Heady Topper
Bold cables and garter stitch create a strong texture that’s not lost in the fiber, and the contrast between the cable and background stitches made for a really striking transition into crown shaping. The Heady Topper hat is a super quick knit, and an easily memorized motif.
The pattern also lends itself beautifully to either a slouch or to a brimmed, more fitted cap - and I think it works well on pretty much any gender as well.
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Yarn: Heavy worsted weight yarn. Samples shown in Green Mountain Spinnery Mountain Mohair and Prado de Lana Worsted.
Prado de Lana 2 ply Worsted. On Gabriella in Hazel (light gray, 100% Romney wool) and on Tom in A Thorn Between Two Roses (brown, 100% Romney lambswool). Both yarns are 200yds/183m per 4oz/113g skein.
Green Mountain Spinnery Mountain Mohair. On Craig in Balsam (green, 30% yearling mohair, 70% wool). 140 yds/128m per 2oz/57g skein.
Gauge: 22 sts/28 rows = 4”/10cm
Needles: US 6/4.0 mm, US 7/4.5 mm
Sizes:
17.5(20,23)”/44.5(50.75,58.5)cm circumference around head
10.75”/27.25cm deep from cast-on edge to crown with brim unfolded
9”/22.75cm deep with brim folded
Yardage:
175(200,225)yds
160(183,205)m