Product Description
Make your unique free-style scrumptiously cozy double layer hat inspired by Lucy!
After working a cozy textured brim, with the option for two or three colour rounds, have some fun positioning your square motifs where the mood takes you: no need to follow a chart! A series of three motifs are offered; pop in a motif wherever you have space. Random crown decreases allow freedom in the placement of the motifs as the hat becomes smaller.
This workshop-in-a-pattern features a full written pattern with photos, charts, diagrams and 8 video links!
Atlantic DK Hat by Lucy Neatby
What Is Being Made
The Atlantic DK Hat is a scrumptiously cozy, free-style knitted hat available in child and adult sizes. This design draws inspiration from Big Tancook Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, and offers knitters creative freedom in garment construction through flexible motif placement rather than rigid charting.
Design Approach and Creative Freedom
This hat features a distinctive free-style construction method that encourages personalization. After completing a textured brim section, knitters position square motifs according to their own preference—no chart following required. The design offers three different motif options in varying widths (4, 3, or 2 pairs wide), allowing crafters to place these elements wherever space permits. Random crown decreases further enhance the individualized nature of each finished hat.
Techniques Used
- Textured brim knitting as the foundation
- Optional two or three-colour rounds for added visual interest
- Brimless option available for alternative styling
- Square motif placement with creative positioning
- Random crown decreases for the crown shaping
- Eight video technique links included to support knitters through construction steps
Stitches and Stitch Patterns
The pattern incorporates a brim chart that establishes the textured foundation. Knitters are instructed to repeat the brim chart at least twice to verify gauge accuracy before proceeding. The pattern uses stitch-pairs as its measurement unit, with sizing incremented in 8-pair intervals to accommodate different head sizes from child through adult.
Materials and Specifications
Yarn Weight: Sport weight yarn is used throughout this project. Needles: US #4 and US #3 (3.5 mm and 3.25 mm) needles are required. Gauge: Approximate gauge is 6 stitch-pairs per inch, measured over the brim pattern including the three-colour rounds if a third colour is planned for rounds 5, 6, 15, and 16. Knitters should calculate personal gauge measurements carefully, as sizing increments are based on stitch-pair counts.
Difficulty Level
This hat is rated as Advanced Intermediate difficulty, making it suitable for knitters with solid foundational skills who are ready to explore creative construction methods and motif placement techniques.
Pattern Origin
Designed by Lucy Neatby and made in Canada, this downloadable PDF pattern (1153) was created in 2018-19 and represents independent designer work celebrating Canadian maritime heritage.
Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Yarn Weight: | Sport |
| Pages: | 5 |
| Designer: | Lucy Neatby |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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