Cozy and colorful, Valley Yarns Melrose is a stranded colorwork hat worked in luxurious Sunderland yarn. Warm, drapey, and velvety soft, Sunderland is a baby alpaca yarn that’s ideal for accessories that you want to be next to the skin soft. Melrose is knit seamlessly in the round from the folded ribbed brim and stranded colorwork rise to the stockinette crown. Choose your favorite shades of Sunderland and create a hat that will keep you or a loved one toasty warm even as temperatures drop. Stranded colorwork patterns are charted only.

Skill Level: Intermediate
Sizes: S (M, L) to fit 18–20 (20–22, 22–24)“ head. Sample shown in size M.
Finished Measurements:
Circumference (unstretched) – 18 (20, 21¾)”
Yarn Requirements: Valley Yarns Sunderland (100% Baby Alpaca; 50g/109yds)
Main Color – 2 balls (all sizes), shown in Natural
Contrasting Color 1 – 1 ball (all sizes), shown in Pacific Teal
Contrasting Color 2 – 1 ball (all sizes), shown in Lavender Mist
Needles:
US 5 (3.75mm) 16”circular for brim
US 6 (4.00mm) 16” circular and DPNs, or size needed to obtain gauge
US 7 (4.50mm) 16” circular (if needed to maintain gauge in stranded colorwork)
Gauge:
22 sts and 30 rnds = 4” in stockinette stitch with medium needles, blocked
22 sts and 30 rnds = 4” in stranded colorwork with largest needles, blocked