INTRODUCTION

Dealán Dé

by Ciara Ní Reachtnín

This snug-fitting cloche style hat is finished with a butterfly button which gives the hat its name.

Starting with a loose-ish cast on, the hat is knit sideways using short row wedges. The twisted stitch cable band is edged with two cables whilst the crown of the hat is worked in short row garter stitch. After sufficient repeats of the cable pattern and short row wedges, the garter stitch bind off is sewn together with the garter stitch cast on. If you prefer a seamless edge, you could cast on with a provisional cast on and graft together with the live stitches. The brim then decreases in pattern into a point which is secured to the brim with a button.

Dealán Dé (pronounced Dee Ah Lawn Jay) is an old Gaelic word for butterfly although directly translates as God’s lightning.

model: Rebecca Ní Reachtnín and Holly

photos: Ciara Ní Reachtnín

SIZE

Child[Adult Average, Adult Large]
Shown in size Adult Average

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Circumference: 18[21, 24] inches/ 45.5[53.5, 61] cm.
Choose a size with approximately 2 inches/5cm of negative ease.
Height: 7.5[8.5, 9.5] inches/ 19[21.5, 24] cm

MATERIALS

Yarn
Hedgehog Fibre Merino Aran Single [100 % Wool Merino, 241y/220m per 100g skein], color: Hurricane, 1[1, 1] skein

Recommended needle size
[always use a needle size that gives you the gauge listed below - every knitter's gauge is unique]
US #7/4.5mm straight needles or size needed to get gauge

Notions
1 30mm button
cable needle
yarn needle

GAUGE

22 sts /26 rows =4 inches/10cm in stockinette stitch
18 sts/36 rows = 4 inches/10cm in garter stitch

PATTERN NOTES

[Knitty's list of standard abbreviations and techniques can be found here.]

Short Rows: I use the German method of creating short rows in the hat – use whichever method you prefer. If you are working the “wrap and turn”, work this at the turning point, and ignore the “SR” instruction at the start of the following row. And then work the wrapped stitches together with their wraps as you come to them.

As you are working in garter stitch, the wraps don’t need to be hidden as they will blend in.

SR: WS is facing. Bring yarn to the front. Sl St p-wise and bring yarn up, over and back to pull on the slipped stitch until it slides around to show two legs. Keeping the yarn at the back in order to k next st while keeping the tension. When working the stitch the next time you meet it, work the “doubled stitch” as if it were one – that is, work the two legs together.

C2F: Sl the next st onto cn and hold in front, k next st, then k st from cn.
C2B: Sl the next st onto cn and hold in back, k next st, then k st from cn.
T2F: Sl the next st onto cn and hold in front, p next st, then k st from cn.
T2B: Sl the next st onto cn and hold in back, k next st, then p st from cn.

Brim Pattern
Work from Chart or written instruction as you prefer.

Setup Row 1 [WS]: K14[18, 22], p4, k5, p2, (k2, p1) twice, k2, p2, k5, p4.
Setup Row 2 [RS]: C2B, C2F, p5, C2F, p2, T2F, T2B, p2, C2F, p5, C2B, C2F, k14[18, 22].
Row 1: K14[18, 22], p4, k5, (p2, k3) twice, p2, k5, p4.
Row 2: C2B, C2F, p5, k2, p3, C2F, p3, k2, p5, C2B, C2F, k13[17, 21], turn.
Row 3: SR, k16, p4, k5, (p2, k3) twice, p2, k5, p4.
Row 4: C2B, C2F, p5, C2F, p2, C2B, C2F, p2, C2F, p5, C2B, C2F, k12[16, 20], turn.
Row 5: SR, k15, p4, k5, p2, k2, p4, k2, p2, k5, p4.
Row 6: C2B, C2F, p4, C2B, C2F, C2B, k2, C2F, C2B, C2F, p4, C2B, C2F, k11[15, 19] turn.
Row 7: SR, k14, p4, k4, p14, k4, p4.
Row 8: C2B, C2F, p3, C2B, k2, C2B, k4, C2B, k2, C2F, p3, C2B, C2F, k10[14, 18], turn.
Row 9: SR, k13, p4, k3, p16, k3, p4.
Row 10: C2B, C2F, p2, C2B, (k2, C2B, C2F) twice, k2, C2F, p2, C2B, C2F, k9[13, 17] turn.
Row 11: SR, k12, p4, k2, p18, k2, p4.
Row 12: C2B, C2F, p1, C2B, k2, (C2B, k2, C2F) twice, k2, C2F, p1, C2B, C2F, k8[12, 16] turn.
Row 13: SR, k11, p4, k1, p20, k1, p4.
Row 14: C2B, C2F, p1, k9, C2F, k9, p1, C2B, C2F, k7[11, 15], turn.
Row 15: SR, k10, p4, k1, p20, k1, p4.
Row 16: C2B, C2F, p1, T2F, k2, (C2F, k2, C2B) twice, k2, T2B, p1, C2B, C2F, k6[10, 14], turn.
Row 17: SR, k9, p4, k2, p18, k2, p4.
Row 18: C2B, C2F, p2, T2F, (k2, C2F, C2B) twice, k2, T2B, p2, C2B, C2F, k5[9, 13], turn.
Row 19: SR, k8, p4, k3, p16, k3, p4.
Row 20: C2B, C2F, p3, T2F, k2, C2B, k4, C2B, k2, T2B, p3, C2B, C2F, k4[8, 12], turn.
Row 21: SR, k7, p4, k4, p14, k4, p4.
Row 22: C2B, C2F, p4, T2F, T2B, T2F, k2, T2B, T2F, T2B, p4, C2B, C2F, k3[7, 11], turn.
Row 23: SR, k6, p4, k5, p2, k2, p4, k2, p2, k5, p4.
Row 24: C2B, C2F, p5, C2F, p2, T2F, T2B, p2, C2F, p5, C2B, C2F, k18.

