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Inspiration:
I have always loved the wrong side of stranded knitting. I knew deep in my gut; I could utilize the long floats somehow. Thus, the double-coloured dragonfly stitch was created.
I love this stitch for so many reasons.

There are so many incredible fibers that feel itchy on sensitive skin. This stitch solves that issue. You can use any itchy yarn on the “outside surface”. Adding to warmth, almost layering the yarns and textures on top of each other, but by using the more skin friendly fiber on the “inside surface” eliminates the skin irritation. The layering effect is so limitless. Imagine any colour, multicoloured, hand spun, gradient yarn as the background colour. Just peeking through to give the knit that interesting dimensional feel.

Place that multicoloured yarn on the outside and the solid as the background. Play, create, explore is my motto.

I am embracing my home spun and home dyed fiber in 2021. I chose the background colour to be just that. A melody of blues and browns. I feel the beanie is reversible really, whatever the mood strikes you.

The outside colour, I picked a solid adding complementary mohair for warmth and fluffy texture.

Libelula means dragonfly in Spanish. The stitch reminds of them.

Enjoy.

Sizes:
S, M, L
Numbers for each size are provided in consecutive order, if one number is given it applies to all sizes.

Finished measurements:
Head circumference: 19.5 in (49.5cm), 21 in (53 cm), 22.5 in (57 cm).
Height: 9 in (23 cm)
Pictures shown in size M on a 21 in head circumference.

Gauge:
24 sts/ 24 rows in 4 in (10 cm) swatch. Knitted stranded (double coloured dragonfly stitch) using size 7 (4.5 mm) needles in the round.
Take time to achieve gauge, switch needle size as needed.

Yarn/Amount needed:
Background colour (BC) Hand spun, hand dyed worsted weight, wpi 10, double ply, angle of ply 70, plied counter clockwise, singles spun clockwise, amount needed approx. 200 yards.

Main colour 1 (MC1): Madelintosh Tosh sport weight in colorway Silver fox, amount needed approx. 200 yards.
Main colour 2 (MC2): Rowan Kidhaze mohair sport weight in colourway Lustre, amount needed approx. 200 yards.
MC1 and MC2 are held together as one.

Alternatively, 2 commercially spun, worsted weight yarns can be used. 1 colour for background and 1 colour for main coluor.

Notions:
• Size 7 US (4.5 mm) 16-inch (40cm) circulars needles,
• Size 7 US (4.5 mm) DPN’s,
• 1 stitch marker to denote BOR,
• Darning needle,
• Blocking materials, balloon/mannequin head.

Notes about construction:
Knitted stranded, from bottom up, in one piece. I cord edging added at the end to finish off the cast on edge.