Rayas

This cosy two-layer hat features a tubular construction and a rainbow of irregular stripes. After the hat has been knitted, it is embellished with crocheted stripes. **SIZES:** 1 (2, 3) Recommended ease: 4–6"/10–15 cm of negative ease. FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Circumference (Unstretched): 15.5 (17, 18.5)"/39 (42.5, 46.5) cm. Height: 8.5 (9, 9.5)"/22 (23, 24.5) cm. **MATERIALS** Yarn:MC: Approx. 77 (80, 86) g/340 (356, 382) yd/311 (326, 349) m of light fingering-weight yarn. CC: Approx. 12 (12, 13) g/53 (53, 57) yd/48 (48, 52) m of light-fingering- or fingering-weight scrap yarns. The sample was knitted in Manos del Uruguay Alegría, a hand-dyed, soft yet strong superwash-polyamide yarn in colourways Crema (white version) and Dragon (green version). Pompom (optional): Approx. 40 yd/37 m in a mix of MC and CC yarns. **Needles:** US 1.5/2.5 mm and US 2/2.75 mm needles for working small circumferences in the round. **Notions:** US 2/2.75 mm crochet hook, 5 locking stitch markers, waste yarn. **GAUGE:** 32 sts x 48 rnds to 4"/10 cm on US 1.5/2.5 mm needles in St St, after blocking. 30 sts x 44 rnds to 4"/10 cm on US 2/2.75 mm needles in St St, after blocking. **CONSTRUCTION** This hat is worked as a closed tube starting with a Provisional Cast-On near the top of the crown of the inner layer, and ending at the top of the crown of the outer layer. Afterthought stripes are created by infilling columns of purl stitches with scrap yarn using a crochet slip stitch — these stripes are worked before the crown decreases to allow access to the WS of the work. After the outer crown is completed, the provisional stitches are released and the inner crown is closed.