Pendle Hat

This is a lovely warm hat using DK yarn plus the stranded knitting technique, a feature of which is ‘floats’ on the inside, produces a thicker, and therefore warmer, fabric. It is named after Pendle Hill in Lancashire; it is always cold on the top of Pendle Hill, so a way to keep warm is very useful indeed! Matching mittens and finglerless mittens are available as a separate pattern.

There are so many colour combinations you could use in this pattern! A simple two colour hat will look very different in a high contrast or low contrast colour combination. You can use more than one colour or shade for either the main colour or the contrast colour (as in the six‐colour version pictured), or you could introduce stripes or gradients. This is a great pattern for using up part balls from your stash. The colours used and their sequence for all the samples pictured are detailed in the pattern.