Merak Hat and Cowl

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4 Apr

Written By Sandra Gutierrez

If you’re happy and you know it…

Simple stitches and a little bit of color make for a happy maker!

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Merak (Serbian) – the pursuit of small, daily pleasures that all add up to a great sense of happiness and fulfillment.

Finding bliss in daily pleasures is a difficult task, but the Merak Cowl and Hat are a reminder of that; despite their very simple construction and motifs they create something beautiful and elaborate. The hat is worked top to bottom, starting with the crown and finishing with a faux i-cord edging at the end. The cowl sports similar faux i-cord edgings at both ends. Their body is worked fully in single row mosaic crochet, following two charts.

Sizes + Measurement

Finished Dimensions:

Hat

Circumference: 21.5 in / 55 cm

Length*: 9 in / 22.5 cm

Cowl

Circumference: 23¼ (26) in / 59 (66) cm

Length*: 11¾ (15¾) in / 30 (40) cm

*Length is adjustable to taste.

Materials

Yarn

Rosa Pomar Vovó (100% wool), sport (3ply), 50g (156yd/143m), in the (A) Color 08;

Spincycle Yarns Dyed in the Wool (100% American wool), sport (2ply), 54g (200yd/182m), in (B) Ghost Ranch and (C) Family Jewels.

Tools

Tools

US size G/6 (4mm) hook

US size 7 (4.5mm) hook

Yardage/meterage

Amounts include 10% extra for swatching and margin of error.

Hat

Yarn A: 155 yds / 140 m

Yarn B: 55 yds / 50 m

Yarn C: 55 yds / 50 m

Cowl

Yarn A: 197 (295) yds / 180 (270) m

Yarn B: 70 (104) yds / 65 (95) m

Yarn C: 70 (104) yds / 65 (95) m

Techniques used

Here is a list of the techniques used to make this top. I have added links to audio-visual aid that you might find helpful. More videos will be added in time.

Testers

My testers were incredibly important and helpful during the writing of this book. I am forever grateful to them! Here are some of their projects (click on the images to be directed to their Instagram account)

You can also find the pattern on Ravelry and see their projects if you would like to know more information about the materials they used and the size they made.

Merak on Ravelry