The Hess Hat uses fair isle to create the triangles in the hat. In order to avoid any unsightly jogs at the beginning of each round, the last 1-2 stitches of each round are slightly different to keep the pattern even. Additionally the marker is moved via slip stitches every three rows to keep the pattern looking sharp!

This hat is a very straightforward ribbed hat. If you can knit and purl in the round you can make this hat. You’ll just be doing 2x2 ribbing throughout and changing the pattern from K2P2 to P2K2 every ten rounds.

The Huron Street Hat incorporates the techniques of mosaic knitting and combines it with cabling on the background of a two color garter stitch. This sounds complicated, but I promise it isn’t as bad as it sounds. You never have to carry two yarns at once and the cables aren’t complicated at all (this pattern will really fly if you are cabling ...

The Pond Eddy hat is uses a fair isle technique to create the diamond pattern in the hat. In order to avoid any unsightly jogs at the beginning of each round, the last 1-2 stitches of each round are slightly different to keep the pattern even. Additionally the marker is moved via slip stitches every three rows to keep the pattern looking sharp!

This hat is knit entirely in 1x1 ribbing. In order to create the textured pattern, every 10th row the ribbing switches from K1P1 to P1K1 (and then back to K1P1 after another 10 rows). This is great practice for early knitters who hate doing ribbing (I was there once).

The Port Jervis Hat incorporates the techniques of mosaic knitting and combines it with cabling on the background of a two color garter stitch. This sounds complicated, but I promise it isn’t as bad as it sounds. You never have to carry two yarns at once and the cables are never bigger than one stitch (this pattern will really fly if you are ca...

The Dupont Street Hat uses mosaic techniques to create the brickwork motif. If you know how to knit/purl/slip stitch, you can knit this hat (even if you have never done mosaic knitting before). The pattern is completely written out, so you don’t need to know how to read a mosaic chart to complete this hat.

This fair isle hat is a great first stranded knitting project. The floats aren’t very long (5 stitches at most!) so tension isn’t as much of an issue and you won’t need to tack your floats up. If you’ve never done fair isle this is a good first project!

This hat pattern is a twofer! Using the same cabling pattern you can create a “trees” motif (the green hat) or a “ferns” motif (the blue hat). Both motifs are charted separately - just make sure that you follow the pattern that you want!

This pattern uses a combination of fair isle knitting, cabling, and mosaic knitting to create its design. Even though there are three colors used throughout the pattern you only ever hold two colors at the same time. If you can do two-color fair isle and cabling you can tackle this hat! You do not need experience with mosaic knitting to knit th...

This hat uses mosaic knitting to create the pattern. If you haven’t used mosaic knitting before it is the easiest way to add colorwork into a pattern - perfect for beginners who have gotten knit and purl down and want to add something a little more complex. Mosaic knitting is easy because it only uses one color at a time so you don’t have to ju...

This pattern is a simple combination of two stitches - knit stitch and slip stitch. All of the slip stitches are done purlwise with the yarn in the front. This combination creates a thick fabric with an interesting texture on both the right and the wrong sides. Because this hat doesn’t have a typical knit/purl brim there isn’t as much stretch a...

This pattern incorporates the techniques of mosaic knitting and combines it with cabling on the background of a two color garter stitch. This sounds complicated, but I promise it isn’t as bad as it sounds. You never have to carry two yarns at once and the cables are never bigger than one stitch.

The Astoria Pier Hat is a classic fisherman beanie. It is very quick to work up and is perfect for background knitting (ie: knitting

This pattern is a straightforward cable knit that uses single cables creating snaking columns that run the length of the hat. If you haven’t yet learned how to cable without a cabling needle THIS IS THE TIME.

This hat uses mosaic knitting to create the pattern. If you haven’t used mosaic knitting before it is the easiest way to add colorwork into a pattern - perfect for beginners who have gotten knit and purl down and want to add something a little more complex.

This pattern uses the techniques of mosaic knitting on the background of a two color garter stitch. Similar to mosaic knitting, every time you slip stitch, the opposing color will come

This fair isle hat is a relatively straightforward knit and is a great first fair isle project if you’ve never tried the technique before. The floats are never that long and the color changes frequently enough to keep your interest.

The Gunnison is a simple fair isle hat. It knits up quickly and there aren’t any long floats so you don’t have to worry about tacking down anything on the wrong side. It’s a great first fair isle hat if you’ve never tried fair isle before. Additionally the pattern repeat is only 8 stitches long so it is very size customizable.

