Matchy Matchy on my birthday!

Today is my birthday, so I decided to give all of you the free pattern for my latest hat! :o) The yarn is the softes imaginable; Sulka from Du store alpakka. It consists of 60 % merino, 20 % alpaca and 20 % silk. Look at the matchy matcy colours that even matches my coat!

Womans Matchy Matchy hat, size small

Yarn: Sulka, Du store alpakka (50 g Petrol S209 and 50 g Seagreen S236)

Needles: 8 mm dpns and 5 mm dpns

The hat is knit in the round, from the top down, all stocinette st. This method allows you to easily change it to preferred size - just keep increasing as before after row 14 if you want a bigger/wider hat.

Cast on 6 st with darkest colour on 8 mm needles.

Row 1: Change colour and increase 1 in every st = 12 st

Row 2: Knit all st

Rows 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21: Change colour, knit all st

Row 4: *Knit 2, increase one*, repeat to end

Row 6: *Knit 3, increase one*, repeat to end

Row 8: *Knit 4, increase one*, repeat to end

Row 10: *Knit 5, increase one*, repeat to end

Row 12: *Knit 6, increase one*, repeat to end

Row 14: *Knit 7, increase one*, repeat to end

Row 16: *Knit 8, increase one*, repeat to end

Row 18: *Knit 9, increase one*, repeat to end

Row 20: *Knit 10, increase one*, repeat to end

Row 22: *Knit 11, increase one*, repeat to end = 72 st

Rows 23, 35, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35: Change colour, knit all st

Rows 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34: Knit all st

Row 36: Change to 5 mm needles and *Knit 1, knit 2tog*, repeat to end = 48 st

Rows 37-45: *Knit 2, purl 2*, repeat to end

Cast off very loosely or: *Knit 2, pull second st over the 1st, make one chain st*, repeat to end.

Weave in ends on reverse side of hat, making sure to use the cast on-end to fill/pull together the cast on stitches at the top of the hat.

ENJOY :o)