Skipp

CONSTRUCTION

• This hat is worked circularly from brim to crown.

GAUGE

• 20 stitches x 64 rounds (32 countable rounds) = 4″ in Brioche Stitch with Size A needle(s), after blocking

NEEDLES

Size A (for Main Fabric)

• One 16” circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain gauge listed
• Suggested Size: 3.5 mm (US 4)

Size B (for Brim)

• One 16” circular needle*, two sizes smaller than Size A
• Suggested Size: 2.75 mm (US 2)

*32” circular needle can be used instead of 16” circular and DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 19¼” 49 cm circumference; 8 (9½, 10½)” 20 (24, 26.5) cm length

Note: Hat is sized to fit adult head sizes ranging from 20-23” 51-58.5 cm circumference. Stitch pattern used is extremely stretchy. Although the unstretched dimensions for finished circumference appear small, the elasticity of the finished fabric will fit the head sizes listed above.

YARN

Brooklyn Tweed Loft — (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50 grams)

• Single-color Brioche: 2 skeins
• Two-color Brioche: 1 skein each of MC and C1

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Brooklyn Tweed Tones Light — 100% American Columbia Wool (225 yards per 50 grams)

• Single-color Brioche: 2 skeins
• Two-color Brioche: 1 skein each of MC and C1

Potential yarn substitutes include Peerie. Note that put-ups (yardage per skein) may be different for alternate yarn lines, so check your total yardage for your size.

YARDAGE

• Single-color Brioche: 280 (305, 320) total yards of fingering weight wool yarn
• Two-color Brioche: 140 (153, 160) yards of MC and 140 (153, 160) yards of C1 of fingering weight wool yarn

Photographed in the following colorways:

• Sample I: Single-color Brioche Watchcap; Loft Amaranth (MC)
• Sample II: Color-blocked Brioche Slouchy; Loft Caraway (MC), Hayloft (C1), Woodsmoke (C2)
• Sample III: Two-color Brioche Watchcap; Loft Old World (MC), Flannel (C1)
• Sample IV: Color-blocked Brioche Slouchy; Loft Cast Iron (MC), Soot (C1)
• Sample V: Two-color Brioche Beanie; Tones Light Persimmon Overtone, Persimmon Undertone
• Sample VI: Two-color Brioche Beanie; Peerie Burnished, Klimt
• Sample VII: Two-color Brioche Watchcap; Peerie Gatsby, Seaglass

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern: 

• 1×1 Rib Cabled Cast On