Looking for a quick warm winter hat this year? Our free knitted hat pattern Tombreck is a little gift to you! It’s perfectly simple and makes a great beginner knitting project, or is an easy and gentle knit for more experienced knitters. And it looks amazing on everyone!

This chevron patterned beanie is stylish, unisex and the ideal one-skein gift project. Perfect for new knitters this easy hat pattern uses only knits and purls to create the fun textured chevrons. You’ll also practise knitting in the round and decreasing with k2tog to shape the crown of the hat. The hat begins with casting on for the ribbed brim and you’ll then work from the bottom up to the slouchy, gathered crown that’s just right for topping with a pom pom. If you agree that pom poms make everything amazing, we have the perfect thing - the Loome 5-in-1 tool.

We knit Tombreck in De Rerum Natura Gilliatt, a minimally processed merino that’s wonderfully soft and bouncy. Shown in: size large in Potimarron, size small in Ciel and size medium in Granit

The blog post includes full instructions for the size medium, or sign up for our newsletter from the blog post to download your free print friendly pdf in three sizes.

Thinking of making your own Tombreck? We have a range of colours available for Gilliatt, the yarn used in this sample.

Yarn
Worsted weight yarn with good elasticity, wool or wool blends are ideal.

We used soft, bouncy De Rerum Natura Gilliatt (100% Merino, 273 yds / 250m, 100g) in Potimarron, Ciel and Granit

Gauge
18 sts and 24 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in st st using larger needle

Notions
Stitch markers

Sizing
Medium, to fit heads 20-22” in circumference

Needles
US 6 / 4mm 16” / 40cm circular
US 7 / 4.5mm 16” / 40cm circular
US 7 / 4.5mm needles for preferred method of working small circumferences in the round.