INSULATE! hat

A tribute to the iconic baddies of *Doctor Who!* Stylised enough to be mistaken for a geometric design by the uninitiated, stealthy Daleks are stationed right around the hat, to guard your head from the cold. The colourwork design uses a combination of solid-colour rounds with occasional slipped stitches, and stranded-colourwork rounds. Using both techniques avoids the need to deal with long floats for most of the design, and makes this a fairly quick and straightforward knit. The coordinating [INSULATE! mittens][1] pattern is now available (also free to download). **Materials**: DK-weight yarn in two colours. Approximately 70 yards (90 yards for size L) of your main/background colour, and 50 yards (60 yards for size L) of your contrasting colour. **Sizing**: S (to fit 16-19” head), M (to fit 19-22” head), L (to fit 22-25” head). Additional sizes can be achieved by adding or subtracting another 16-stitch repeat (about 3”). <hr> Tutorial: [How I block my hats][2] [1]: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/insulate-mittens [2]: https://www.baroquepurls.com/blog/how-i-block-my-hats