Mur

Mur is a Fair Isle (or stranded colourwork) hat with a pattern that is easy to memorise as you knit. It only uses two colours per round and has no more than 5 stitches between colours so it’s not necessary to catch floats at the back, making it a perfect pattern to practise this technique. It has 6 sizes, from newborn to adult. The photoS show sizes Adult (grey), 1-3 years (red) and size 0-3 months (beige).

If you have Instagram, use the hashtag #murhat or #gorromur when you publish photos of your project, or tag me: @tejereningles. If you have any question about the pattern, you can contact me by email at the address given in the pattern.

MATERIALS

• 3.5 mm (US 4) and 4 mm (US 6) circular needles, 40 cm / 16” long or DPNs (double-pointed needles). Or the size needed to match the gauge given below.
  
• markers, tapestry needle and scissors.

YARN

DK weight yarn (approx 250 m in 100 g) in 3 colours. I used Musa Merino DK.

• Colour 1 (C1): 40 (45, 55, 65) 75, 90 m / 44 (49, 60, 72) 82, 99 yards. I used colour 70 Oyster (grey) in the bigger hat.
• Colour 2 (C2): 15 (16, 16, 18) 20, 27 m / 17 (18, 18, 20) 22, 29 yards. I used colour 3 Snow White (white) in the bigger hat.
• Colour 3 (C3): 12 (14, 18, 20) 23, 25 m / 13 (15, 20, 22) 25, 28 yards. I used colour 35 Garnet (red) in the bigger hat. Optional: you will need approx. 20 m / 22 yards for a 6.5cm/2.5”pompom and 30 m / 33 yards for a 8.5cm / 3.5” pompom.

SIZES

0-3 months (3-6 m, 6-12 m, 1-3 years) 4-10 years, adult.
To fit head 36 (41, 46, 48) 51, 56 cm / 14 (16, 18, 19) 20-22” approximately.

GAUGE

21 stitches and 28 rounds in 10 cm / 4” in the Fair Isle pattern knitted in the round, after blocking.

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