Fair Isle Skull Toque by StashbustersUnion

Fair Isle Skull Toque

Knitting
October 2025
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 18 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
135 - 145 yards (123 - 133 m)
OS - Adult
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

This cute skull toque uses stranded colour work in an easy-to-remember repeat, making it a fairly quick knit, just in time for Halloween.

Materials Needed:

  • approximately 90 yards of black worsted weight yarn
  • approximately 45 yards of white worsted weight yarn
  • 5mm (US 8) 16” circular needles
  • 4mm (US 6) 16” circular needles
  • 5mm (US 8) DPNs
  • tapestry needle, scissors, measuring tape
  • Pom Pom or Pom Pom maker (optional)

Skills Needed:

  • knit, purl, k2together, slip-slip-knit
  • stranded colour work
  • ability to read a colour work chart

Finished size:
9 1/2” (24 cm) across, 9 1/2” (24 cm) tall