Slips and Tricks Hat is a design that took a bit of figuring out on my part! I wanted to show off the slipped checked pattern on the brim with concentric garter stripes on the body of the hat. But those stripes! I really didn’t like the very obvious line up the back where the garter stripes switched colors. The fact that it was garter stitch made that even more complicated. But I did come up with a “trick” that works quite well to disguise that line. Take a close look at the back views – subtle enough to not be noticed except by a very nosey expert knitter!
Malabrigo Worsted or Malabrigo Rios both work just perfectly in this design, and it is an especially good way to use a highly variegated yarn. The knitting is very approachable for anyone comfortable knitting hats in the round.
Read more about this new pattern on the pattern page.
