About:
Inspired by an autumn weekend away, this toque uses stranded colour-work to invoke the forest and ice-capped mountains that silhouette the sprawling meadows of the Pemberton Valley in British Columbia, Canada, which sits on the Líl̓wat Nation’s Traditional Territory.

The toque is knit entirely in the round, from the bottom up, and uses kitchener stitch to finish and bind off the top of the hat.

This hat has a matching sweater pattern, which you can find here.

Yarn Used:
Berroco Modern Cotton
60% Pima Cotton, 40% Modal Rayon, 209 yards (191 m) per 100g skein
Colour: India Point (MC)

Tofino Knit Co Octopus DK
100% Superwash Merino, 274 yards (250 m) per 100g skein
Colours: Sea Shadow (CC1 ), Cameron Contracting Green (CC2 ),
Moss Fairy (CC3 ), Beach Basket (CC4 )

Gauge:
22 sts and 32 rounds to a 4 inch / 10 cm square, in the round, blocked
One-colour stockinette suggestion: US 6 (4 mm) needles.
Colour-work pattern suggestion: US 7 (4.5 mm) needles.

Sizing:
The Pemberton Toque comes in 3 sizes. Although it was designed to be slightly tight fitting, with between 1 and 2 inches (2.5 - 5 cm) of negative ease, you can choose a toque size with more or less ease, for a different fit.

Small - Circumference: 20.5 inches (52 cm)
Medium - Circumference: 22 inches (56 cm)
Large - Circumference: 23.5 inches (60 cm)

You can find a size chart in the photos on the left on this page.

Tools:
Tapestry Needle
5 stitch markers (including one unique one)
US 6 (4 mm) circular needles, length 18 inch (46 cm) - for body - either two sets for two circulars method, or set of 5 double pointed needles)
US 7 (4.5 mm) circular needles, length 18 inch (46 cm) - for colour-work
US 5 (3.75 mm) circular needles, length 18 inch (46 cm) - for ribbing

Yardage:
Uses DK-weight yarn (tester’s choice).
Small - MC (50 yds | 46 m), CC1 (38 yds | 35 m), CC2 (25 yds | 23 m), CC3 (14 yds | 13 m), CC4 (85 yds | 78 m)
Medium - MC (54 yds | 50 m), CC1 (40 yds | 37 m), CC2 (28 yds | 26 m), CC3 (15 yds | 14 m), CC4 (90 yds | 82 m)
Large - MC (58 yds | 53 m), CC1 (42 yds | 39 m), CC2 (30 yds | 28 m), CC3 (16 yds | 15 m), CC4 (96 yds | 88 m)

Difficulty:
Intermediate. Requires experience with 2-colour stranded colour-work and catching floats in stranded colour-work. Requires standard decreasing (SSK, and K2tog). Kitchener stitch is used to finish and BO the top of the hat.

Pattern Information:
Full written pattern with common abbreviations and charts for colour-work