Liverpool Street Hat in Rowan Alpaca Soft DK (Fr) - Downloadable PDF

Liverpool Street Hat by Georgia Farrell – Rowan Alpaca Soft DK (French Edition) – Knitting Pattern Summary

About This Pattern

The Liverpool Street Hat is a stylish knitted hat designed by Georgia Farrell and published by Rowan in 2020. Available as a downloadable PDF (reference ZB278-00007-FRP), this is the French-language edition of the pattern. It is rated as an intermediate difficulty project and is sized for an average women's head circumference, making it an achievable and rewarding knit for those who are comfortable working in the round and managing simple shaping techniques.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a single knitted hat (bonnet) worked in the round from the brim upward, culminating in a carefully shaped crown. The design features a textured stitch pattern that gives the hat visual interest and structure, while the colourwork element adds a contemporary, fashion-forward aesthetic. The hat is offered in three colour combinations, allowing knitters to personalise their finished piece.

Colour Combinations

• Colour Set 1: Colour A – Green Teal 213 and Colour B – Baby Blue 224
• Colour Set 2: Colour A – Mulberry 207 and Colour B – Hyacinth 225
• Colour Set 3: Colour A – Hunter Green 214 and Colour B – Autumn Gold 220

Each colour set uses two shades of Rowan Alpaca Soft DK, with one 50g ball of each colour required per set. The combination of two complementary shades creates a subtle, elegant contrast well suited to the textured stitch pattern.

Yarn and Materials

The specified yarn is Rowan Alpaca Soft DK, a luxuriously soft DK weight yarn. Its alpaca content gives the finished hat a beautiful drape, warmth, and a gentle halo, making it ideal for accessories worn close to the face and neck. Each colourway requires two 50g balls in total – one ball of each shade.

Needles Required

• One set of 4 double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size 3.5 mm, or a 3.5 mm circular needle of no more than 40 cm in length
• One set of 4 double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size 4 mm, or a 4 mm circular needle of no more than 40 cm in length

Two needle sizes are used, which is typical for hat patterns where a smaller needle is employed for the ribbed brim to create a snug, elastic edge, and a larger needle is used for the body of the hat to achieve the correct tension and drape.

Tension / Gauge

The stated tension is 23 stitches and 31 rows to 10 cm measured over the textured fancy stitch pattern using 4 mm needles. Achieving the correct tension is particularly important for a hat, as even small variations can significantly affect the finished circumference and therefore the fit.

Techniques and Construction

The Liverpool Street Hat is knitted entirely in the round, which eliminates the need for seaming and creates a smooth, continuous fabric. Working in the round is well suited to hat construction and allows the textured stitch pattern to be read consistently from the right side throughout.

The construction begins at the brim and progresses upward through the body of the hat before transitioning into the crown shaping. The crown is shaped through a series of decrease rounds, which are carefully integrated into the existing stitch pattern to maintain the textured design as the stitch count reduces. This requires the knitter to track pattern repeats alongside decreases, which is what places this project in the intermediate category.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

• Knit stitches (end) – the foundation of the textured pattern panels