The Design
“Borrow it back!”
Knit this cozy, deeply cuffed cap for him—and then borrow it back! It’s handsome worn turned up in a traditional nautical style, but we love it uncuffed and slouchy, too. We’ve made the ribbed cuff nice and deep so you can fold it a long way up without the wrong side of the stockinette stitch showing. Plus, this cap is a quick, satisfying knit!
For this Boyfriend Watch Cap, we stranded two skeins of Rowan together. One of our favorite yarns of all time, Felted Tweed is on the finer side of a DK-weight. It blends merino wool for softness and spring, with alpaca and viscose for drape, luster, and subtle stitch definition. And there are so many colors to play with!
Try stranding two different colors together for a marled look by choosing your choice of colors below or check out our selected colorways of the Boyfriend Watch Cap: .
The Details
FINISHED SIZE
To fit 20-23"/51-58cm head. Approx. 18"/46cm around ribbing, not stretched.
YARN
2 skeins (191yds/175m each). Yarn held double-stranded throughout.
Or approx. 140yds/128m each of two equivalent sport/dk-weight wool-blend yarns, held double throughout.
Shown in 145 Treacle.
NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 8 (5mm) 16" circular and double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.
US 7 (4.5mm) 16" circular needle (or one size smaller than gauge needle).
3 stitch markers ( 1 in a different color to designate beginning of round).
Darning needle to finish.
GAUGE
Approx. 16 sts/18 rounds = 4" in stockinette stitch, after blocking.
