The Galloway Hat pattern is available for purchase this holiday season as a convenient kit on our webstore. Each kit contains enough pre-wound Peerie yarn to knit the project and a digital copy of the pattern, available here.

The eye-catching Scandinavian-style motifs of the Galloway Cardigan have been revisited in the Galloway Hat, knit in Peerie for colorwork that simply sings. Peerie’s worsted-spun construction results in boldly and brightly defined colorwork and a soft yet strong fabric that will wear well on many an adventure. Enjoy choosing your four-color palette unreservedly — the rounds of the chart only use two colors at once! And with two lengths, two brim styles, optional pom-poms, and 45 colors of Peerie at your fingertips, you can think up nearly limitless combinations for every member of the family.

Yarn

Brooklyn Tweed Peerie (100% American Merino wool; 210 yards/50 grams)

• 1 skein of Main Color (MC); 1 skein of Color 1 (C1); 1 skein of Color 2 (C2); 1 skein of Color 3 (C3)

The optional pom-pom requires approximately ½ skein of Peerie. Purchase an additional skein if you would like to use the MC as your pom-pom, or you can use the remainder of yarn from C1, C2, and/or C3!

Samples photographed in colors:

• Alizarin (MC), Muslin (C2), Mesa (C3) & Palazzo (C4)
• Burnished (MC), Seaglass (C1), Lovat (C2) & Humpback (C3)
• Norway (MC), Burnished (C1), Tincture (C2) & Hammock (C3)
• Fleet (MC), Seaglass (C1), Aurora (C2) & Treehouse (C3)

Yardage

Beanie Version

• 111 yards MC*; 28 yards C1; 28 yards C2; 49 yards C3 of fingering weight wool yarn

Slouchy Version

• 125 yards MC*; 30 yards C1; 28 yards C2; 49 yards C3 of fingering weight wool yarn

The optional pom-pom requires approximately 105 yards of fingering weight yarn.

*If working the Doubled Brim for either version add an extra 35 yards of MC.

Gauge

• 28 stitches & 28 rounds = 4″ in stranded stockinette stitch with Size A needle(s), after blocking

Needles

Size A (for Main Fabric)

• One 16″ circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs)* in size needed to obtain gauge listed

• Suggested Size: 2.75 mm (US 2)

Size B (for Ribbing)

• One 16″ circular needle* one size smaller than Size A

• Suggested Size: 2.25 mm (US 1)

Size C (optional; for Tubular Cast On only)

• One 16″ circular needle* one size smaller than Size B

• Suggested Size: 2 mm (US 0)

*32” circular needle can be used instead of 16” circular and DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round.

Finished Dimensions

Beanie (Slouchy) Hat

• 20½” 52 cm circumference
• 9 (9¾)” 23 (25) cm length

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:

• Speed Swatching for Circular Knitting

• Color Dominance

• 1×1 Tubular Cast On

• 2×2 Tubular Cast On

Skill Level

• 3 out of 5: Intermediate

Please note: the stitch patterns for this garment are charted only.