Port Tack

Sailing, sailing, over the ocean blue… This quirky little hat was inspired by a sunny sail in the Caribbean Sea. Hardly the place for a woolly toque, but you can’t question the design muses. Wear this hat on a cold winter’s day and start dreaming of your next summer holiday!

Materials Needed:

• 145 metres / 161 yards of worsted weight yarn in 6 colours: 65 m / 70 yards of the Main Colour (MC)
• 20 m / 21 yards each of Contrast Colours 1, 2, 3, and 4 (C1, C2, C3, and C4)
• Approximately 5 m / 6 yards of Contrast Colour 5 (C5).
• The sample was knit using Diamond Yarns Tradition in Ash (MC), Turquoise (C1), Snow (C4), and Orange (C5), and Berroco Vintage in Lilacs (C2) and Dove (C3).
• 4 mm / US 6 circular knitting needles, 40cm / 16 inches in length
• 4.5 mm / US 7 circular knitting needles, 40cm / 16 inches in length
• 4.5 mm / US 7 double pointed needles