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Featuring stripes of small colourwork motifs, or “peeries”, Cairngorm is a fun, accessible project for practicing your colourwork skills on. Shown in three colours, with only two colours per round, there’s plenty of room for creativity. You could easily simplify things further with just two shades, or work every stripe in a different combination. For our samples we used two of our favourite classic colourwork yarns: Jamieson and Smith 2ply Jumper Weight and Rauma Finull PT2. Both have an amazing range of over 100 colours, so you can enjoy choosing the perfect palette for your style – or everyone in your family.

Cairngorm is worked bottom up in the round, with a contrast cast on worked using the alternating cable cast on – a fantastic cast-on for ribbing that you’ll love adding to your skills toolbox. Choose from a neat single layer ribbed band, or a cosy double layered brim. The hat pattern includes three sizes, and is written for a slightly slouchy length, with decreases neatly incorporated into the crown patterning.

Yarn
Fingering weight / 4ply wool yarn.
Shown in Jamieson and Smith 2ply Jumper Weight (100% wool, 125yds / 114m, 0.88oz / 25g)
Red MC Neutral MC
MC: 125 MC: 2
C1: 101 C1: 91
C2: FC34 C2: 9144

Shown in Rauma Finull PT2 (100% Norwegian wool, 191 yds / 175m, 1.76oz / 50g)
Cream MC Brown MC
MC: 403 MC: 4064
C1: 424 C1: 4125
C2: 4124 C2: 4139

MC: 150[165, 180] yds / 135[150, 165]m
C1: 20[25, 35] yds / 20[25, 30]m
C2: 35[40, 45] yds / 30[35, 40]m

Needles
Size 2½ US / 3mm 16” / 40cm circular needle
Size 4 US / 3.5mm 16” / 40cm circular and preferred needles for working small circumferences in the rnd.

Notions
Stitch marker

Gauge
28 sts and 30 rnds = 4” / 10cm in charted stranded colourwork pattern on larger needles

Sizing
Finished circumference: 17¼[19½, 21¾]“ / 43[48.5, 54.5]cm

Finished length: 9” / 23cm