- One of my state fair entries underwhelmed the judges but pleases me quite a bit! It is my Fair Isle Long Hat. I saw a hat like this on Instagram and loved it. It was labelled as a purchased hat and no pattern for handknitting seemed available, so I charted it out. The original appeared to have 6 repeats of 24 sts (144 sts), but I added a repeat for my hat because I have a big head and too many tight hats!
I thought about launching it as a free pattern but opted to link to my notes instead. I did not want to enrage anyone! The Fair Isle Long Hat pdf (for the 144 st version) is linked to my Ravelry project page and includes charts and the colors used. I would love it if others made it. It is a nice, traditional fair isle hat. It hangs down really cute in the back and the fat tassel holds it down!
PS to Commenters: the hat is still at the fair. I will try to get a model after I pick it up!
And these are not my colors – I copied the hat I saw on Instagram. 🙂
PS2 ro Elizabeth: I am so glad you found the chart helpful! I don’t have a color printer any more, so I write my charts for b&w printing! 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing. This will be fun to knit!
Comment by Ruth — August 31, 2018 @ 2:52 pm
Lovely hat – thanks for sharing your notes/charts, etc.! Any chance we can see it modeled? I am curious how much it hangs down…
Comment by Amy — August 31, 2018 @ 3:40 pm
What a lovely final product! You didn’t want to model it for us? That shot of red through the blues and greys really pulls it all together.
Comment by Heather — August 31, 2018 @ 4:35 pm
Beautiful hat. You have a great eye for color combinations. Kudos!
Comment by Elizabeth — August 31, 2018 @ 7:52 pm
Just reviewed your pattern notes. Oh my gosh! I wish more colorwork designers would write their patterns like you did. Some colorways are so subtle it can be difficult to determine the foreground and background colors especially when they use color-codes rather than color names with color descriptions. Thank you!!!!
Comment by Elizabeth — August 31, 2018 @ 11:17 pm
Your hat is gorgeous!You are so clever to chart and knit this.
Comment by Nikki — August 31, 2018 @ 11:57 pm
This is reminding me of what I think is a fairly traditional fair isle Kep hat (search for Kep in Ravelry patterns), although I think they have a doubled loser edge). There is even a Kep Facebook group! I noticed your knitting dates. No wonder you didn’t model it for us!
Comment by Susan — September 1, 2018 @ 12:05 am
It’s beautiful. Who were those judges, and what were they thinking? Thank you for the great pattern and chart!
Comment by annie — September 1, 2018 @ 7:16 pm
Dear Susan, Thank you so much for sharing this. It is lovely. The list is long but this will definitely be made for this winter. Thanks.
Comment by Heidi — September 1, 2018 @ 8:00 pm
That does it. This hat officially makes me excited for fall. Let the merriment commence.
Comment by Catherine S. — September 1, 2018 @ 10:14 pm
Love it!! Thanks for sharing the pattern!
Comment by Penny — September 2, 2018 @ 2:06 am
Thanks for sharing your charts. I might make this. I have a niece who bicycles to work in San Francisco, often raining.
Julie
Comment by Julie in San Diego — September 3, 2018 @ 8:33 pm
This is a gorgeous hat. I second the comment”what were the judges thinking?” Judging is hard. But I love this.
Comment by Anita — September 15, 2018 @ 6:46 pm
Hello! I have finally got around to knitting this kep. I used a light beige/cream/grey called Beremeal from Uradale yarns in Shetland instead of the dark/grey/shaela suggested and similar colours to the picture from the same company except for the bright ‘Peacock blue’ which, I think, would have been from Jamieson & Smith (also based in Shetland). I love the way it has turned out! Thanks for the pattern ?
I finished it today. It knitted up fairly quickly on a 3.25 circular needle and just needs a fat tassel to weight it down one it dries out. The stripes that resulted made an interesting effect rather than the traditional patterning. Thanks for reverse engineering the pattern. It is very similar to the Fair Isle kep pattern that is supplied by the Fair Isle kep knitters (for a donation to Fair Isle’s memorial hall and the little school there)…..and it is not too dissimilar to the hats in ‘Knitting from Fair Isle’ by Mati Ventrillon.
Comment by Marilyn Jackson — October 12, 2023 @ 11:47 am