Point Pattern
Work from Chart or written instruction as you prefer.

Row 1 (WS): P4, k5, (p2, k3) twice, p2, k5, p4.
Row 2 (RS): C2B, C2F, p5, k2, p3, C2F, p3, k2, p5, C2B, C2F.
Row 3: Repeat Row 1.
Row 4: C2B, C2F, p2tog tbl, p3, C2F, p2, C2B, C2F, p2, C2F, p3, p2tog, C2B, C2F. 28 sts.
Row 5: P4, k4, p2, k2, p4, k2, p2, k4, p4.
Row 6: C2B, C2F, p2tog tbl, p1, T2B, T2F, C2B, k2, C2F, T2B, T2F, p1, p2tog, C2B, C2F. 26 sts.
Row 7: P4, k2, p1, k2, p8, k2, p1, k2, p4.
Row 8: C2B, C2F, p2tog tbl, T2F, p1, T2F, k4, T2B, p1, T2B, p2tog, C2B, C2F. 24 sts.
Row 9: P4, k2, p1, k2, p6, k2, p1, k2, p4.
Row 10: C2B, C2F, p2tog tbl, T2F, p1, T2F, k2, T2B, p1, T2B, p2tog, C2B, C2F. 22 sts.
Row 11: (P4, k2, p1, k2) twice, p4.
Row 12: C2B, C2F, p2tog tbl, T2F, p1, T2F, T2B, p1, T2B, p2tog, C2B, C2F. 20 sts.
Row 13: P4, k2, p1, k2, p2, k2, p1, k2, p4.
Row 14: C2B, C2F, p2tog tbl, T2F, p1, C2B, p1, T2B, p2tog, C2B, C2F. 18 sts.
Row 15: P4, k2, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k2, p4.
Row 16: C2B, C2F, p2tog tbl, T2F, C2B, T2B, p2tog, C2B, C2F. 16 sts.
Row 17: (P4, k2) twice, p4.
Row 18: C2B, C2F, p2tog tbl, T2F, T2B, p2tog, C2B, C2F. 14 sts.
Row 19: P4, k6, p4.
Row 20: C2B, C2F, p2tog tbl, p2, p2tog, C2B, C2F. 12 sts.
Row 21: P4, k4, p4.
Row 22: C2B, C2F, p2tog tbl, p2tog, C2B, C2F. 10 sts.
Row 23: P3, k2tog, ssk, p3. (8 sts.
Row 24: (C2B, C2F) twice.
Row 25: P2, k2tog, ssk, p2. (6 sts.
Row 26: C2B, k2, C2F.
Row 27: P, k2tog, ssk, p. (4 sts.
Row 28: C2B, C2F.
Row 29: K2tog, ssk. 2 sts.

CHARTS

DIRECTIONS

CO 44[48, 52] sts using cable cast on. Work from chart or written instructions above.

Brim
Work Brim pattern Setup rows 1-2, and work Rows 1-24 5[6, 7] times total.

Sew seam along garter stitch edges of CO and BO. 30 sts rem.

Point
WS is facing. Work Point pattern on 30 sts until pattern is complete.

FINISHING

Sew point to brim and place a decorative button on top. You may wish to secure brim edge at cast on to brim where point chart starts.

With a darning needle and matching yarn, insert the needle into the 5[6, 7] edge sts at the apex and close the small hole which may appear at the crown.

Block and weave in ends.

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Ciara Ní Reachtnín is an Irish designer living in the wilds of the West of Ireland with her three children, husband and two crazy dogs. When not knitting, Ciara is busy with her day job as a multi-grade primary school teacher in a tiny rural school. All her classes are currently knitting a menagerie of teddy bears.

You can read more about Ciara on her blog.

Pattern & images © 2016 Ciara Ní Reachtnín. Contact Ciara