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Snowchaser is the hat you will grab when you want to feel enveloped by coziness and ready for winter temps. Using super bulky yarn, it knits up super fast, so you can have this hat ready in a flash when the temperature suddenly plummets. And if you need a quick knitted gift, this pattern will be off your needles and ready to wrap in no time!

Why you will love knitting Snowchaser:

• It has beginner-friendly, detailed instructions, with stitch counts provided any time there is a change, so you’ll know you’re on track every step of the way.
• The linear stitch pattern is simple to work; no hold-ups for complicated stitches!
• The hat looks great with or without a pompom.
• The pattern includes 3 sizes, so you can knit this hat for everyone from older children through large adults.

Skills in this pattern: knit, purl, kfb, k2tog, p2tog.

Sizes: Small (medium, large) with finished circumference approximately 18.5 (20, 21.5)“/45 (47.5, 50) cm to fit heads up to 21 (22.5, 24)”/52.5 (56, 59) cm.

Gauge: 12 sts and 15 rounds to 4”/10 cm in stockinette stitch.

Yarn: Super bulky yarn, approximately 90 (100, 110) grams/65 (75, 80) yards/60 (68, 75) meters.

The sample was made with Madelinetosh ASAP, a 100% wool single-ply yarn with 94 yards to 132 grams. Other bulky wool or wool-blend yarns would work well. Popular yarns for this pattern include Malabrigo Mecha or Noventa, Manos del Uruguay Franca, Rowan Big Wool, Plymouth Yarn Encore Mega, and others.

Needles: 16” circular needle in sizes US 11/8 mm and US 13/9 mm, or size to obtain gauge plus one size smaller.

Questions as you go? My email is in the pattern.
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