Twice as Nice Cap

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Twice as Nice Cap

Description

This lightweight cap in three sizes (small/medium/large), features a reversible vertical lace and cable motif, allowing it to be worn long and slouchy or with a rolled or folded brim. Delicate and airy, it will tame hair on temperate but windy days; the openwork pattern shows off the halo of a fine luxury yarn, while still providing a surprising amount of warmth. The easy to knit pattern, worked entirely in the round makes an excellent first lace or cable project and a very portable knit to keep or give as a gift. 
 
Shown here: size medium in The Cashmere Co-op Chambery, color Natural

Suggested Yarns:
 Yak + Silk LaceModern Deco LaceShetlandia FingeringJacob FingeringKent Lace, Better Breakfast Fingering, Stone Soup Fingering, or any light fingering yarn with about 200 yards/ounce. Substituting yarn and/or needles may result in an overall variation in size and elasticity.  

Finished Size: 
16(18, 20) inches in circumference to fit heads measuring up to 20(22, 24) inches around

Yarn Requirements: 
200(250, 300) yards  

Gauge:
26 sts and 36 rows = 4 inches in stockinette on larger needles (knit flat, unblocked; fabric will be relaxed)

Needles:
 size 4US (3.5 mm) 16- or 24-inch circular needles (or size to obtain correct gauge)
size 2US (2.75 mm) 16-inch circular needle for brim (or .75 mm smaller than gauge needle)