Instructions are included for working flat or in the round.

This was a stashbuster hat for me over lockdown, I wasn’t intending to release the pattern but a few people asked me for it. ‘Iced Gem’ has sadly been discontinued from Erika Knight’s British Blue Wool range, but is still available in some online stores, along with many other gorgeous colours. Of course you can use any DK yarn from your stash that meets the given tension.

I chose to duplicate stitch the trees in Rowan Kid Classic, again because I was using up yarn I already had in the house and the colour and halo went well with the main shade. Kid Classic is actually an Aran weight yarn and I wouldn’t normally recommend working Swiss darning with a heavier weight yarn than the main yarn, but after swatching I felt it worked well for the motif.

As always I recommend you work a swatch for gauge but if you are substituting yarns that differ in weight slightly then this is a must!

SIZES
To Fit Head Circumference
Preemie (Newborn: Baby: Toddler: Child)
31 (36: 41: 45: 48)cm
12.25 (14: 16: 17.75: 19)in

Actual Hat Circumference
29 (33: 36: 40: 43.5)cm
11.5 (13: 14.25: 15.75: 17)in

Length Crown to Hem
11 (12.5: 14.5: 16.5: 18.5)cm
4.25 (5: 5.75: 6.5: 7.25)in

YARN
Sample uses
• Erika Knight British Blue Wool (DK weight, 100% Blue Faced Leicester wool, 25g/55m/60yds)
1 (2:2:2) x 25g balls of Yarn A Iced Gem (108)
• Rowan Kid Classic (Aran weight, 70% wool, 22% mohair, 8% polyamide, 50g/140m/153yds)
1 x 50g ball of Yarn B Canard

For stockists contact: Erika Knight www.erikaknight.co.uk Rowan 01484 668200 www.knitrowan.com

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
To work in the round
A 3.5mm (UK 10-9/US 4) circular needle, 40cm long
A set of 3.5mm (UK 10-9/US 4) double pointed needles (DPNs (optional)
A 4mm (UK 8/US 6) circular needle, 40cm long
A set of 4mm (UK 8/US 6) double pointed needles (optional)
To work flat
1 pair 3.5mm (UK 10-9/US 4) knitting needles 1 pair 4mm (UK 8/US 6) knitting needles
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle

TENSION
22 sts and 30 rows/rounds to 10x10cm (4x4in) over st st using 4mm (UK 8/US 6) needles