Rasta Hat.
The colors of the Rastafarian religion are red, green, gold, and black and have specific meanings. If you want to know more here is a good web site: https://www.islandoutpost.com/outpostings/2016/01/18/10-things-everyone-know-rastas/
However, the colors are appealing in a nonreligious way and probably are related to the popularity of the music of Bob Marley. This is the second Rasta hat and one similar that I've knit for family and a friend. The similar hat is open on both ends to accommodate dreadlocks. The first Rasta hat was made for my son, and when I posted a picture of it on Instagram, my sister, who lives in the cool Washington climate, asked for one like it. Surprisingly, after I knit the hat, I had enough yarn for two wrist warmers and a scarf. These patterns are basic beanie and wrist warmer patterns, not Rasta patterns. I had to the calculate rows and inches to create the color pattern - math and some trial and error and luck.
YARN: I used Knit Picks Wool of the Andes worsted weight yarn ordered from the Knit Picks website. One skein of each color. I used size 7 needles. I've included the patterns I used for the hat and wrist warmers. The scarf I made without a pattern.
HAT: Easy Breezy Hat by Jen Stone-Gerardy 2010
http://knitolution.blogspot.com/2011/08/easy-breezy-hat-free-pattern.html
WRIST WARMERS: Beginner Wrist Warmers Knitting Pattern
from https://www.simple-knitting.com/wrist-warmers.html
The wrist warmer pattern does not include a thumb opening so I made one after measuring my own hand.
SCARF:
Cast on 24 stitches and knit every row (garter stitch) for 44 inches. The final scarf is 5 3/5 inches wide / 44 inches length. There are two blocks of each color . You could knit smaller blocks similar to the wrist warmers. I knit the scarf last and used all the yarn I had left.
How do you look in Rasta knitting?
My niece, Dina, wears the finished products. Looks fabulous on her. Her mother, Christina, will be wearing the warm knit hat, scarf, and wrist warmers this Washington winter, while her daughter basks in the Arizona sunshine where she lives.
There's a nice slouch to the hat that accommodates her hair and covers her ears.
Thanks for modeling, Dina.
More knitting to come more often. I've pledged to myself to take notes and photos of my knitting projects so I can share them here. I have two scarves in the works because I love the yarns and want to see how they work out. So far I'm pleased.
A worthy cause: The Mother Bear Projecthttp://motherbearproject.org/
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