Mary Ann Stephens

North Star Hat

This is a circularly-knit, two-color hat with a ribbed band at the bottom and traditional Norwegian-style stranded knitting motifs covering all rows above. The motifs in the crown are shaped to form a 5-pointed star, when viewed from the top. The I-cord and tassel are optional.

The same set of instructions will work for knitting hats in a range of sizes, from youth through extra large adult, provided the gauge is adjusted, as indicated in the pattern.

I used Dale of Norway Hegre, an aran-weight wool, for the medium sheep heather #3841 / light sheep heather #2931 (beige/natural) version which was knit at the 4.5 st/in gauge for the avg adult size (not so coincidentally my size - I’m keepin’ it!!) For my husband’s XL size, I used the same Hegre at its slightly looser ballband gauge of 5 sts/in.

For my boys, I’m using Dale of Norway Freestyle, a worsted-weight superwash wool (see the blue/gold version), which will work well for either the average or youth sizes.

In all cases, you only need 2 50g balls of yarn for the hat - 1 in each of 2 contrasting shades.

Happy knitting!

• In Freestyle by Dale of Norway
• In Hegre by Dale of Norway

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• U.S. $5.00

Pattern Detail

• charted
• no schematics
• no sewing
• fall/winter
• circular (in the round) knitting
• youth, avg adult & xl adult, depending upon gauge
• digital PDF has 3 pages (letter size)

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