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The joy of knitting with 4 Colours!

The Diamond Quartet Collection brings the richness of combining four colours to your knitting. With this innovative technique, you only ever work with two colours per round. No floats, no bobbins—just a warm, squishy, and strikingly geometric hat.

How to get started:

• learn the basics of with the 2 colour Diamond Duet Cowl (it’s a free download through March 1)
• extend your skills to 4 colours with this hat or the matching Diamond Quartet Cowl
• challenge yourself with the clever construction in the Diamond Quartet Fingerless Mitts.

The Diamond Quartet Tutorials will guide you with every step.

How to choose four colours? Miss Babs Yarns’ curated Quartets has a combination for every palette. Test out your colour selection with the Diamond Quartet Colouring Tool.

Sizes: S (M, L) to fit head circumference 20 (22, 24) in/ 51 (56, 61) cm
Finished Hat Circumference: 17 (19, 21) in/ 51 (56, 61) cm
Finished Hat Height: 7 (7, 7.5) in/ 18 (18, 19) cm; adjustable

Yarn: four colours of fingering weight yarn.
Yarn Usage: 65 (70, 80) yd/ 59 (64, 73) m of each colour; 55 (60, 65) yd/ 50 (55, 59) m additional of brim colour
Needles:4 mm/ US #6 & 4.5 mm/ US #7; circular 16 in/ 40 cm length and needle for working a small circumference in the larger size.
Gauge: 20 sts/ 30 rows to 4 in/ 10 cm in stocking stitch worked flat with yarns held double
Notions: tapestry needle, 7 stitch markers & 1 distinct end-of round-marker.

Recommended Yarn: Miss Babs Yummy 2-Ply Toes; 1 skein each of Orchid (MC1), Butterfly Weed (CC1)& Dark Pegasus (CC2); 2 skeins of Zinfandel (MC2)
Note: The samples for the Diamond Quartet Cowl/Hat/Fingerless Mitts were knit with different colours in the cowl edges/hat brim/mitt cuffs. This set can be knit from one full-sized skein of Miss Babs Yummy 2-ply in each colour.
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Photography: Julie Crawford
Tech Editor: Kate Atherley

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