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Sideways-knit Hats encourage playing with colour, and Parallelo is a great starting point to explore the short-row colourwork technique. Mix and match the panels as desired to create a Hat with more or fewer contrast lines – it’s an ideal stashbuster and enormous fun to work!

With this construction, sizing is achieved through gauge alone, so be sure to swatch carefully and choose the right needle size. The pattern includes charted instructions and tutorials for provisional cast-on, German short rows and Kitchener stitch in garter pattern.

Yarn
Yarn A: 169yd/154m; Yarn B: 69yd/63m
61yd/56m for a 6x6in/15x15cm swatch in Garter St
DK weight, plied yarn.

Needles & Notions
Pair 3.25mm (3.5mm) straight needles or size needed to obtain gauge
3.25mm crochet hook
Approx. 3yd/3m waste yarn
Tapestry needle

Sample details
Shown in The Yarn Collective Bloomsbury DK in shades Moss & Sand (263yd/240m per 100g; 100% Merino)

Shown in size 21in/53.25cm on model with 22in/56cm circumference head

Note
Sizing in this pattern is achieved through gauge.

Size & Gauge
To fit size: 21in/53.25cm; use 3.25mm needles
Gauge: 24 sts x 48 rows to 4in/10cm over Garter St:
Finished sizes:
Circumference: 18in/45.75cm
Length: 8.25in/21.25cm

To fit size: 23in/58.5cm; use 3.5mm needles
Gauge: 22 sts x 44 rows to 4in/10cm over Garter St:
Finished sizes:
Circumference: 19.75in/50cm
Length: 9in/23cm

Skills required
Knit & purl sts, short rows, provisional cast-on, grafting, chart reading

Pattern contents
Charted instructions; illustrated tutorials for Provisional Cast-on, German Short Rows & Kitchener Stitch (Garter St.)

Accessibility Statement
The main PDF for this pattern is colour blind accessible. It uses black text on a white background. Charts are in greyscale and do not rely on colour.

Support
Do you need help with this pattern? We have a specific discussion thread in the Wormhead’s Hats group where you can ask any questions.

Published September 2017
PDF file size: 3.3MB
Product code: WW312KParallelo
Technical editor: Heather Murray