Hi Ho Helix

woman wearing hand knit striped hat and cowl
Helix Hat and Cowl, three-color

Hi Ho Helix is a study in helix knitting, which is a way to knit single row stripes in the round without a jog. Your stripes may be different colors, or garter stitch (knit and purl), or different dye lots you’re trying to blend. Both the hat and cowl are knit from the bottom up. I designed this set as a quick start class project.

Two-color striped hat
crown shaping
Crown shaping on 3-color stripe hat

The set is knit with 2 or 3 colors of worsted weight yarn. I used leftover Malabrigo Rios from previous knitting projects.

Three striped hats
Three color jogless striped cowl

This pattern is available through my Ravelry store.

This pattern is available from my Payhip shop.

Thanks to tech editor Jen Lucas, test knitter Ann Berg, and model Sharon Hsu.