The Hudson/Omi hat is a great pattern to use up scraps of yarn left from larger projects and can result in some very interesting color combinations. The colorwork is knitted using mosaic techniques so you never have to carry more than one yarn at a time. It is the easiest way to add colorwork to a project and if you’ve never done mosaic knittin...

This hat uses the techniques of mosaic knitting to create a faux-brioche knit. It works up quite fast and is a great way to introduce colorwork into your knitting if you haven’t yet learned fair isle or brioche knitting. If you’re comfortable knitting in the round, knitting, purling and slipping you’re reading for this hat.

I created this hat after Susan Post (owner of A Good Yarn - Sarasota and my good friend’s mom) sent me a care package during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. I live in New York City and the pandemic really turned everything upside down. I hadn’t knit anything for more than a month and if you know me that means something really crazy was hap...

This pattern is made by using fair isle colorwork together with mosaic knitting creating the three color design. This avoids the annoyance of carrying three strands at the same time. The pattern alternates between knitting in a single color then knitting in two color fair isle.

This hat uses mosaic knitting techniques to create the grid like pattern.

This pattern uses the techniques of moasic knitting on the background of a two color garter stitch. If you are comfortable with knit/purl/slip stitch, cabling and knitting in the round, you’ll be able to tackle this hat.

This pattern is a great introduction to moasic knitting. If you’re comfortable with knitting in the round and you know how to knit, purl and slip stitch then you’re ready to tackle mosaic knitting!

This pattern uses two stitch cables alternating with pools of ribbing to generate the pattern. You’ll need 150-200y of worsted weight yarn to complete this pattern. I’m a pretty loose knitter, so keep an eye on your gauge before embarking on this pattern.

This pattern uses three and four stitch cables layered on a ribbed background to create its design. It is a pretty quick knit and changes often enough to keep you from being bored.

This pattern is a great introduction to colorwork for beginner knitters. It uses mosaic techniques to create a faux-brioche piece of fabric. The pattern explains how to do all of this, so give it a try!

This pattern uses two stitch cables and triple crosses in order to create its design. It is a quick knit and works up rather fast. The cables work in a continuous fashion so it is important to pay attention when starting a new row.

This pattern is a simple cable knit that works up very quickly. By offsetting the cable pattern halfway through the hat you create a unique cable very easily. The hat comes in two adult sizes (small and large) and is easily modifiable for kids or really big heads.

This hat is a typical two stitch ribbed hat, but instead of a column of purl stitches, you have a column of garter stitch. This makes for a quick knit with a thicker fabric than your usual ribbed hat.

This pattern is a great introduction to stranded knitting. There aren’t any long floats and the pattern is easily adaptable to many color mixes - there are four alternative palettes included in the free PDF. This pattern is infinitely customizable!

This hat is knit with a repeated K1P1 fair isle pattern.This results in a very thick fabric which doesn’t have the stretch that most ribbed hats have - this means there is less flexibility in sizing that other ribbed hats often give you.

This hat utilizes fair isle colorwork and combines it with well placed increases and decreases to generate its unique pattern. There are two patterns included in the pattern, one for looser knitters and one for tighter knitters, use the pattern that matches your gauge.

This pattern uses two stitch cables set on a background of purl stitches. When the cabled columns meet, a three stitch cross keeps everything going to create the grid-like pattern.

This pattern uses the techniques of moasic knitting on the background of a two color garter stitch. If you are comfortable with knit/purl/slip stitch and knitting in the round, you’ll be able to tackle this hat.

UPDATE September 2019

The Little Pond Hat is a simple ribbed hat which alternates its ribbing pattern every 5 stitches to create a unique texture. It is a great hat for anyone who wants a “simple” hat but stockinette is just too simple. The pattern is stretchy enough to fit any adult head and can be easily extended for people who want an extra tall brim.

This pattern is a GREAT first hat for beginner knitters . It will fit most adult heads and is easy to customize for any taste.

This pattern incorporates the techniques of mosaic knitting and combines it with cabling on the background of a two color garter stitch. This sounds complicated, but I promise it isn’t. Skenoto is a perfect pattern for an intermediate knitter or a plucky beginner. Even if you have never done mosaic knitting, you will be able to follow this patt...