I find knitting hats a great way to use up those single hanks of fingering weight sock yarn purchased at a yarn shop or at a craft festival. Although I could use these single hanks of sock yarn for knitting socks, I much prefer to knit hats, shawlettes or cowls with them. Hats are useful in keeping our heads warm, make wonderful gifts, are small enough projects to be knit quickly, and a great way to learn and explore the different knit stitch patterns and techniques.
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I named this hat “The Wistful Hat” because I purchased the yarn a few years back from a yarn shop I had newly found but regrettably it is no longer there now. The Wistful Hat is knit bottom up and in the round. It’s knit holding two strands of the same yarn together with a simple textured knit stitch pattern for the body and crown shaping in stockinette stitch. The brim of the hat can be folded for extra warmth.
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The Wistful Hat Pattern (text and images for personal use only)
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Hello folks hope your new year has begun smoothly. My family and I had a rough start to the new year. The first couple weeks were spent with illness and the rest of the month trying to get better. During those weeks, knitting the Winterland Cowl gave me a sense of calm and rest. The soothing colors, the warmth and soft fuzziness of the yarn reminded me of the coziness of the winter season, the beauty of the snow covered trees, and the quietness of nature. It’s a time when nature slows down and rests. I am grateful knitting, crocheting and weaving helped me slow down and heal this month.
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The yarn is a blend of acrylic and alpaca that I purchased several years ago. Unfortunately, it has been discontinued but recommendations for other yarns that can be substituted for it can be found on Yarn Sub. Winterland Cowl is knit flat and in a rectangle with 2 different strands of yarn held together. It’s knit mainly in the stockinette knit stitch pattern and can be knit longer or shorter to preferred length or width. The bind off edge is then joined to the left border of the cast on edge with a zig-zag crochet join method. The Winterland Cowl is then finished with a few rounds of single crochet border at the neck and bottom edge.
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Yarn: Premier Yarn Alpaca Dance in the Soft White and Silver Fog colorways Knitting Needles: US #8 and US #10 (for cast on and bind off) Gauge: 4.5 stitches / 6.5 rows per inch in stockinette stitch with US #8 knitting needles Crochet hook: US size 7 or 4.5 mm crochet hook Abbreviations: K: Knit P: Purl RS: right side WS: wrong side pm: place marker rm: remove marker sm: slip marker wyif S1: bring working yarn to the front before slipping the next stitch purlwise
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The Winterland Cowl Pattern (text and images for personal use only)
With 2 strands of yarn held together (one in each colorway) cast on 32 stitches with US #10 knitting needles
With US #8 knitting needles knit:
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Row 1 (RS): K2, pm, knit to 2 stitches before marker, pm, K1, wyif S1
Repeat Rows 3 and 4 till length of the knitted piece is about 32 inches (or preferred length) ending with the WS row.
Bind off (RS row): Bind off using US #10 knitting needles
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With 2 strands of the Silver Fog colorway held together join the bind off edge with a zig zag crochet join method (several tutorials available for this method on Youtube) to the left side of the cast on edge as shown in the image above.
With 2 strands of the Silver Fog colorway held together, add 5 rounds of single crochet border to the neck and bottom edge of the cowl with a US size 7 crochet hook.
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Hand wash and dry flat. Weave in the ends to finish the Winterland Cowl.
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