Boiled Wool Cap from North Africa

Materials

• Retrosaria Rosa Pomar Alfeire, 100% undyed wool, worsted weight, 241 yards (220 m)/3.5 oz (100 gram) skein, 1 skein natural
  
• Needles, size 8 (5 mm) set of 5 double-pointed needles (dpn) if using a single strand of yarn, or size 11 (8 mm) set of 5 dpn if using a double strand
  
• Stitch marker
  
• Locking stitch marker
  
• Tapestry needle
  
• Tape measure
  
• Large pot
  
• Large bowl
  
• 2 wooden cooking spoons
  
• Cotton or linen cloth
  
• Clothes iron
  
• Hat form (see “How to Make a Hat Form")
  
• Round bristle brush, small handcard, or fuller’s teasel
  

Finished size: 22" (55.9 cm) head circumference, 6 ¼" (15.9 cm) crown diameter, and 2 ¾" tall (7 cm) from lower edge to flat top, after fulling (see Special Notes)

Gauge: 16 sts and 24 ½ rnds = 4" (10.2 cm) with single strand of yarn using smaller needles, before fulling; 11 sts and 16 rnds = 4" (10.2 cm) with double strand of yarn using larger needles, before fulling.

About: Irene Waggener researches knitting traditions around the world. She is the author of Keepers of the Sheep: Knitting in Morocco's High Atlas and Beyond, which she wrote in collaboration with shepherds from Morocco's Aït Boulli valley. She is currently living in Yerevan, where she is working on a new book about knitting in Armenia.

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