This hat uses dip stitches so that lifted strands create an interesting textured pattern that works wonderfully with highly variegated yarns. I originally created this design for my father, and it’s named for the time he made plans for us to go to Yosemite National Park, but it turned out he’d wanted to go to Yellowstone National Park. It was a mistake, but we had a wonderful time anyway!

I have written the pattern with two different brim styles – a short brim, and a larger, folded brim, and two main body styles – a shorter beanie stye, and a fuller slouch style. You can mix and match brim and main body styles, so you really have four possible hats you can knit!

Construction method: This hat is knit in the round, from the ribbed brim up to the crown.

Yarn
Knitted Wit Worsted 100% superwash Merino wool; 200yd per 4 oz skein; Short brim beanie sample shown in “Yellowstone” (blue version); folded brim slouch sample shown in “Yosemite” (rust/brown version); 11, 2, 2 skeins.