Free Pattern Friday – Inverse Hats

It’s Free Pattern Friday!

Today, the Inverse Hats in Merino Mist (pattern link here).
Today’s offering is simple, but beautiful.

The Inverse hats are so named because with the called-for yarn, Merino Mist, you can get TWO lovely striped hats out of a ball of each color. Just swap the main color and the contrast!

A tall band of 2×2 ribbing to fold up, then two-row knitted stripes in the round. Don’t bother cutting the yarn, just carry it along.

Now, I’m a “simple is better” kind of gal, as a rule. Normally, I’m skeptical of yarns with a halo like Merino Mist. And I wasn’t sure about its chained construction, either. And I’m usually not a “shiny yarn” person.

But that was before I saw the designs in The Midtown Collection.

And before I saw what Cindy O’Malley over at KNITMuch blog had done with it.

And how amazing it looked in the Pull Jacinthe on the cover of the Holiday 2019 Vogue Knitting.

I mean, it’s hard to argue with fabulous results. And I did love this hat, so I thought, okay, I’ll give it a shot. I’m SO glad I did, because this yarn is everything.

It’s got great stitch definition, the halo lightly blurs but doesn’t obscure the stitches, and that sheen gives it a level of pizzazz that I love. So I get the pleasure of knitting a simple hat that looks great dressed up or down. You can’t beat that.

Next up – maybe a Swivel Cowl?

We’ll just have to see. Happy crafting!