January Featured Pattern and KAL: Wrought Mithril Hat

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Welcome to 2021, and that means a new Featured Pattern Sale and Knit-Along!  The Wrought Mithril Hat is the Featured Pattern for January, available 50% off (currently $3.00 CAD, regular price, $6.00 CAD)!

Photography: Stephanie Wallace

Purchase on Etsy

The design for this hat came about from the Initiate Knit Design Challenge, hosted by Francoise Danoy of Aroha Knits. The goal of the challenge is to help people get their design ideas off the ground, and this fingering-weight lace and cable hat is the result! For the initial prompt, I drew inspiration from the vertical lines of wrought-iron fencing and the leading of stained glass. The result is a hat that's lightweight, but still warm, and a great layering piece. 

The Wrought Mithril Hat is knit in the round from the brim up, using small cables and twists.  Decreases are done within the cable pattern for the crown; and the top is secured by running the end of the working yarn through the live stitches. 

The yarn is *Northbound Knits Merino/Silk Fingering in the colourway "Ethereal". When looking for a substitute, most fingering-weight yarns would work well. I'd suggest wool or alpaca for a cold-weather hat, but you could also work it in cotton or linen for warmer weather. 

This pattern has written instructions, and the stitch pattern charted with written instructions available in a secondary download. 

In addition, this knitting pattern also has an accessible large print option that is compatible with screen-reading software, which includes the written instruction.

You can buy the pattern through Etsy, or Payhip, the discount is available on both platforms. The discount should be be visible on Etsy, To get the discount on Payhip, you can use the coupon code "JanFeatPatt2021"

Now, onto the Knit-Along!

For the month of January any finished Wrought Mithril Hat has a chance to win a $25 USD gift card from *EatSleepKnit; and one pattern from any of my self-published patterns! To enter on the blog, simply post a link to a picture of your completed hat by January 31, 2021! Please note that the hat doesn't have to have been started in January just finished in January, -- so it's a good reason to pull out any WIPs!

Please note, due to the seizure/migraine risks, you may not post links to Ravelry.com in the comments of this blog. Such links will be removed and will not count as entries to the Knit-Along. IG posts, public Facebook posts, blog posts, or even direct image links are all acceptable alternatives.

You can also win by posting to the giveaway on Facebook, and on Instagram, giving 3 chances to win in total!**

I always look forward to seeing your Finished Objects! Please post them to various social media with #SarahDawnsDesigns, and share them to my Facebook Group if you're on Facebook! That way, I can see the awesome that you folks make!

**One entry per person for each project per platform (three possible entries total for each completed project). One Winner will be drawn at random using random number generation. Winner must have a valid e-mail address to receive the pattern and electronic gift card. Participants may enter the same project on more then one platform, but may only enter each project once per platform.