Ilaisa's Loose Toque
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Christmas 2008, for my older daughter’s teacher, I knitted Myrrhia Resneck’s lovely “Ilaisa’s Wristies”, a fingerless glove pattern that works with many different yarn weights. I had three balls of a nice variegated worsted weight which I wanted to use, and after the wristwarmers were finished, there were almost two full balls left over.
So I whipped up a hat pattern to match: mostly stocking stitch, with the brim done in bell ribbing identical to that on the wristwarmers. This hat was intended to be a beret, but it doesn’t slouch enough for that, so it’s really more of a loose sort of toque.
For more information on Ilaisa’s Wristies, the inspiration for this pattern, Myrrhia Resneck’s knitting website is Myrrhialand, and her Etsy shop is Kapital Designs.
Sizing
Finished brim circumference is 19.5" unstretched
Materials needed
Yarn: 2 balls of Phildar "Exciting", 51% wool/49% viscose, 98yds/50g, colour 5004463005102 (you'll have over half the second ball left over)
Needles: 4.5mm double-pointed needles OR two 4.5mm 16” circular needles (if using the two circular technique) OR one 4.5mm 80cm circular needle (if using the Magic Loop technique)
Gauge
20 stitches/24 rows = 4 inches in stocking stitch on 4.5mm needles
So I whipped up a hat pattern to match: mostly stocking stitch, with the brim done in bell ribbing identical to that on the wristwarmers. This hat was intended to be a beret, but it doesn’t slouch enough for that, so it’s really more of a loose sort of toque.
For more information on Ilaisa’s Wristies, the inspiration for this pattern, Myrrhia Resneck’s knitting website is Myrrhialand, and her Etsy shop is Kapital Designs.
Sizing
Finished brim circumference is 19.5" unstretched
Materials needed
Yarn: 2 balls of Phildar "Exciting", 51% wool/49% viscose, 98yds/50g, colour 5004463005102 (you'll have over half the second ball left over)
Needles: 4.5mm double-pointed needles OR two 4.5mm 16” circular needles (if using the two circular technique) OR one 4.5mm 80cm circular needle (if using the Magic Loop technique)
Gauge
20 stitches/24 rows = 4 inches in stocking stitch on 4.5mm needles