Support our local family farms!

yarn:

Light Weight Worsted by 5 Sisters Farm; Light Worsted; 100% Shetland 165yds (150m) / 100g / 3.5oz

approximate yarn amounts (for 1 hat):

colour A (Ginger) - 59g; 98yds / 89m

colour B (Iris) - 60g; 99yds / 90m

needles:

3.25mm (us no 3) circular 16in/40cm

3.75mm (us no 5) circular 16in/40cm

DPNs over crown shaping

gauge:

22 sts x 24 rows = 4in/10cm measured over stranded stockinette on 3.75 mm needles

approximate finished size:

two sizes fit many: 18 - 19 (20 - 23) in / 45.5 - 48 (51 - 58) cm head with 1 - 2 in / 2.5 - 5 cm negative ease

additional tools:

needle to weave in ends, stitch marker