Knitted in the round this is an easy pattern if you already know how to knit stranded colorwork and this pattern assumes that you do know how to knit stranded colorwork. If you have not knitted stranded colorwork before then this is an experienced level pattern.

Instructions are given for head sizes 18” (46 cm), 21” (53 cm), and 23” (58 cm). These correspond to child, small adult and medium-large adult sizes.

Fingering weight yarn. The sample was knitted with
Knit Picks Preciosa/Happy Sheep Magic Sock Wool
BC: (background color), CC: (Bigfoot color)
Size 18” (46 cm), BC 79 yds (72 m), CC 46 yds (42 m)
Size 21” (53 cm), BC 86 yds (79 m), CC 55 yds (50 m)
Size 23” (58 cm), BC 92 yds (84 m), CC 66 yds (60 m)

Bigfoot or Sasquatch, a shadowy, hairy creature that roams undetected in the forests of Oregon and the West Coast of North America, is one of the most enduring legends in North American history. The beast is by no means new – it’s been leaving huge footprints all over the country’s culture for centuries. Sasquatch is an Anglicization of the name Sasq’ets, from the Halq’emeylem language spoken by First Nations peoples in southwestern British Columbia. The name “Bigfoot” was coined by the Humboldt Times in the late nineteen fifties after a sighting of large footprints. Although there are many believers, no verified evidence has ever been found for the existence of Bigfoot. Native American legend often states the sesqua could also move into the spiritual realm - possibly the reason bigfoot is so hard to find!

The historical record of Bigfoot in the Oregon country began in 1904 with sightings of a hairy “wild man” by settlers in the Sixes River area in the Coast Range. In 1924, miners on Mount St. Helens claimed to have been attacked by giant “apes,” an incident widely reported in the Oregon press. After 1958, loggers east and west of the Cascade Mountains began to report seeing creatures and discovering their immense tracks along logging roads.

Ancient Native Americans created the now-famous “Hairy Man” pictographs in Central California in honor of a massive, unnamed creature. The pictographs seem to depict a beast nearly 9 feet (2.6 meters) tall, with an entire family by its side. This bit of visual history could be thousands of years old, evidence that this legend has incredibly long history.

There are also stories of Bigfoot-like creatures in other cultures. The Yeti, is a bear-like creature of the Himalaya Mountains. With roots in pre-Buddhist history, the Yeti is spotted only in cold, snowy climates and often at high altitudes. Sasquatch also has a Siberian counterpart, the Almas. There is also the Chemosit inhabiting East-central Kenyan forests, the Hibagon in Japanese mountain ranges, the Mapinguari in Central Brazil, the Orang Pendek in Indonesia, the Yeren in the mountains of Hubei Province, China, and the Yowie in the mountains of eastern Australia.