Your footsteps make almost no sound. The snow-filled ravine is still, but under the white blanket, a quiet trickle is moving. A whisper of hope, of spring approaching. But for now, a cold wind blows across the coulee, and you pull your hat a little further over your ears. On you trudge, the trickle fading in the distance.

Coulee is a slouchy hat, knit in the round from the bottom up in crossed stockinette stitch with a cable and lace panel. The pattern is written for 3 sizes from child to large adult, and includes instructions for more or less slouch. Coulee Hat is suitable for worsted or aran weight yarns that block well, in solid or semi-solid colours.

Yardage: 150 (190, 205) yards/ 138 (175, 187) m or 1 skein of Tanis Fiber Arts Green Label. Medium sample shown in Ravine (OOAK similar to Stormy), Small sample shown in Sweetheart. If substituting, choose a solid or semi-solid worsted or aran weight yarn that blocks well, with a stockinette gauge of 18-20 sts per 4”/10cm.

Gauge, in crossed stockinette stitch: 22 sts and 26 rows = 4”/10cm.

Suggested Needles: US size 7/4.5mm 16”/40 cm circular needle and set of DPNs, and US size 5/3.75mm 16”/40 cm circular needle.

Finished Dimensions:
Height: 8.25 (9.75, 10.25)”/21 (24.5, 26) cm

Circumference: Brim: 15 (17, 19)”/38 (43, 48) cm, unstretched
Body: 17 (19, 21)”/43 (48, 53) cm, unstretched

Notions: one stitch marker, yarn needle to weave in ends

Stitches used: k, p, increases (yo) and decreases (k2tog, ssk, k3tog, sk2p), cables, slipped stitches, twisted stitches

Available as an individual pattern, or as part of an e-book with a matching cowl.