Houllquassa Hat

The Houllquassa design features bold horizontal stripes with traditional Shetland motifs. The last band decreases in size to reduce stitch numbers for the crown. I used Murrister Wirset pure native breed Shetland wool to create this design, but any other 2ply jumper weight Shetland wool would be suitable for this project. The pattern is one size adult with suggested needle size 3mm. The actual size can be changed using larger or smaller needle sizes. Please pay particular attention to the required tension as my knitting is close. Some people have used 2.75mm needles to obtain a matching tension. Houllquassa is an area on the Murrister croft where Shetland sheep graze providing us with our own pure native breed Shetland wool called Murrister Wirset.