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Mintaka is the westernmost star of the Orion’s Belt. It is a multiple star system composed by at least 6 stars. The primary one is a binary star and it is 90,000 times more luminous and 20 times more massive than the Sun.
Mintaka is a super fun project that gives a stellar result!
This cloche is very comfortable to wear because the special construction makes it slightly longer over your ears and gently curves its shape to follow naturally the shape of your head, so that a tight hem is not needed.
Mosaic colorwork adds fun to the work, so that this hat is a pure joy to knit and to wear!
This hat is started along the top semicircle, then worked as an inverse half-pi to the center front. Stitches are then picked up along the CO edge to work a thin strip without increases or decreases that adds a little volume to the piece, then the same half-pi is worked to the center back.
An unusual and very fun construction!
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Finished size: 15 cm height and 52 cm circ. (6” height and 20.5” circ).

Yarn
MC: Cascade Yarns Heritage (75% Merino, 25% Nylon; 437 yards 400 meters/100 g), col. 5672 Real Black, approx 85 m.
CC: Mulberry Cottage Yarns Merino Sock (100% Merino, 437 yards 400 meters/100 gr), color Unstoppable, approx. 75 m.

Needles
3.25 mm /US 3 * knitting needles.
* or size needed to obtain gauge.

Notions
4 markers.
Waste yarn for CO.
Tapestry needle to weave in ends and grafting the brim.

Gauge
24 stitches and 48 rows = 10x10 cm (4”) in garter stitch.
Note: Both stitch gauge and row gauge are crucial for this project.