This Pattern is Retired…but you can (probably) get it in November

I have a lot of patterns! But I also get overwhelmed if I have to deal with them all at once. So I’ve picked 12 of my favorites (the Core Collection) to keep around. Then every few months, I decide on a theme or a technique and make a handful of related patterns (the Rotating Collection) available for a little while (then they go away again).

The other patterns are retired and are not generally available. However, because I know some folks will want them, I make many of the retired patterns available for a few weeks every November. If you want me to tell you when they’re back, subscribe to the mailing list or patreon, and I’ll let you know!

• If you see the buy buttons on this page, you’ve caught it on one of the days it’s available!
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This all started with that little gray and pink hat. It was quick and fun and as cheerful as can be. It would have been a lovely pattern all on its own.

But I have a hard time knowing when to stop. I decided we needed some options. Before I knew what happened, this had gone from a quick little hat pattern to something a bit more fun!

The pattern includes two different brims, three different bodies, and two different crowns. You also get to decide if you’d like a straight or a folded brim and whether you’d like to work it in a single color or do a bit of colorwork. There are dozens of possible combinations!

The pattern is written in four sizes (cast on of 88, 96, 104, or 112 stitches), and you should feel free to adjust your gauge a bit to fine tune the fit of the pieces. Just be sure that you’re working at a gauge that gives you a fabric you like with your chosen yarn!

I recommend working at something around 4.75, 5, 5.25, or 5.5 stitches per inch, and I’ve included a table to help you figure out what gauge you’ll want to use for your size. With that range of sizes and gauges, the hats will fit a head between 17.5 and 26 inches (with lots of points in between).

You can almost certainly make any size hat with less than 225 yards of the main yarn and 100 yards of the contrast yarn.