Tensho Hat by Beatrice Perron Dahlen

Tensho Hat

Knitting
January 2018
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
23 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch
US 4 - 3.5 mm
163 - 220 yards (149 - 201 m)
Small: 16.75" / x cm wide by 7.5" / 19 cm deep at deepest point Medium: 19" / 48 x cm wide by 7.5" / 19 cm deep at deepest point Large: 21" / 53 cm wide by 7.5" / 19 cm deep at deepest point
English
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My beloved Tensho Pullover is a favorite… and so I thought it ought to become a hat as well! For those of you hoping to knit the colorwork, but not wanting to commit to a sweater, this is the project for you! For rows that have floats of 5 or more stitches, consider trapping your floats.

Sizes
Worsted Version - Tan
show as 16.75 (19, 21) x, x, x, x in instructions
Small: 16.75” / 42.5 cm wide by 7.5” / 19 cm deep at
deepest point
Medium: 19” / 48 cm wide by 7.5” / 19 cm deep at
deepest point
Large: 21” / 53 cm wide by 7.5” / 19 cm deep at deepest point

Fingering Version - Yellow
show as x (x, x) 16, 18, 20, 22 in instructions
Small: 16” / 40.5 cm wide by 8” / 20 cm deep at
deepest point (If making for a child, you can subtract rows/depth by using the worsted weight chart)
Medium: 18” / 46 cm wide by 8” / 20 cm deep at
deepest point
Large: 20” / 51 cm wide by 8” / 20 cm deep at deepest point
X Large: 22” / 56 cm wide by 8” / 20 cm deep at deepest point

Yarn
Worsted
The Fibre Co. Cumbria Worsted (60% Merino Wool,
30% Masham Wool and 10% Mohair; 238 yds / 218 m;
100g)
1 skein MC (Scafell Pike)
1 skein CC (Hadrian’s Wall)
or
100 (115, 140) yds of worsted weight yarn in MC
63 (70, 80) yds of worsted weight yarn in CC

Fingering
The Fibre Co. Cumbria Fingering (90% wool, 10% Mohair; 328yds / 300 m; 100g)
1 skein MC (Buttermere)
1 skein CC (Skafell Pike)
or
105 (120, 135, 145) yds of fingering weight yarn in MC
55 (65, 70, 75) yds of worsted weight yarn in CC

Needles
Worsted: One US size 4 (3.5 mm) 16” / 40 cm circular needle and DPN’s
Fingering: One US size 2 (2.5 mm) 16” / 40 cm circular needle and DPN’s
or size needle to obtain gauge

Gauge
Worsted: 23 stitches and 30 rows = 4” / 10 cm in colorwork (after blocking)
Fingering: 24 sts and 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm in colorwork (after blocking)