Mountain is a simple take on the classic beanie. An overall stitch pattern is a variation on basket weave stitches, with a purl background lending some softness to the structure and intermittent knit stitches providing direction and tiny pockets of air underneath to hold in warmth. The crown decreases are worked in a no slant double decrease, pulling the pattern inward in a gentler spiral than the typical k2tog decrease method.

Worked in DK weight yarn, Mountain is a warm but not-too-warm hat for brisk Fall and Spring days. Or, if you’re in the Pacific Northwest, the entire year! Stitch pattern looks best in solid or slightly variegated yarn, but is lost in highly variegated yarn (such as self-striping yarn).

Mountain is the second pattern in my Resolution – 2013 eBook, a series of 12 patterns released monthly in 2013. The pattern will be made available for free as a KAL on February 1st, 2013. An updated pattern with images will be uploaded after the KAL and available for purchase on March 1st, 2013.