Pendueles hat and cowl

Pendueles is a stranded colourwork hat which uses a simple and easy-to-memorise pattern. It’s knitted with fingering-weight yarn, from the ribbing towards the crown and in the round. It has two adult sizes. The pattern includes instructions to knit a matching cowl.

MATERIALS

• 3.5 mm (US 4) circular needles, 40 cm / 16” long for the hat and 60 cm / 24” long for the cowl. Adjust the needle size if necessary to match the gauge given below. You can also use double-pointed needles.
• 3 mm (US 2 ½), or two sizes smaller than the main needles, for the ribbing.
• Markers and tapestry needle.

YARN

Fingering-weight yarn (400 m / 437 yards in 100 g) in 3 colours. I used Abenaia Fingering 2.1 (100% merino, 180 m / 197 yards in 50 g).

• Main colour (MC): shown in the Serrubeco colourway (brown).
  Hat: 95 (120) m / 104 (131) yards.
  Cowl: 200 m / 219 yards.
  
• Contrasting colour 1 (CC1): shown in the Cochinilla colourway (dark red).
  Hat: 50 (70) m / 55 (77) yards.
  Cowl: 95 m / 104 yards.
  
• Contrasting colour 2 (CC2): I used Xolla Pastoreta in the Matafoc colourway (pink).
  Hat: 10 (15) m / 11 (17) yards.
  Cowl: 27 m / 30 m.

SIZES

The hat has two sizes: 1 (2).
For head circumferences 48-54 (55-63) cm / 19-21 (22-24) inches.

The cowl is one size only and it measures 31 cm / 12” wide and 29 cm / 11” tall.

GAUGE

26 stitches and 27 rows in 10 cm / 4” in stranded colourwork with the larger needles, after blocking.

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