Avebury is normally priced at $5.50, but it's on sale right now for $3.50 with a coupon code. You can find the coupon code in my Ravelry group (Kate Schuyten Designs) or in Alex's blog post on Malabrigo's site (linked above). The coupon code is good until the end of the month.
I'm also doing a yarn giveaway, so that you can knit your very own Avebury! I'm giving away three skeins of Malabrigo Yarn Rios in the exact colors I used to make the hat: Paris Night, Indiecita & Teal Feather. To enter the giveaway, head over to my Ravelry group (Kate Schuyten Designs) and leave a comment in the yarn giveaway thread. Comments will remain open until midnight next Thursday April 11th, 2013. On Friday morning I will lock the thread and the winner will be announced. Winner will be picked via random number generator.
This design has been in the works for a long time. I went through many iterations of this hat before I got the design details just right - I'll post about the other hats this weekend/early next week, but for now we'll stick to the final version. Avebury is a brioche hat that is knit in the round. It can be knit as either a solid hat or with two different colors. I think that it really shines when knit with two colors, but love the solid version as well. The pattern includes a mini brioche stitch guide as well as references for further instructions on brioche stitches.
The brioche pattern is easy enough that I think beginner brioche knitters can knit it, though I would suggest starting out with the solid version to get a hang of the technique. Think of the solid version as the beginners version and the two color version as the advance option. The great thing about the two color version? The other color is NOT carried in the round i.e. no floats! Rounds are knit by alternating the main & contrasting colors. The trickiest part is making sure to leave the other color in the right spot at the beginning/end of the round (instructions are included on where to leave the yarn).
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