Megaliths Bulky
Megaliths is now a Megacollection! Get the entire collection (fingering weight socks, sport tee, DK hat, and bulky hat) for $20!
Sometimes a pattern comes to my mind fully formed. That was the case with this easy colorwork hat. I wanted to use leftovers from previous projects, and I wanted to see large standing stone structures, such as Stonehenge, dancing around my hat. I got so excited about the various possible color combinations that I want to million of them! And now I’ve sized it for bulky. And since this hat comes in eight sizes, you can knit tons of them, too.
What Testers Had to Say:
“Fun and Fast. Simple design with lots of visual interest. Squishiness of bulky yarn.”
“Liked learning stranded colorwork, liked that the pattern was relatively easy which made it a good way to try stranded colorwork for the first time.”
“I liked that I was able to use up small amounts of scrap yarn.”
“Very striking look for the hat. Love that is offered in so many sizes.”
Skills:
Knitting in the round, twisted ribbing, simple stranded colorwork, k2tog decreases.
Need tips for knitting colorwork in the round? Check out my video on the Kino Knits You Tube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovQCTmc-PP0&t=21s.
Sizes: To fit head circumference - Actual hat circumference - Hat height:
1: 10”/25 cm - 10”/25 cm - 4.5”/11 cm
2: 12”/31 cm, 10”/25 cm - 5”/13 cm
3:14”/36 cm - 12”/31 cm - 5.5”/14 cm
4: 16”/41 cm - 14”/36 cm - 6”/15 cm
5: 18”/46 cm - 16”/41 cm - 7.5”/19 cm
6: 20”/51 cm - 18”/46 cm - 8”/20 cm
7: 22”/56 cm - 20”/51 cm - 9”/23 cm
8: 24”/61 cm - 22”/56 cm - 10”/25 cm
Yarn Requirements (Includes 15% buffer):
Three colors high-contrast Bulky yarn
Size: Color 1 (bottom) - Color 2 (middle stripes) - Color 3 (top)
1: 13 yds/22 m - 6 yds/5 m - 10 yds/9 m
2: 16 yds/15 m - 6 yds/5 m - 14 yds/12 m
3: 20 yds/19 m - 7 yds/6 m - 14 yds/13 m
4: 26 yds/23 m - 10 yds/9 m - 18 yds/17 m
5: 37 yds/33 m - 15 yds/14 m - 30 yds/28 m
6: 39 yds/45 m - 18 yds/16 m - 35 yds/32 m
7: 47 yds/43 m - 22 yds/32 m - 39 yds/36 m
8: 61 yds/155 m - 28 yds/25 m - 56 yds/44 m
Size 7 hat shown in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Bulky (100% Peruvian Highland Wool), 137 yds/125 m per 100 g/3.53 oz, CC1 Ciel, CC2 Navy, CC3 Honey.
Blocked Gauge:
16 stitches and 19 rounds = 4”/10 cm in stockinette in the round
Tools:
1 stitch marker
Tapestry needle for grafting and weaving in ends
Needles:
US 9/5.5 mm needles for knitting in the round (small circumference) or size needed to get gauge
Social Media:
Please post your finished hat on social media with #MegalithsBulky and #kinoknits and tag @kinoknits.