Get ready for winter with a cozy hat! This cute winter hat features a little forest of trees and a herringbone pattern reminiscent of snowshoe tracks in the snow. The stranding also provides a thicker fabric which is great for keeping warm in northern winters.

This simple colorwork is a fun way to showcase a variegated or ombre yarn against a muted background. This pattern is fun but not too complicated, perfect for both beginner colorwork knitters and more advanced knitters. The colorwork instructions are charted.

Sizing
Sizes 1(2, 3, 4)
Finished Circumference: 16 ½ (18, 20, 22) in (42 (46, 51, 55.5) cm). This hat is designed to be worn with 3” (7.5 cm) of negative ease.
The finished hat is 8 ½” (21.5 cm) tall.

Yarn
Worsted-weight yarn,
Main color: 95 (105, 115, 125) yds, (86 (96, 105, 115) m). Sample shown in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes, 110 yds (100 m) per 50 g ball, color Dove Heather.
Contrasting color: 50 (55, 61, 66) yds (45 (50, 55, 60) m). Sample shown in Lion Brand Amazing, 147 yds (135 m) per 50 g ball, color Glacier Bay.

Pattern updates:
-September 2024: The pattern has been reworked in a plied wool yarn. The original version was designed using a single ply silk-alpaca blend which gave a gauge that seemed to be difficult for other yarns to consistently match. The 2024 rework adjusts the pattern to match a more typical gauge for worsted-weight yarns. The old version is currently still available for those who liked the original but I recommend knitters start by working from the 2024 improved version.
-November 2020: The pattern now includes 4 sizes instead of 2, and sizing is now determined by stitch counts, rather than by adjusting gauge

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