Grow Your Own Way Hat

Grow Your Own Way Hat by Kino Knits | A bottom-up fingering weight colorwork hat in 8 sizes.

Gauge: 34 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches in colorwork pattern in the round, blocked, with larger needles

Finished Measurements: Hat Actual Sizes: (Choose a size 2-4”/5-10 cm smaller than your head circumference.)

1. 7.5”/19 cm circumference, 6”/15 cm height
2. 9.5”/24 cm circumference, 6.5”/16.75 cm height
3. 11.25”/28.5 cm circumference, 7”/18 cm height
4. 13.25”/33.5 cm circumference, 6.5”/16.5 cm height
5. 15”/38 cm circumference, 7”/18 cm height
6. 17”/43 cm circumference, 8”/20.5 cm height
7. 18.75”/47.5 cm circumference, 8.75”/22 cm height
8. 20.75”/52.5 cm circumference, 9.25”/23.5 cm height

Materials Used: Fingering weight yarn in 7 colors. Yarn Amounts (includes 15% buffer): MC: White, CC1: Purple, CC2: Blue, CC3: Green, CC4: Yellow, CC5: Orange, CC6: Red

1. MC: 30 yds/27 m, CC1-4: 8 yds/7 m each, CC5-6: 5 yds/5 m each
2. MC: 36 yds/33 m, CC1-4: 10 yds/9 m each, CC5: 7 yds/6 m, CC6: 10 yds/9 m
3. MC: 45 yds/41 m, CC1-4: 11 yds/10 m each, CC5: 10 yds/9 m, CC6: 15 yds/14 m
4. MC: 60 yds/55 m, CC1-4: 7 yds/6 m each, CC5: 11 yds/10 m, CC6: 15 yds/14 m
5. MC: 65 yds/59 m, CC1-4: 7 yds/6 m each, CC5: 15 yds/14 m, CC6: 22 yds/20 m
6. MC: 90 yds/82 m, CC1-4: 7 yds/6 m each, CC5: 15 yds/14 m, CC6: 31 yds/28 m
7. MC: 115 yds/105 m, CC1-4: 7 yds/6 m each, CC5: 20 yds/18 m, CC6: 41 yds/37 m
8. MC: 127 yds/116 m, CC1-4: 7 yds/6 m each, CC5: 20 yds/18 m, CC6: 52 yds/48 m

Needle Size: US 1 and 2 (2.25 and 2.75 mm) needles for knitting a small circumference in the round, or size needed to get gauge.

Pattern Includes: Written & Charted Instructions

Skill Level: Intermediate