Revolution Toque

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Revolution Collection

Start a knitting revolution with these starter two-colour brioche-knitting projects. Learn the basics of knitting this lush, striking stitch with projects that teach you how to knit two-colour brioche in the round.

Patterns include a wide range of sizes and have full tutorial support.

Project Level:

Intermediate

Construction:

Hat is worked in the round from the bottom up.

Variants:

• Matching-Colour Brim

• Inverse-Colour Brim

• Brimless

Sizes:

Measurements given are head circumference, not garment dimensions. Age ranges are approximate. This garment has slight negative ease.

1. EXTRA SMALL (Infant / Toddler): 15 inches to 18 inches (or 38 to 46 cm)

2. SMALL (Child): 17 inches to 20 inches (or 43 to 51 cm)

3. MEDIUM (Youth): 18 inches to 22 inches (or 46 to 56 cm)

4. LARGE (Adult Small): 20 inches to 24 inches (or 51 to 61 cm)

5. EXTRA LARGE (Adult Large): 22+ inches (or 56+ cm)

Supplies:

Yarn:

1 ball each of two contrasting colours of worsted-weight yarn with 100.6 metres in 50 grams (or 110 yards in 1.76 ounces) of a natural fibre yarn. (100% synthetic fibres not recommended for brioche stitch. Wool or alpaca is best.)

Needles:

3.5 mm (US 4) eight-inch (twenty-centimetre) double-pointed needles OR two short (approximately 16 to 29 inches or 40 to 72.5 cm) circular needles OR one long (approximately 42 inches or 105 cm) circular needle for use with Magic Loop Method OR SIZE NEEDED TO OBTAIN GAUGE

Notions:

• yarn needle

• stitch markers

Gauge:

24 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) over normal stockinette stitch knit flat OR

18 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) over brioche stockinette stitch in the round.

SKILLS YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE THIS PATTERN:

• Knit

• Purl

• Make a gauge swatch in stockinette stitch

All other required stitches are explained.

TECHNIQUES USED TO MAKE THIS PATTERN:

• Knitting in the round using circular and / or double-pointed needles

• Two-Colour Long Tail Cast On OR Two-Colour Italian Cast On

• Two-Colour Brioche in the Round

  • Brioche ribbing (including brioche knit and brioche purl)

  • Brioche decreases

The brioche stitches have definitions and photos showing what they look like.

INCLUDED RESOURCES:

• A comprehensive list of links to online tutorials on my website for necessary skills. Tutorials are screen-reader accessible, with instructions relayed fully in text, and also include videos and downloadable photo tutorials.

• Full glossary

• Schematic

• Instructions for alterations

RED AND BLACK MATCHING BRIM ON OLDER BOY:

• Worked in Knit Picks Swish Worsted, a plied 100% Superwash Merino worsted-weight yarn with 100.6 metres in 50 grams (or 110 yards in 1.76 ounces) that knits up to 18 to 20 stitches in four inches (or ten centimetres) with size 4.0 to 5.5 mm (US 6 to 9) needles over stockinette stitch knit flat

• Colourway: Serrano

• Worked in Knit Picks Swish DK, a plied 100% Superwash Merino DK-weight yarn with 112.5 metres in 50 grams (or 123 yards in 1.76 ounces) that knits up to 22 stitches in four inches (or ten centimetres) with size 3.75 mm (US 5) needles over stockinette stitch knit flat

• Colourway: Coal

• Size: 4 (Adult Small)

RED AND BLACK BRIMLESS ON YOUNGER BOY (AND WOMAN):

• Worked in Knit Picks Swish Worsted

• Colourways: Coal and Serrano

• Size: 3 (Youth)

GREEN AND BLACK:

• Worked in Knit Picks Swish Worsted

• Colourways: Black and Peapod

• Size: 3 (Youth)

Publishing Information:

Release Date: 2012

Most recent revision: 2024

Publisher: My Secret Wish Publishing

Knitting pattern type: Multiple Design Options

Project type: Hat, Beanie, Toque

Page Count: 9

ISBN (Standard PDF): 978-1-989800-85-0

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING NOTICE: This pattern is copyright My Secret Wish Publishing. Your purchase of this pattern gives you the right to use it for personal, non-profit use only. To license the pattern to use for profit, please e-mail me for permission. You do NOT have the right to print the pattern for other people (unless they reside in your household) or to transfer the digital file to any other person. This pattern may not be sold, copied, or distributed in any way.

Update History:

December 2017:

Revised formatting of PDF to align with current template style. Clarified language where necessary.

June 26, 2024:

• Updated URLs for new store and social links.

• Updated PDF to match current formatting style and allow use of bookmarked headers to navigate.

Pattern Accessibility (all formats):

Colour Blind Accessible – all text is black or very high-contrast, and no colour is used to relay pattern instructions.

Left-Handed Inclusive – instructions are given in terms of hand dominance and working needles, not right and left hands.

PDF (standard):

• This document can be navigated using bookmarks that link directly to various sections.

• All images have ALT-text descriptions.

• Fonts are embedded in the document, and it retains its original formatting.

• Any charts are also fully written out.

• Text uses minimal abbreviations to make the pattern easier to understand, and is written in plain language.

• Best for printing or sighted knitters.

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