• Jen, seen close up and looking down, wears a light pink hat, knit with a large ribbed edge and a seed stitch pattern, with a green tank dress.
  • Jen wears a green tank dress and matching scarf with a brown hat. The hat is knit with a large ribbed edge and an all-over seed stitch design.
  • Jen, seen from the side and looking off camera, wears a light pink, seed stitch knit beanie with a green tank dress.
  • Standing against a brick wall, Jen wears a green tank dress with a brown beanie, knit with a ribbed brim and seed stitch.
  • Drew, a man with a dark beard, sits outside on a bench. He wears a brown beanie, knit with a ribbed edge and a seed stitch design, with a brown coat and blue jeans.
  • Seen from behind close up, Drew wears a brown knit beanie with a seed stitch design.
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One Wild Designs

Florence

Florence

$7.50 USD
$7.50 USD
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Florence - a staple handknit hat

Fresh, structural, and sophisticated, Florence is ideal for mild winters and transitional seasons, or even wearing inside.

The Florence hat is completely gender-neutral and sized for babies, children, and adults. Hats should keep their shape over time, so Florence calls for a springy sport-weight yarn. The details of the stitch pattern are crisp, and a tubular cast-on is used to create a polished edge that keeps its shape.

Construction

Florence is worked from the bottom up in the round.

Sizes

A (B, C, D, E, F)

Finished circumference: 11.5 (13.5, 15.5, 17.75, 19.75, 21.75) inches / 28.5 (33.5, 39, 44, 49.5, 54.5) cm.

Your best fit

Florence is designed to fit with approximately 1-2 inches / 2.5-5 cm of negative ease.

Jen is wearing size E.

Yarn

Sample shown in Wool and Palette Rambouillet

100% non-superwash merino/rambouillet ; 312 yds / 285 m per 100 g skein. This is a 3-ply sport weight yarn. The final fabric is springy with deep stitch definition.

Yardage (shown in Nectar and Walnut): 90 (120, 160, 210, 250, 295) yds / 80 (110, 150, 190, 230, 270) m; 1 skein.

Gauge

27 sts and 42 rows over 4 inches / 10 cm in stockinette stitch in the round with size A needles.

Needles

Size A: US size 3 / 3.25 mm
Size B: US size 2 / 2.75 mm
Size C (optional, for Tubular CO): US size 1 / 2.25 mm

Notions

  • 6 stitch markers, plus one unique stitch marker for the beginning of the round
  • Tapestry needle
  • Smooth waste yarn in contrasting color for the tubular cast-on (optional)

Techniques

  • Directional decreases
  • Tubular cast-on (optional)
  • Reading knitting (recognizing a knit and a purl on the needle)

Credits

Tech edit: Heather Storta
Photography: Hypnotic Imagery, LLC
Model: Jennifer Parroccini, Drew Parroccini
Testers: Amanda, Kim (Ravelry), Marieke, Lisa (Ravelry), Rachel, Asli, Anne, Teresa

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