Knitting Jenny Pattern 85: Fair Isle Inspired Ski Hat features a classic, seamless design, with triangular segments converging at the crown.

Knitting Jenny ski hats are similar in styling and fit to a variety of traditional hats, including the beanie, skull cap, toque, toorie, watch cap, woolly hat, and Monmouth cap.

Knitting Jenny ski hats are a stylish way of keeping warm on a long walk in the city. Or, wear a Knitting Jenny ski hat while rambling through the countryside. Knitting Jenny ski hats are also ideal while hiking in the mountains and as après-ski wear that combines comfort with elegance.

Knitting Jenny Pattern 85 includes knitting patterns, motifs, and instructions in the following inclusive formats:

• Color Charts
• Grayscale Charts
• Grayscale Inverse Charts
• Written Instructions
• Illustrations

The ski hat is knit circularly, and is constructed as follows: cast on, knit the brim, increase, knit the stranded colorwork of the head, then systematically decrease at the crown.

The photograph on the cover of Knitting Jenny Pattern 85 features a tailored folded brim that requires a provisional cast on, time, and patience. Instructions are included for the tailored folded brim. However, instead of a tailored folded brim, you can choose to work a simpler standard brim ribbing, for which instructions are included.

The color charts and written instructions guide the stranded colorwork knitting clearly.

Additionally, grayscale designs are included to enable the knitter to envision personal color preferences, by seeing the chart and motifs alone, in grayscale, without color distraction.

• Firstly included is a grayscale chart, which is a black-and-white representation of the color chart.
• Secondly included is a grayscale inverse chart, which is a white-and-black representation of the black-and-white chart.

Knitting Jenny Pattern 85 features 5 colors of 2 ply jumper weight yarn from Jamieson and Smith, also known as Wool Brokers. Alternately, use fingering weight or 2 ply equivalent to a 4 ply.

Pure Shetland wool is suggested as the exceptional properties of Shetland wool are superlative for Fair Isle knitting and will ensure warmth and a high-quality finish.

The following tools are suggested for the pattern.

• 2.0mm knitting needles (for the brim)
• 2.5mm knitting needles (for the stranded colorwork)

Knitting Jenny Pattern 85 creates a medium size hat, which fits an adult head. Also included are instructions for size customization.

The gauge for Knitting Jenny Pattern 85 is:

• 38 stitches and 44 rows to 4 inches (10 centimeters) over the stranded colorwork pattern, knit circularly with 2.5mm knitting needles, after washing, blocking, drying.

The book includes a discussion of Color Dominance to support consistent, uniform stitch definition.

The book includes 13 illustrations and 36 pages.

The book is intended to be read electronically, in consideration of the environment.

Published in the United States in 2025 by Mall & Mall Press, a publishing imprint of Mall & Mall LLC.

The book is delivered as an immediate digital download in PDF format and therefore cannot be returned, exchanged, or refunded.