Kirigami Hat

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The sinuously tessellated motif adorning the Kirigami Pullover has been revisited in the Kirigami Hat. An interplay of knit, purl, and decreased stitches result in high relief texture that casts dramatic shadows at the crown, as if cut and folded into its final form, akin to the technique utilized for its namesake. Work this hat in Arbor for bold heft, or in Peerie for a lighter fabric akin to paper.

This hat, with instructions for using Peerie or Arbor, is worked circularly from the brim to the crown. The allover textural motif is worked from charts only.

YARN

FINGERING WEIGHT VERSION

• 2 skeins Brooklyn Tweed Peerie (100% American Merino Wool; 210 yards/50 grams)
• Photographed in color Hammock

DK WEIGHT VERSION

• 2 skeins Brooklyn Tweed Arbor (100% American Targhee Wool; 145 yards/50 grams)
• Photographed in color Heron

YARDAGE

FINGERING WEIGHT VERSION

• 230 yards of fingering weight wool yarn 

DK WEIGHT VERSION

• 165 yards of DK weight wool yarn

Please note: the stitch patterns in this hat are charted only.

GAUGE

FINGERING WEIGHT VERSION

• 30 stitches & 42 rounds = 4? in Kirigami Chart pattern with Size A needle(s), after blocking

DK WEIGHT VERSION

• 27 stitches & 36 rounds = 4? in Kirigami Chart pattern with Size A needle(s), after blocking

NEEDLES

FINGERING WEIGHT VERSION

Size A (for Main Fabric)

• One 16? circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3¼ mm (US 3)

Size B (for Ribbing)

• One 16? circular needle*, one size smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 2¾ mm (US 2)

DK WEIGHT VERSION

Size A (For Main Fabric)

• One 16? circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3¾ mm (US 5)

Size B (For Ribbing)

• One 16? circular needle*, one size smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

*A 32” circular needle can be used instead of 16” circular and DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

FINGERING WEIGHT VERSION

• 19¼” [49 cm] circumference unstretched (to comfortably fit average adult head sizes 19–23? [48.5–58.5 cm]); 8½” [21.5 cm] long

DK WEIGHT VERSION

• 19? [48.5 cm] circumference unstretched (to comfortably fit average adult head sizes 19–23? [48.5–58.5 cm]); 8¾” [22.5 cm] long

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern: 

• German Twisted Cast On