Description

Make your own Viking warrior cap with our Ingefred pattern. Its modular construction gives you lots of choices—make a headband, a beanie, or a full-blown ear flap hat all from one pattern. Start with the cabled band, join the ends, and expand your headgear from there, if you wish. Pompoms are optional, but the coziness is a certainty, especially if you choose to line the band and ear flaps. Skol!

Finished Measurements

22” [56 cm] circumference; 9” [23 cm] deep

Materials

• Aran weight yarn, approx 220 yds [201 m]
• US size 9 [5.5 mm] 16” circular needle or size needed to achieve gauge
• US size 9 [5.5 mm] dpn set of five
• US size 9 [5.5 mm] straight needles (optional)
• Cable needle
• Scrap yarn
• Stitch marker
• Yarn needle
• Approx one yard felt or microfleece (optional)

Gauge

23 sts & 22 rows = 4” [10 cm] in Chart A patt after blocking
16 sts & 22 rows - 4” [10 cm] in Chart B patt after blocking

Skills Used

Cables, picking up sts, knitting in the round, decreases, knitted cord, grafting, hand sewing (optional)

Yarn used: Shaggy Bear Farms Perendale

Construction

Band is worked flat and seamed before picking up stitches to work crown in the round. Ear flaps are worked by picking up stitches at the sides of the lower edge of the band and worked flat with cord endings. Pompoms may be attached to crown and ends of ear flap cords.