Knitting Jenny Pattern 68: Fair Isle Inspired Ski Hat

Knitting Jenny Pattern 68: Fair Isle Inspired Ski Hat features a classic, seamless design that fits close to the head, with triangular segments converging at the crown. 

Knitting Jenny ski hats are a stylish way of keeping warm on a long walk in the city. Wear a Knitting Jenny ski hat while rambling through the countryside. Wear a Knitting Jenny ski hat in the mountains during a long day skiing on the slopes or as après-ski wear that combines comfort with elegance. 

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

Knitting Jenny Pattern 68 includes knitting patterns, motifs, and instructions in the following inclusive formats:

• Color Chart for Medium Size
• Color Chart for Large Size
• Grayscale Chart for Medium Size
• Grayscale Chart for Large Size
• Written Instructions for Medium Size
• Written Instructions for Large Size
• Illustrations

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

The design features a double-thickness rolled brim ribbing that requires a provisional cast on, time, and patience. The rolled brim creates a thick thermal layer at the forehead. Additionally, alternate instructions are included for a simpler “standard” brim ribbing. 

In addition to the color chart and color written instructions, a grayscale chart design is included to enable the knitter to envision personal color preferences for Knitting Jenny Pattern 68, by seeing the chart and motifs alone, in grayscale, without color distraction.

Knitting Jenny Pattern 68 includes two sizes, medium and large, with different lengths and widths. Additional instructions are included for size customization.

The ski hat featured on the front cover of this book is a large size. 

The following tools are suggested for the pattern. 

• 2.0mm knitting needles (for the brim ribbing)
• 3.0mm knitting needles (for the stranded colorwork)

Knitting Jenny Pattern 68 features 100% pure Shetland wool from the company, Jamieson and Smith, also known as Shetland Wool Brokers. 

Knitting Jenny Pattern 68 requires three colors of wool in a 2 ply jumper weight (or any fingering weight or 2 ply equivalent to a 4 ply).

The gauge (or tension) for Knitting Jenny Pattern 68 is:

• 34 stitches and 40 rows to 4 inches (10 centimeters) over the stranded colorwork pattern, knit circularly with 3.0mm knitting needles, after washing, blocking, drying.

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

The book includes 12 illustrations and 41 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.