I’ve been having so much fun with this stitch pattern that I couldn’t resist making a hat to match my cowls. For the sample hat I paired a strongly variegated contrast color with a nicely contrasting solid, and I love how each window turned out different–just like the inside of every window in a high rise would give you a view into a different room.
Pick two strongly contrasting colors and settle in to knit your own Skyscraper Windows Hat!

Yarn
Miss Babs Killington
85% Polwarth wool, 15% Tussah silk; 350 yd/4.2 oz (320 m/120 g) skeins
1 skein in main color, shown in McHale’s, 1 skein contrast color, shown in Ziggy Stardust

Or 120 (140, 160) yards/110 (128, 146) meters of DK weight yarn in main color and 35 (40, 45) yards/32 (37, 41) meters of DK weight yarn in contrast color.

Sizes
Small, Medium, Large

Finished Measurements
Circumference: 15 (18 ¼, 20)”/37.5 (45.5, 50) cm
Height: 9 (9 ¼, 9 ½)”/22.5 (23, 24) cm
Shown in Size Small

Needles
• US 5 3.75 mm circular needle, 16”/40 cm long, and double pointed needles, or size to obtain gauge
• US 4 3.5 mm circular needle, 16”/40 cm long, or one size smaller than gauge needle

Gauge
Blocked: 24 stitches and 30 rounds = 4”/10 cm square in stranded stockinette stitch.

Notions
• Stitch marker
• Tapestry needle