Kelbourne Woolens
Ivy Hill Pattern
Ivy Hill Pattern
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What’s better than a free hat pattern? 12 free hat patterns, of course! The Year of Bulky Hats celebrates our Germantown Bulky yarn with 12 free knitting patterns for fun hats using our favorite knitting techniques. Courtney really likes to shake things up in the spring with some wild hat designs and bold colors, and the March Hat, Ivy Hill, is no exception! The bobbles on Ivy Hill are big and bold and fun to knit.
The hat starts with a garter rib and jumps into a bobble diamond pattern - both written and charted - before decreasing in pattern for the crown. The bobbles are worked over 5 stitches, and keeping them loose and even is crucial for purling all 5 stitches together (like a modified nupp). This hat is so cheerful and fun, and the Germantown Bulky makes it knit up so fast it’ll be on your head in time for St. Paddy’s Day.
Useful Tips
For a tutorial on working from charts, visit our tips and tricks here.
Photography Linette Messina.
Specifications
Specifications
YARN
Kelbourne Woolens Germantown Bulky (100% N. American wool; 123 yds/100 gm skein): jade 338, 1 skein.
GAUGE
12 sts and 18 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in Bobble Diamond Pattern on larger needles, after blocking.
NEEDLES
1 – 16” (40 cm) US 9 (5.5 mm) circular.
1 – 16” (40 cm) US 10.5 (6.5 mm) circular.
1 – set US 10.5 (6.5 mm) DPNs.
Check your gauge and adjust needle size(s) accordingly if necessary.
NOTIONS
Ring marker, tapestry needle, Kelbourne Woolens label, sewing needle.
SIZE
18.75” (48 cm) circumference, unstretched; 9” (23 cm) height.
SKILLS
Knitting, purling, making a bobble, working from charts.
