Introducing Sartori, And Why You Need This Hat Pattern.

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I know I’m late to the party. The mohair party, that is.
It’s a life-long fact for me though…. I’m always a bit behind the times.
Perhaps it’s just because I wanted all you fabulous fibre people out there to try out the mohair magic and do all the research so I didn’t have to, but that’s not at all true.

A photograph of a photograph, this image shows two women walking arm in arm along a tree-lined street. The lady on the left is wearing a mid blue double-breasted coat with two buttons at waist level. The lady on the right has a coral pink knee-length coat with large lapels, worn unbuttoned. There is a small image inset to the bottom left of the photograph, picturing the same women; the lady on the left is wearing a black coat in the same style as the pink one.
An advertisement for mohair coats in “Woman and Home” magazine dated
Sep/ Oct 1984 (UK)

Those of us of a certain age will remember the mohair covered 80s. (yes, the 1980s <insert eyeroll>)
And that wasn’t fun mohair. There were blankets and jumpers, cushions and hats, even coats. No luxurious silk was added to soften the mohair to make it nice and next-to-skin soft. It was scratchy, scratchy, and blended with wool.

The only thing I remember us using regularly though, was a yellow, green and red tartan blanket which came with us on every picnic and every car ride. We didn’t sit very long on that thing….maybe that was mum’s intention of course!
So, all of this had rather tainted my idea of knitting with mohair and using it in a garment. These “modern” (ha!) mohair blends now have lots of silk in them and are super soft. I just didn’t believe that they would be next-to-skin soft enough for my princess preferences.

I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Enter Rowan Kid Silk Haze.

In 81 colourways!! That’s right, EIGHTY-ONE!

Standing with Mum in front of the Rowan Kid Silk Haze Wall of Yarn at Vogue Knitting Live (NYC, Feb 2023) was the best chance to really feel how soft and amazing this yarn is. This was not the mohair I remembered, and was scared of…
I had been missing out!

Kid Silk Haze is a dreamy blend of 70% mohair and 30% silk. There are 210m (229yds)/ 25g so this lace-weight yarn goes on forever! I know there will be a colourway to complement your project, there are so many to choose from!

Lucky me, I found my perfect shade. A beautiful, dusky, velvety purple. A colourway called “Wine”. It was meant to be!

Two women wearing huge smiles are standing in front of a wall covered in rainbow-coloured fluffy balls of yarn. They seem to be very excited. They are dressed for a party and wearing lanyards with large white labels showing Knitting Live in large print. They are carrying shiny tote bags stuffed full of yarn, magazines and other unknown goodies

But What Should I Knit?

A white woman with silver and brown hair stands in front of a dark painted wooden surface looking to her right, only her profile is visible. She is wearing a black top and a fluffy, dusky pink knitted hat which has a linear lace pattern reaching towards the gathered crown.

I decided a hat would be the perfect project and Rowan were enormously generous in sending yarn support with some of their Alpaca Classic yarn to hold with the mohair.

I’ve knitted with some beautiful yarn before, but this combo blew me away. I highly, HIGHLY recommend it!! The resulting fabric has a delicate halo – not too fluffy, and it is very cosy without being too warm.

Meet Sartori.

This hat was designed with elegance and luxury in mind, because we all deserve a little of that, don’t we?

Sartori was knitted using a single strand of mohair silk held with a strand of fingering weight Alpaca Classic and the result is spectacular!

The folded brim will keep your ears nice and cosy while the delicate lace catches your eye as it travels up towards the flower-shaped crown.

This show-stopping hat will be one you reach for all winter long. And for those of us knitters in the warmer climates at the moment, the small size makes it a perfect project for knitting during the warmer weather too!

The pattern is available to buy
– in the Shop and also
– on Ravelry.

Sartori is Designed to be worn with 2-3” of negative ease for a snug fit.
Finished circumference: 18 (20, 22)”/ 46 (51, 56) cm. Fit comes down to personal preference though, and a looser fit will certainly accommodate more hair!

A white woman with silver and black hair grins at the camera. She is wearing a dusky pink fluffy hat and is pulling it down over her left eye with her left hand. She is very proud of the hat she has knitted.
The camera is looking down on the crown of a dusky pink knitted hat. The blanket underneath the hat is striped in many shades of black, white and grey. The hat has a gathered crown which is shaped like a flower with nine petals. The fluffy halo of the fabric is clearly visible.

Info on the hat pattern:

YARN
One strand of light fingering weight yarn, 120m (131yds)/ 25g, held together with one strand of lace weight mohair silk, 420m (459yds)/ 50g.
Sample used: Rowan Yarns;
40g Alpaca Classic #116 Soft Satin (57% alpaca, 43% cotton)
25g Kid Silk Haze Colour #005 Wine (70% mohair, 30% silk).

NEEDLES
US 3 (3.25mm)

GAUGE AND SIZE
26 sts and 36 rows in Stocking Stitch over 4” (10cm)

NOTIONS
Stitch Markers
Tapestry Needle
Waste yarn & crochet hook for provisional cast on
Spare cable needle (one or two sizes smaller than your working needle is helpful) for creating the folded brim.

TECHNIQUES YOU CAN PRACTICE WITH THIS PATTERN:
Provisional cast on
Knitting a double brim
Incorporating decreases into a lace pattern

Don’t forget to let me know when you cast on! Tag me #snowythistleknits on Instagram so I can see the colours you choose!!

Happy Knitting xxx

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