Elbrook Hat by Sharon Hartley

Elbrook Hat

Knitting
October 2025
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
17 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
170 - 215 yards (155 - 197 m)
18.75", 20.75", 22.5" circumference (roughly: child, women, men)
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Like the Elbrook Hat? Be sure to check out the Elbrook Cowl as well! And be on the lookout for the Elbrook Sweater. Testing call coming soon, check my Instagram!

This pattern is knit with Murky Depths’ Targhee Worsted. Check it out here! You can get a hat and a cowl out of one skein of each color!

The Elbrook hat is an instant-gratification colorwork sprint! Knit up in cozy worsted weight yarn (highly recommend Murky Depth’s Targhee Worsted), this hat will be off your needles and on your head before you know it.

SIZES
Finished measurements: 18.75 (20.75, 22.5)” / 47.5 (52.5, 57) cm circumference. 9.25 (10, 11)” / 23.5 (25.5, 28) cm from brim to crown.
This corresponds approximately to child, women’s, and men’s sizes. Sample is shown in Size 2.

YARN

MC: 110 (125, 135) yards / 125 (135, 145) meters worsted weight yarn (shown in Murky Depths Dyeworks Targhee Worsted in colorway Kid Glove, 100% non-superwash Targhee, 280 yards / 256 meters per 4 ounce / 115 gram skein)

CC1: 30 (35, 40) yards / 35 (35, 40) meters worsted weight yarn (shown in Murky Depths Dyeworks Targhee Worsted in colorway Blood Oath, 100% non-superwash Targhee, 280 yards / 256 meters per 4 ounce / 115 gram skein)

CC2: 30 (35, 40) yards / 35 (35, 40) meters worsted weight yarn (shown in Murky Depths Dyeworks Targhee Worsted in colorway Dark Slate, 100% non-superwash Targhee, 280 yards / 256 meters per 4 ounce / 115 gram skein)

NEEDLES AND GAUGE
4” / 10 cm = 17 sts and 24 rows in Stockinette (blocked)
US size 6 and 8 needles used in the sample.

SUPPLIES
Stitch Markers
Yarn needle

TECHNIQUES - tutorial links included in the pattern
Reading a Colorwork Chart
Latvian Braid

This pattern has been professionally tech edited - thank you Sue-Cat!(/people/Sue-Cat)

It has also been test knit. Thank you to my testers!