Hat: 33cm (13") tall, 50cm (19 3/4") circumference
Mitts: 30cm (11 3/4") long, 22cm (8 3/4") circumference
YARN USED
Stylecraft Special Chunky 1 ball each in Raspberry 1023 (A), cream 2305 (B) & Lavender 1188(C)
ABOUT THE YARN
Chunky; 184m per 100g ball; 75% acrylic, 25% wool
TENSION
11 sts and 9 rows to 10cm, 4in, over tr pattern on 6mm hook or the size required to give the correct tension
OTHER SUPPLIES
tapestry needle
HAT
Work in the following stripe sequence;
Start with Yarn A.
Round 1: Yarn A.
Rounds 2 to 4: Yarn B.
Rounds 5 to 10: Yarn C.
Rounds 11 to 15: Yarn A.
Rounds 16 to 20: Yarn B.
Rounds 21 to 24: Yarn C.
Rounds 25 to 28: Yarn A.
Using 6mm crochet hook ch 5, join with sl st into ring.
Round 1: Ch 3, work 12 tr into ring, join with sl st into top of ch 3. 12sts
Round 2: Ch 3, work 2 tr into each sp, join with sl st into top of ch 3. 24sts
Round 3: Ch 3, *work 2 tr into next sp, 1 tr into next sp, repeat from* to end of round, join with sl st into top ofch 3. 36sts
Round 4: Ch 3, *work 2 tr into next sp, 1 tr into next 2 sp, repeat from * to end of round, join with sl st into top of ch 3.48sts
Round 5: Ch 3, *work 2 tr into next sp, 1 tr into next 3 sp, repeat from * to end of round, join with sl st into top ofch 3. 60 sts
Round 6: Ch 3, *work 1 tr into next sp, repeat from * to end of round, join with sl st into top of ch 3.
Work next 18 rounds as Round 6.
Round 25: Ch 3, work 1 tr into next 3 sp, 1 tr2tog into two next sp, repeat from * to end of round, join with si st into top of ch 3. 48sts
Round 26: Ch 3, work htr into every sp to end of round, join with sl st into top of ch 3.
Work 2 more rounds as Round 26.
Finish off and sew in ends.
FINGERLESS MITTS
Work in the following stripe sequence;
Start with Yarn A.
Rounds 1 to 3: Yarn A.
Rounds 4 to 8: Yam B.
Rounds 9 to 11: Yarn C.
Rounds 12 to 14: Yarn A.
Rounds 15 to 19: Yarn B.
Rounds 20 to 22: Yarn C.
Rounds 23 to 28: Yarn A.
Using 6mm crochet hook, ch 22
loosely and join into a ring with sl st.
Round 1: Ch 3, work 1 tr into every st, join with sl st at top of ch 3.
Round 2: Ch 3, work 1 tr into every sp, join with sl st at top ofch 3.
Work next 17 rounds as Round 2.
Round 20: To form thumbhole, work as for Round 2 without joining at top ofch 3, turn.
Round 21: Ch 3, work 1 tr into every sp, without joining at top of ch 3, turn.
Work next 2 rounds as Round 21.
Round 24: Ch 3, work 1 tr into every sp, join into round with si st at top of ch 3. Work next 4 rounds as Round 2.
Finish off and sew in ends.