Candy Coated Fair Isle Hat Pattern

Using variegated yarn against a solid color in fair isle helps make a knit hat pattern look much more intricate!

By: Bernat Design Team from yarnspirations.com

By: Bernat Design Team from yarnspirations.com

The Candy Coated Fair Isle Hat Pattern cleverly uses white yarn against a rainbow striped yarn for an interesting effect. This makes the hat look like it was knit with six different skeins of yarn, when truly you only need to keep track of two. For this reason, this knitting cap design is ideal for beginner fair isle knitters who want to impress with their newly-obtained skills. If you're not a fan of the rainbow look against the white, just about any other color combination in variegated yarn will give you the same cool effect.

Intermediate

Knitting Needle Size6 or 4 mm, 8 or 5 mm

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Gauge18 sts and 24 rows = 4" [10 cm] in stocking st with larger needles.

Finished SizeOne size to fit Adult.

Materials List

Bernat® Super Value™ (197 g/7 oz; 440 yds/402 m): Main Color (MC): Natural (07414) - 1 ball
Bernat® Super Value Stripes™ (5 oz/142 g; 264 yds/241 m): Contrast A: Candy Store Stripes (73006 ) - 1 ball
Sizes U.S. 6 (4 mm) and U.S. 8 (5 mm) knitting needles or size needed to obtain gauge.

Instructions

Notes

When working from chart, carry color not in use loosely across WS or work, but never over more than 5 sts. When it must pass over more than 5 sts, weave it over and under the color in use at center point of sts it passes over.

Hat

With MC and smaller needles, cast on 86 sts.

1st row: (RS). *K2. P2. Rep from * to last 2 sts. K2.
2nd row: *P2. K2. Rep from * to last 2 sts. P2.

Rep last 2 rows (K2. P2) ribbing for 2½" [6 cm], ending on a 2nd row and inc 5 sts evenly across last row. 91 sts.

Change to larger needles and work 2 rows stocking st.

Reading knit rows from right to left and purl rows from left to right, work Chart I in stocking st to end of chart, noting 18 st rep will be worked 5 times. See charts here.
Next row: (WS). With MC, purl.
Next row: Knit.
Next row: (P11. P2tog) 6 times. P13. 85 sts.

Work Chart II in stocking st to end of chart, noting 12-st rep will be worked 7 times. 43 sts.

Next row: (RS). With MC, knit.
Next row: (P1. P2tog) 14 times. P1. 29 sts.
Next row: *With A, K1. With MC, K3. Rep from * to last st. With A, K1.
Next row: *With A, P2. With MC, P1. With A, P1. Rep from * to last st. With A, P1.
Next row: *With MC, K1. With A, K2tog. K1. Rep from * to last st. With MC, K1. 22 sts.
Next row: With A, purl.
Next row: (K2tog) 11 times.

Break yarn leaving a long end. Draw end tightly through rem sts and fasten securely. With MC, sew center back seam. Fold ribbing in half to WS and sew cast on edge in position.
Pompom: Wind 2 strands of A around 4 fingers approx 60 times. tie tightly in the middle and leave a long end for attaching to Hat. Cut loops at both ends and trim to a smooth round shape (approx 2½ " [6 cm] diameter). Sew to top of Hat.