A hat with stranded colorwork and Latvian braids. Fits a medium sized adult head. This is a charted pattern that you work in the round.

The ribbing is knitted with US size 2 needles and the chart is knitted with US size 3 needles.

Here’s the colors I used:

Knit Picks Palette (fingering weight 100% wool yarn)
MC1 - Rooibos Heather 75 yds
MC2 - Abyss Heather 28 yds
CC1 - Almond 34 yds
LB1 - Suede 13 yds
LB2 - Bittersweet Heather 13 yds

There are 5 color in this hat. If you choose colors that you already have consider using 3 dark shades and 2 light shades. For contrast, the Latvian braid should have 1 light color and 1 dark color. The background colors (main color 1 and main color 2) are both dark. The contrasting color is light and is the same for all the stranded colorwork. I used Knit Pick’s Palette but you could use other fingering weight yarns. Of course I recommend 100% wool.

The first version of this pattern has an error (omitted the needle size change). If you downloaded it prior to Nov. 29, 2022 please download the updated version.