Tanis Gray

Get into the holiday spirit with the Sugar & Spice Hat! Using Fair Isle techniques, work up steaming cups of hot chocolate, spicy gingerbread men, cheerful pine trees, and falling snow.

Finished Size 21″ head circumference and 10″ tall.

Yarn Schachenmayr Original Merino Extrafine 120 (100% virgin wool; 131 yd 120 m/1¾ oz 50 g: #102 cream (A), #171 olive (B), #173 apple green (C), #130 scarlet (D), #111 chestnut (E), 1 ball each. Yarn distributed by Westminster Fibers.

Needles Size 4 (3.5 mm): 16″ circular (cir) and set of double-pointed (dpn). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Markers (m); tapestry needle.

Gauge 25 sts and 29 rnds = 4″ in charted patt.