Two Color Fair Isle Hat by Michael Harrigan

Two Color Fair Isle Hat

Knitting
March 2019
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in Fair Isle pattern
US 8 - 5.0 mm
180 - 200 yards (165 - 183 m)
Circumference: 19-1/2” / Height: 9-1/2”
English
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This is the first in a range of colorwork hat patterns that I’ll be introducing.

Fair Isle patterning is one of my favorites and it seemed like a good place to start. The traditional designs can be simple or complex and I like the clean look of a simple two-color pattern: in this case, in the colors Summer Sky and Tiger Lily (just under a half skein of each).

This was knit for an adult size large (up to 24 inches - or 61cm). The actual finished size is 19-1/2” in circumference and 9-1/2 inches from the bottom of the band to the top of the crown (49.5x24cm).