Chevy Hat

Description

I decided to use some of my favorite colors andmy favorite stitch pattern, a chevron (my husbandloves a Chevrolet) to design a dog park hat namedafter my new Bernedoodle puppy, Chevy. He hasbeen the most fun and the most exasperating atthe same time. He’s so fun loving, wants to treateveryone like a friend (like his girlfriend at daycarewho he chose to “sit on” instead of “sit by” oneday, see photo on the next page). The chevronsrepresent a loose take on a collar with a dog taghanging off the chain but it’s just a bit of a nod tomy love of dogs.

Silence is golden,

unless you have a Bernedoodle,

Then silence is trouble,

Big, Big trouble! -Anonymous

IMPORTANT NOTE:This is a checklist pattern, each round iswritten out for easier tracking – however, this makes the pat-tern significantly longer – check to see the pages you want toprint before starting,

SIZES:1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Baby (Child, Teen/Adult S; AdultM; Adult L; Adult XL)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: 14.5 (16.25, 18.25, 20,21.75, 23.75)” / 37 (41.5, 46.5, 51, 55, 60.5) cm

YARNS: Brooklyn Tweed Arbor DK weight (100% Tar-ghee / 145 yds/ 50g per skein) 1 (1, 1, 2) skeins and 3“Discovery” skeins (29 yds/10 g per mini skein).

NEEDLES: US 5 (3.75 mm) 16-inch (40 cm) circularneedle AND US 5 (3.75 mm) double pointed needles,or size to obtain gauge

When doing stranded colorwork, it is often helpful togo up one needle size in that section.

GAUGE: 22 sts and 26 rnds per 4”/10 cm (5.5 sts and6.5 rnds per 1”/2.5 cm) in colorwork stockinette

NOTIONS:Stitch marker, tapestry needle.

SAMPLES

Size medium prototype (a few tweaks were made to therow spacing) was knit in Brooklyn Tweed Arbor using 3contrast colorways: (Discovery skeins 10 g/29 grams)Klimt (5g); Treehouse (4 g); Fleet (4 g); weighing 49grams using MC Seaglass (37 g).

Size large sample was knit in Brooklyn Tweed Arborusing 3 contrast colorways: Vintner (4 g); Cobbler (4 g);Alizarin (5 g) and one MC Hammock (33 g) totaling 47grams