Ode to Autumn Hat

“Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too…” ~To Autumn by John Keats

Warm days, crisp nights, crunchy leaves underfoot, and bonfires. 

Do you miss Autumn yet? Ode to Autumn is a tribute to my favorite season: a way to remember all the best parts of autumn while we freeze through the winter, or a way to anticipate it through the hot Summer.

This hat features a simple lace leaf motif framed by gently twisting cables. The motif and cable panel covers 25% of the hat, and the rest is filled with a comfortable moss stitch for snuggly warmth and stretch. It has sizes that comfortably fit all the way from a newborn to a men’s XL, so there’s a size for everyone!

This hat is sized by changing your gauge and yarn; please see the details below for which needle sizes and yarns are required for each hat size.

Sizing:

• 0-6 m (6-12m, Child s-m, Child L/Adult S-M, Adult L/XL)
• Finished hat circumference: 14 (18, 18, 20, 22) inches / 35.5 (40.5, 46, 51, 56) cm
• Fits Head Size: 14-16 (16-18, 18-20, 20-22, 22-24) inches / 35.5-40.5 (40.5-46, 46-51, 51-56, 56-61) cm.

Materials: 

Since sizing in changed by using different needles and gauges, the list is fairly extensive. Within the pattern there is a clear chart that will help you keep all the details in order.

1 set of 16” circular needles size US 3 (4, 6, 6, 7) / 3.25 (3.5, 4.0 , 4.0, 4.5mm)

• 1 set of 16” circular needles size US 5 (6, 8, 8, 9) / 3.75 (4.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.5) mm (or size needed to achieve specified gauge)
• 1 set of dpns in the larger size
• 4 stitch markers; one of them must be distinguishable enough to be called a “unique marker”
• Sport (dk, dk, worsted, aran) weight yarn: 90 (100, 100, 115, 130) yds/ 82 (90, 90, 105, 119) m

Sample Yarns used are:

• 0-6 m: Spunware over the rainbow Sport (320 yds/298m per 100g)
• 6-12m: Baah Sonoma (233 yds / 213 m per 100 g)
• Child S-M: Knitpicks Swish DK ( 246 yds/225 m per 100g)
• Child L/Adult S-m: Stone Wool Cormo (200 yds / 183m per 100g)
• Adult L/XL: Vanna’s Choice (170 yds/155m) per 100g
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Gauge: 26 sts/38 rnds(24 sts/36 rnds, 21 sts/28 rnds, 19 sts/27 rnds, 17 sts/24 rnds) gauge is measured over 4” of blocked moss stitch worked in the round with larger needles

Sample Sizes Shown:

• Green: 6-12 months shown on a 10 month old
• Yellow: Child S/M shown on a 3 year old
• Orange: Child L/Adult S-M shown on a 5 year old & adult man
• Gray: Adult L/XL shown on an adult woman with a Medium sized head.