Hue + Me: Trio Toboggan
The Trio Toboggan is an exclusive pattern made in my brand new yarn, Hue + Me, produced in partnership with Lion Brand Yarn. Learn more about the yarn and collaboration here!
This coordinating family of hats pops with colorwork and fluffy poms against a chunky base that’s built to keep the cold out. Make three for yourself or share amongst friends and fam! Scroll down for the free pattern, purchase a printer-friendly PDF of the Trio Toboggan pattern, or purchase the kit from Lion Brand with all the Hue + Me yarn you’ll need!
The absolute first design I thought of while I was developing Hue + Me was the Trio Toboggan. I adore fair isle pompom beanies, and with 18 coordinating colors with combos that can’t go wrong, it’s the perfect application!
This ski style hat will forever remind me of Kevin McCallister in Home Alone. I even named an older pattern after him (the McCallister Fair Isle Toque worked up in Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick). I love the classic, schoolboy feel and the playful nature of this style! I also have several other toboggan patterns designed with the currently discontinued Woolspun such as the ever-popular Adirondack Toboggan.
My favorite part about this pattern is the fact that you can make 3 hats from only 3 skeins to create a little trio for your friends and fam. it’s the knitwear version of best friend necklaces!
It took some engineering and A LOT of weighing to make sure the proportions of each color would work out so that you could get three adult hats out of the 3 skeins and that I didn’t use too much of any one color. I am so thrilled with the result and I know I’ll be wearing this hat throughout the winter.
You really can’t go wrong with any color combo in Hue + Me, so this could easily be worked up in any of them and look spectacular. It’s the perfect canvas to playfully show off your favorite shades or match them to school colors or any other inspo you can think of. Can’t decide on a combo? Check out this handy color theory guide to help you decide!
This is an easy level knitting pattern and the techniques involved are knit, purl, k2tog, knitting in the round, and changing colors for stranded colorwork.
MATERIALS:
1 skein each Lion Brand Yarn Hue + Me in Spicy, Sea Glass, and Bellini or approx 137yds/125m each of 3 colors of another bulky weight (cat. 5) yarn
Size US 10.5 (6.5mm) circular knitting needles, 16”/40cm long
Size US 10.5 (6.5mm) double pointed knitting needles
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle
Large (3”/8cm) pompom maker
FINISHED DIMENSIONS:
Sizes: child (adult small, adult large)
Suggested negative ease: 2-4”/5-10cm
Pictured in size adult small on model with 21”/53.5cm head
(A) Circumference: 16”/40.5cm (18”/46cm, 20”/51cm)
(B) Height: 8.5”/21.5cm (9.5”/24cm, 10.25”/26cm)
GAUGE:
12 sts + 14 rows = 4”/10cm in stockinette in the round
ABBREVIATIONS:
*All Two of Wands patterns are written in standard US terms
CO – cast on
K – knit
K2tog – knit 2 together
P – purl
Rep – repeat
St(s) – stitch(es)
Notes: Hat is worked from the bottom up on circular needles and then finished on double pointed needles for the crown shaping. Opposite color is stranded behind work on rounds with more than one color. Keep floats very loose to ensure hat can still stretch. Pattern is written for three sizes: child (adult small, adult large). Up to three adult large hats can be made with one skein of each color if alternating colors. Designate a color A, B, and C before beginning.
Bottom edging:
With color A and circular needles, CO 48 (54, 60). Join in the round, being careful not to twist sts. Place marker for beginning of round.
Rounds 1- 6 (7, 8): *K 1, P 1, rep from * around.
Body:
Change to colors B and C. Round numbers will restart for simplicity. Begin chart, working in stranded stockinette (knitting every round), at bottom right corner, round 1. All rounds are read right to left on the chart.
Work chart through round 13 (14, 15).
Crown shaping:
Change to double pointed needles when necessary.
Child size only:
Round 14: Continuing with color C, *K 6, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (42 sts)
Round 15: K.
Round 16: *K 5, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (36 sts)
Round 17: K.
Round 18: *K 4, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (30 sts)
Round 19: K.
Round 20: *K 3, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (24 sts)
Round 21: K.
Round 22: *K 2, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (18 sts)
Round 23: K.
Round 24: *K 1, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (12 sts)
Adult small size only:
Round 15: Continuing with color C, K.
Round 16: *K 7, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (48 sts)
Round 17: K.
Round 18: *K 6, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (42 sts)
Round 19: K.
Round 20: *K 5, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (36 sts)
Round 21: K.
Round 22: *K 4, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (30 sts)
Round 23: K.
Round 24: *K 3, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (24 sts)
Round 25: K.
Round 26: *K 2, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (18 sts)
Adult large size only:
Rounds 16+17: Continuing with color C, K.
Round 18: *K 8, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (54 sts)
Round 19: K.
Round 20: *K 7, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (48 sts)
Round 21: K.
Round 22: *K 6, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (42 sts)
Round 23: K.
Round 24: *K 5, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (36 sts)
Round 25: K.
Round 26: *K 4, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (30 sts)
Round 27: K.
Round 28: *K 3, K2tog, rep from * to end of round. (24 sts)
All sizes:
Cut yarn, leaving a long tail. Thread tail through remaining sts, removing them from the needles. Pull like a drawstring to close hole at top of hat. Secure on interior of hat and weave in all ends.
Pompom:
With color A, use pompom maker to make pompom, wrapping yarn approx. 90 times around. Pompom should weigh approx. 0.5oz/14g to ensure three hats can be made from three alternating colors.
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