You know that feeling when you discover a stitch pattern so beautiful you just can’t stop thinking about it? That’s exactly what happened with the Color Crush stitch. After designing the Color Crush Shawl, I kept coming back to that meditative slipped-stitch repeat.

The way the colors play off each other, the way it creates this gorgeous woven texture without actually weaving anything … I knew it needed a second life. Something a little quicker, a little cozier, something you could wear right on your head for everyone to see.

So … the Color Crush Hat was born.

Whether you knit it in DK weight with two striking contrasting colors or go bold with fingering weight and use multiple colors at once, this hat is made to show off the colors you love most.

It’s the perfect canvas for that colorway you’ve been hoarding, those mini skeins you can’t bear to use on anything ordinary, or that color combo you’ve been dreaming about for months.

The Color Crush stitch works in the round beautifully, with only one color worked at a time, so it’s much more beginner-friendly than it looks. (Yes, really!)

A soft tubular cast-on gives you the most professional, stretchy, comfortable brim you’ve ever made.

This hat is the kind of knit that makes people stop you on the street. And when they ask, “Did you make that?” … you’ll get to say yes!

What’s Inside the Pattern:
✔ Fully written instructions
✔ A chart for the Color Crush stitch repeat
✔ Video tutorials for the special stitches
✔ Two sizes: Adult Small + Adult Large
✔ Instructions for both DK weight (2 colors) and Fingering weight (4 colors)
✔ Tubular cast-on for a beautiful, stretchy brim

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FINISHED SIZES
• Adult Small: 17.5”/44 cm x 8.25”/20.5 cm
• Adult Large: 19”/47.5 cm x 9.25”/23 cm
Suggested ease is 25% less than the actual head circumference.

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YARN: DK Weight or Fingering Weight

DK weight in 2 contrasting colors:
Sample uses Megs & Co Empire Estate
NYS Yarn (100% NYS Rambouillet Wool, 250 yards/229 m per 100 g).
• MC: New York Rose, 1 skein, approx. 99 yards/90.5 m used for DK Weight Size Adult Small.
• CC: The Witching Hour, 1 skein, approx. 42 yards/37.5 m used for DK Weight Size Adult Small.

Fingering weight in 4 contrasting colors:
Sample uses Megs & Co Fingering Weight New York State Yarn.
• MC: Vanilla Bean on American Tweed (90% Non-Superwash Rambouillet and Merino Wool blend, 10% Acrylic & Rayon, 440 yds/100 m per 100 g)
• CCs: Soft Sock Mini Skein, 3 skeins (85% Superfine Superwash Merino Wool, 15% Nylon, 89 yards/81 m per 20 g mini skein)

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GAUGE
Gauge may be different for Color Crush Stitch and Stockinette Stitch. Gauge should be worked in the round, and is measured using the larger needle.

DK Weight:
• 21 sts = 4”/10 cm & 40 rnds = 4.25”/10.5 cm in Color Crush Stitch, after wet blocking.
• 21 sts x 28 rnds = 4”/10 cm in Stockinette Stitch, after wet blocking.

Fingering Weight:
• 30 sts = 4”/10 cm & 60 rnds = 4.375”/11 cm in Color Crush Stitch, after wet blocking.
• 30 sts x 32 rnds = 4”/10 cm in Stockinette Stitch, after wet blocking.

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NEEDLES
DK Weight:
• Gauge: US 7/4.5 mm 16”/40 cm circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge)
• Ribbing: US 6/4.0 mm 16”/40 cm circular needle (or one size smaller than gauge needle)
• Spare needle - same size or smaller than ribbing needle, for Tubular Cast-On
• Set of Double Pointed Needles or an additional Circular Needle - same size as gauge needle, for Crown

Fingering Weight:
• Gauge: US 4/3.5 mm 16”/40 cm circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge)
• Ribbing: US 3/3.25 mm 16”/40 cm circular needle (or one size smaller than gauge needle)
• Spare needle - same size or smaller than ribbing needle, for Tubular Cast-On
• Set of Double Pointed Needles or an additional Circular Needle - same size as gauge needle, for Crown

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NOTIONS
• Crochet hook same size as smaller needle
• Scrap Yarn
• Darning Needle
• Stitch Marker
• Row Counter

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✅ This pattern has been tech-edited and test-knit to ensure the best knitting experience possible for you!

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