Women’s Hat & Cowl – Free knitting pattern

Difficulty level: intermediate

WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Yarn
5 balls 50gm Zara Plus in shade #49 – cowl
2, 3, 3 balls 50gm Zara Plus in shade #49 – hat

Needles
4.5mm knitting needles 5.00mm knitting needles 5.50mm straight needles

Tension
COWL: 19 sts over Pattern on 5.50mm needles to 10cm
HAT: 20 sts over Pattern on 5.00mm needles to 10cm

ABBREVIATIONS:

• Beg – beginning
• Dec – decrease
• Dst – Daisy Stitch – p3tog but keep the sts on left hand needle, yo, then purl the same 3 sts together again, now slip to right hand needle
• Inc – increase
• K – knit
• K1 – knit 1 stitch
• K2tog – knit 2 stitches together
• M1 – knit into back of strand between last st worked and next st on left-hand needle
• P – purl
• P1 – purl 1 stitch
• P2tog – purl 2 stitches together
• Patt – pattern
• Rem – Remaining
• Rep – Repeat
• Rib – ribbing
• Sts – Stitches
• RS – right side
• WS -Wrong side

HAT

With 4.50mm needles, cast on 88 (92, 96) sts.
Row 1: RS – *K2, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 2: *K2, p2; rep from * to end.
Rib 12 more rows.
Next Row: RS – Purl.
Next Row: WS – K5 (6, 3), M1; (k13 (8, 9), M1) 6 (10, 10) times; k5 (6, 3). 95 (103, 107) sts.
Change to 5.00mm needles.

Beg Main Pattern

Row 1: RS – Knit.
Row 2: WS – K3, *Dst, k1; rep from * to end.
Row 3: RS – Knit.
Row 4: WS – K1, *Dst, k1; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Rep these 4 rows for Main patt.
Patt until piece measures 18 (19, 20) cm from beg, end with a WS row.

Shape Top
Change to 4.50mm needles.
Next Row: RS – K4 (5, 2), k2tog; (k12 (7, 8), k2tog) 6 (10, 10) times; k5 (6, 3). 88 (92, 96) sts.
Next Row: *K2, p2; rep from * to end.
Rib 2 more rows.
Next Row: RS – *K2, p2tog; rep from * to end. 66 (69, 72) sts.
Next Row: *K1, p2; rep from * to end.
Next Row: *K2tog, p1; rep from * to end. 44 (46, 48) sts. Next Row: *K1, p1; rep from * to end.
Next Row: K2tog across row. 22 (23, 24) sts.
Next Row: P2tog across row, end k0 (1, 0). 11 (12, 12) sts.
Break yarn, leaving longer end, thread end through rem sts and pull closed, secure end.
Join back seam.

COWL

With 5.00mm needles, cast on 160 sts.
Row 1: RS – *K2, p2; rep from * to end.
Row 2: *K2, p2; rep from * to  end.
Rib 2 more rows.
Next Row: RS – Purl and inc 3 sts evenly across to 163 sts.
Next Row: WS – Knit.
Change to 5.50mm needles.

Beg Main Pattern
Row 1: RS – Knit.
Row 2: WS – K3, *Dst, k1; rep from * to end.
Row 3: RS – Knit.
Row 4: WS – K1, *Dst, k1; rep from * to last 2 sts, k2.
Rep these 4 rows for Main patt.
Patt until piece measures 29cm from beg, end with a Row 1 or 3 of patt.
Change to 5.00 mm needles.
Next Row: WS – Knit and dec 3 sts evenly across. 160 sts.
Next Row: RS – Purl.
Next Row: WS – *K2, p2; rep from * to end.
Next Row: RS – *K2, p2; rep from * to end.
Rib 2 more rows.
Cast off loosely in patt. Join back seam.