First Brioche Hat

CONSTRUCTION

• Hat is worked in the round from the bottom up.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

• 20"/51 cm circumference
• 8¼"/21 cm long

GAUGE

• 3 stitches per inch measured over Brioche Stitch
• 12 stitches & 36 (18 countable) rounds per 4”/10 cm

YARN

Choose from Brooklyn Tweed chunky weight yarns:

Brooklyn Tweed Arbor Lodge — 100% American Targhee wool (125 yards/114 meters per 100 grams)

• 1 skein each in 2 colors; 2 skeins total
• Photographed in colors Barely There (Color 1) & Pollen (Color 2)

—OR—

Brooklyn Tweed Quarry — 100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool (200 yards/182 meters per 100 grams)

• 1 skein each in 2 colors; 2 skeins total
• Photographed in colors Citrine (Color 1) & Granite (Color 2), and Fossil (single-color sample)

YARDAGE

• Approximately 145 yards/133 meters total of chunky weight wool yarn

NEEDLES

16”/40 cm circular needle

• Suggested size US 10/6 mm

Double pointed needles

• In same size as circular needle

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

• Video – 1x1 Rib Cabled Cast On
• Brioche Knitting 101
• Brioche Knitting 102
• Video – Circular 2-Color Brioche
• Blocking 101

28 May 2025: Version 2.0

The companion PDF has been consolidated into the main pattern.