Loop und Damenmütze in Schachenmayr Bravo Color - S7689 - Downloadable PDF

Loop Cowl and Women's Hat in Schachenmayr Bravo Color – Pattern S7689

This free downloadable knitting pattern (model S7689) from Schachenmayr includes instructions for two coordinating accessories: a generously sized loop cowl and a classic women's hat. Both pieces are worked in the same yarn colorway, making them a perfectly matched set ideal for cooler seasons. The pattern is written in German and is available as a free PDF download.

What Is Being Made

• Loop Cowl: A large, circular infinity scarf measuring approximately 90 cm in circumference (unstretched) and 47 cm in height. The generous dimensions make it easy to wrap around the neck for warmth and style.
• Women's Hat: A fitted beanie-style hat sized to fit a head circumference of approximately 52 to 56 cm, featuring a ribbed brim and a smooth stockinette crown.

Yarn and Materials

Both accessories are knitted using Schachenmayr Bravo Color, a popular DK-weight yarn beloved for its vibrant self-striping colorways and easy-care fiber content. The specific colorway used in this pattern is Fb 02090 art deco color, a richly toned variegated shade that adds visual interest without requiring any additional color changes by the knitter.

• Loop Cowl: Requires 300 g of Schachenmayr Bravo Color
• Women's Hat: Requires 100 g of Schachenmayr Bravo Color

The self-striping nature of Bravo Color means the yarn does the decorative work automatically as you knit, producing organic color transitions that look complex but require no extra effort from the knitter.

Needles and Tools

• Loop Cowl: A 80 cm long Milward circular knitting needle, size 3–4 mm, is used to accommodate the large number of cast-on stitches worked in the round.
• Women's Hat: A set of double-pointed needles (Nadelspiel), size 3–4 mm, is used to work the hat in the round, including the crown decreases.

Stitches and Techniques Used

The pattern makes use of two fundamental knitting stitch patterns, keeping the construction straightforward and well-suited to knitters with basic to intermediate experience.

• Ribbing (Rippenmuster): A 2×2 rib — alternating two knit stitches and two purl stitches — is used throughout the entire loop cowl and for the brim of the hat. Ribbing creates a stretchy, textured fabric that hugs the neck and head comfortably while retaining its shape over time.
• Stockinette in the Round (Glatt rechts): After the ribbed brim, the hat transitions to stockinette stitch worked in the round, where every stitch in every round is knitted. In the round, this produces a smooth, flat fabric on the right side — ideal for showcasing the color gradients of Bravo Color.
• Working in the Round: Both the cowl and the hat are knitted entirely in the round — the cowl on a long circular needle and the hat on double-pointed needles — eliminating any seaming.
• Increases: In the first round after the ribbed brim of the hat, 28 stitches are increased evenly across the round to shape the body of the hat above the brim.
• Casting On and Binding Off: The cowl begins with a cast-on of 300 stitches and is bound off in pattern (in rib) after reaching the full height of approximately 47 cm. The hat begins with 104 stitches distributed across four double-pointed needles (26 stitches per needle).

Gauge

Achieving the correct gauge is important for accurate sizing. The pattern specifies the following tension over a