Höttur — Brioche Turban Knitting Pattern

Höttur is Védís Jónsdóttir’s turban from Ístex’s Lopi 34: one strip of brioche stitch in carmine red heather Plötulopi, used 2-ply (two strands together), which is wrapped round the head, knotted at the front and sewn into shape. The strip is 16 stitches wide and 95 cm long, and you check the length on your own head before you bind off. One size, in one colour, which Ístex still makes.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• One size — the strip is 95 cm long, checked on your head
• The finishing: how to knot the strip and sew it into a turban
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Höttur kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Plötulopi — 100 g plates · one size — used 2-ply, two strands together
A 1430 carmine red heather — 1

Size
One size. The strip is 16 stitches wide — about 13 cm (5¼″) at the pattern’s gauge (our calculation) — and 95 cm (37½″) long. The pattern gives no head measurement; it says to check the length by wrapping the strip round your head before you bind off.

Gauge
12 sts × 17 rows = 10 cm (4″) in brioche stitch on 4.5 mm needles, with Plötulopi used 2-ply.

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needle, 40 or 60 cm — the strip is knitted back and forth on it

You will also need
A marker and a tapestry needle for the finishing — the pattern’s list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Cast on 16 stitches and knit back and forth in brioche stitch — row 1: *k1, yarn over, slip 1 purlwise*; row 2: *k2tog (the yarn over with the slipped stitch), yarn over, slip 1 purlwise* — until the strip measures 95 cm, checking the length by wrapping it round your head, and bind off. Mark the middle of the strip’s length: that is the centre back. Wrap the strip round the head, make a knot at the front and take the two ends to the back of the head, the right-hand end on the right side over the top and the left-hand end on the left. Sew the ends in under the edge at the centre back so they ruffle a little, starting at the marker and sewing each side in the opposite direction. Then sew the sides of the strip together in the middle of the top and at each side of the hat.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 34 (no. 18), Ístex.

How you get it — the pattern is a PDF in English. It is emailed to you right after purchase; nothing is posted.

Yarn — not included. We sell Ístex lopi by the ball in our yarn shop, or choose the kit, which has this pattern and all the yarn in one parcel.

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