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Simple Fair Isle Hat Pattern
Knit a simple fair isle hat pattern that is for beginners who want to learn how to knit this exciting technique.
Skill Level → Beginner
Skills to know ↓
- Knit
- Cast On
- Bind Off
- Knit 2 Together
- M1 (make one)
- S2KP – Slip next 2 sts together knitwise, as if working a k2tog; k next st, pass slipped sts over. Forms a centered double decrease.
For help with increases and decreases check out this great book:
Related Post → The Blake Hat
Needles
Recommended needle size:
1 16-inch US#4/3.5mm circular needle
1 24-inch US#6/4mm circular needle
1 set US#6/4mm double-point needles
The needles I am using for this project are my absolute favorite for hat knitting. They are the Knitpicks Caspian Options Short Interchangeable Circular Set. With small tips and 16″ cords I can knit adult and baby hats in the round.
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Pattern
Tam pattern on the Knitty Site called Three Tams.
They are worked in the round in what the designer calls “beginner’s Fair Isle knitting”. Using a variegated yarn as the contrast color, you are able to achieve the effect of a more complicated Fair Isle pattern by using just the same two strands from cast on to bind off!
Gauge
20 stitches/26 rows = 4 inches in chart pattern using larger needles
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