Here’s a fast, fun and easy way to work stripes without the pesky jog! Mrs Pickles Practically Jogless Hat, Cowl & Mitts are just the thing to keep you cozy during fall and winter while you bust your stash.

The hat is a classic toque shape with a little slouch and extra length to keep your ears warm. The cowl is an easy once-around loop and the mitts are fingerless. Pick two of your favorite colors - two skeins of each color make the set - or add different colors to use up stash. Berroco Ultra Alpaca is perfect, but any worsted weight yarn will do as long as you can achieve gauge.

YARN
• Berroco Ultra Alpaca (50% Alpaca, 50% Wool; 215 yds 197 m; 3.5 oz. 100g) #06201 Winter White (MC), 2 skeins; #06267 Orchid (CC), 2 skeins.

NEEDLES
• US 6 (4.00 mm) 40” 100 cm circular needle for hat and mitts using Magic Loop method, set of 5 double pointed needles (dpns) for thumbs and for multi-needle knitting; 24” 60 cm circular needle for cowl.
• Or size needed to achieve gauge

TOOLS/NOTIONS
• Stitch markers: 1 distinctive for beginning of rnd (M), 7 removable (rm) for hat, 2 plain ring markers (m) for mitts.
• Small stitch holder or waste yarn for mitts.
• Tapestry needle for weaving in ends and attaching optional pompom.

GAUGE
22 sts & 32 rows = 4” 10 cm in Stockinette Stitch

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
HAT:
Designed with 1” 2.5 cm negative ease
17.5 (20, 22.5)” 44 (51, 57) cm circumference after blocking

COWL:
25” 63 cm circumference, 11.5” 29 cm tall after blocking

MITTS:
Designed with .5” 1.5 cm negative ease
6 (7, 8)” 15 (17.5, 20.5) cm circumference after blocking.