The pattern
About Hachi
It is written 八: two strokes moving apart from each other, like a roof opening up. It reads “bā” in Chinese and “hachi” in Japanese. Tomorrow, 九.
Hachi is a long hat, all in 1/1 rib, broken by a knit round every eight or ten rounds: fine lines circling the head up to the crown. Knitted in the round in one ball of De Rerum Natura “Gilliat”, it is worn high, with volume at the top.
De Rerum Natura “Gilliat”: 1 ball, in colorway Ébène, or approximately (131, 142) (153, 186) (197, 208) yd ; (120, 130) (140, 170) (180, 190) m. Gauge: 18 sts and 24 rows = 4 in ; 10 cm in 1/1 rib, washed and blocked, ribs slightly opened. US 7 ; 4.5 mm needles, and one size smaller for the brim.
