This pattern is featured in issue 15 of Laine Magazine.

The Seren Shawl and Hat are designed to be a pair. For the hat, the design combines geometric motifs with textured slipped stitches that emulate hand embroidery. It is worked seamlessly from bottom up in the round and finished with a pompom.

SIZES
1 (2, 3)

Recommended ease: 1–2″ / 2.5–5 cm of negative ease.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Circumference: 19.25 (21, 23)″ / 48 (53, 57.5) cm.

Height: 6.75 (6.75, 7.75)″ / 17 (17, 19.5) cm.

If you wish to extend the hat height for sizes 1 and 2, instructions are given to add 1″ / 2.5 cm before the crown shaping.

MATERIALS
Yarn: Fingering Weight Merino by Kokon (100% Merino). This yarn comes in two different skein sizes: regular skein (349 yds / 320 m – 100 g) and mini skein (35 yds / 32 m – 10 g).

MC: 1 skein of colourway Fog.
CC: 1 mini skein of each colourway Clay (CC1), Madder (CC2), Steppe (CC3), Leaf (CC4) and Daybreak (CC5).

Or approx. the following amounts of fingering weight yarn: 115 (126, 140) yds / 105 (115, 128) m of MC, 29 (31, 34) yds / 27 (28, 31) m of CC1, 12 (13, 15) yds / 11 (12, 14) m of CC2, 9 (9, 10) yds / 8 (8, 9) m of CC3, 21 (22, 24) yds / 19 (20, 22) m of CC4 and 9 (9, 10) yds / 8 (8, 9) m of CC5. If you choose to add a pompom, you will need approx. 50 yds / 46 m extra. The sample uses CC1 for the pompom.

Needles: US 2 / 2.75 mm, US 4 / 3.5 mm and US 5 / 3.75 mm 16″ / 40 cm circular needles. A set of US 4 / 3.5 mm DPNs.

Notions: Stitch marker, 2.5″ / 6.5 cm diameter pompom maker.

GAUGE
25 sts x 48 rnds to 4″ / 10 cm on US 4 / 3.5 mm needles in Slip Stitch Patt, after blocking.