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Dorrance Street Cap

A handknit baby hat with a rainbow stripe pattern

I’m really excited to share the Dorrance Street Cap, now available as a downloadable pdf on Ravelry.

Dorrance Street is the starting point of the Pride Parade in Providence, RI. And it’s an amazing parade that happens at night with lights and music, and is generally, as mentioned, amazing. That serves as the inspiration for the name of this hat.

While the instructions include directions for solid, two-stripe, and rainbow versions, I both hope that you’ll use the pattern to figure out how to make it unique and representative of your favorite colors or striping effect. There is space to make this hat unique and show your favorite colors.

Three baby hats shown: a blue and a green solid and a rainbow striped hat.

This hat is also meant to be a simple, fairly quick knit for a gorgeous finished product. If you’re looking for a gift to hand make to welcome someone new to the world, this is a great option.

It’s up on Ravelry (full pattern details and materials listed there): just click here.

Two rainbow striped baby hats, one featuring a white brim and the other a gray brim.

3 responses to “Dorrance Street Cap”

  1. Bamboo, Blends, and New Yarn – The Knit McKinley

    […] I think Truboo is the only on of these yarns that was out last year. I haven’t used Truboo before, but used a lot of the Coboo from this family of yarns because the colorways appealed more to me at the time (you can find the Dorrance Street hat pattern, a striped spring hat that uses Coboo yarn, by clicking here).  […]

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  2. On Working with Splitty Yarns – The Knit McKinley

    […] But you don’t have to skip using a yarn because it’s splitty! There are many yarns that make excellent additions to your stash and are perfect for that linen cardigan, hemp market tote, or cotton baby hat pattern you have your eye on. An example of a yarn I’ve used and would happily recommend is the yarn featured in the photos in this post. I show Lion Brand’s Coboo yarn because it’s a cotton-blend that does tend to split while knitting, but is a great yarn for hats (I’m not just picking on Coboo — I really do like and even have a knitting pattern that specifically calls for it, the Dorrance Street Hat). […]

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  3. Knitting An I-Cord On A Hat – The Knit McKinley

    […] This tutorial shows the i-cord top on the Starboard Hat, a pattern available here. But this tutorial could work for any pattern your following that asks you to knit an i-cord on top as a finishing touch, such as the Dorrance Street Hat. […]

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