Vortex
I can tell from the stares I get from knitters that this design looks much harder than it is. Don't be scared by the seeming complexity; it's a very simple hat once you get the hang of it. Constructed of wedges, the brim and swirls are formed by increases and decreases, garter stitch and stockinette, with simple short-rows for shaping, no wrapping of stitches needed. Stitch markers and the pattern's noting of how many stitches in the brim within each row keeps track of your place, so it's an easy pattern to follow while watching or listening to something. And it's so much fun to see the stripes form into swirls and become a hat!
Knit with 2 different self-striping yarns striping around in a swirly, spirally design, this hat pattern is offered in both pointy and non-pointy versions (though the non-pointy still has a bit of a peak). You can get a different look by changing your yarn choice(s) - try 1 striping and 1 solid, a self-striping alone for more subtle swirls, or a handspun or hand-dyed self-striping (like the example below)!
This pattern was posted about on:
Hodge Podge Farm and part 2
Super Eggplant
Craftiana
OregonLive.com's knitting blog
The stats:
Size: child (small child or baby) and adult, but they are very stretchy and can be blocked to fit most head sizes
Yarn: about 100 yards of worsted to aran weight (samples use 2 half skeins of Noro Kureyon, equaling 1 full skein)
Needles: size US 9 straights
Gauge: 4 stitches/inch
Skills needed: short rows, provisional cast-on, kitchener stitch (grafting), sk2p and k3tog decreases, kfb and make 1 increases
find more details in the blog post!
and check it out on ravelry!
