Ivy Hill Hat

This pattern is available to download on Ravelry.

by Courtney Kelley

Suggested yarn:
Kelbourne Woolens Germantown Bulky

Gauge:
12 stitches and 18 rows = 4 inches
in Diamond Bobble
Needle size:
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
Yardage:
123 yards (112 m)
Sizes available:
18.75” (48 cm) circumference, unstretched; 9” (23 cm) height.

Materials:
Kelbourne Woolens Germantown Bulky (100% N. American wool; 123 yds/100 gm skein): Jade 338, 1 skein.

Ivy Hill is bobblicious! These bobbles are big and bold and fun to knit. The hat starts with a garter rib and jumps into a bobble diamond pattern - both written and charted - before decreasing in pattern for the crown. The bobbles are worked over 5 stitches, and keeping them loose and even is crucial for purling all 5 stitches together (like a modified nupp). This hat is so cheerful and fun, and the Germantown Bulky makes it knit up so fast it’ll be on your head in time for St. Paddy’s Day.

This heavily bobbled hat is worked in the round from the bottom up. When working the bobble, be sure to keep the tension of the stitches even and loose enough to knit into. It may take some practice to get the tension just right so that your bobbles look tidy, but the yarn can handle it. The bobbles use a lot of yarn, so be sure to check your gauge if you want to ensure that you have enough yarn for a pompom.