Clover Club Hat in Berroco Ultra Wool - Portfolio4 - Downloadable PDF

Clover Club Hat in Berroco Ultra Wool – Knitting Pattern Summary

The Clover Club Hat is a colorwork knitted hat designed by Thea Colman and featured in Berroco Portfolio Vol. 4. Available as a downloadable PDF, this intermediate-level pattern produces a richly patterned, fitted beanie worked entirely in the round using Berroco Ultra Wool in three contrasting colors. The finished hat measures approximately 19 inches around the brim, 20 inches around the hat body, and 9 inches in length, making it a comfortable one-size design suited to most adult heads.

What Is Being Made

This pattern creates a colorwork knitted hat with a ribbed brim and a charted stranded colorwork body. The design is worked seamlessly from the bottom up, beginning at the brim and finishing with shaped decreases at the crown. The result is a stylish, warm hat with a bold repeating motif that showcases three colors working in harmony across the hat body.

Yarn and Materials

The pattern calls for Berroco Ultra Wool, an aran-weight yarn sold in 100-gram skeins. Three colors are used:

• #33151 Beet Root (CC1) – the primary color used for the brim and as a base in the colorwork chart
• #33122 Sunflower (CC2) – a contrasting color introduced in the hat body
• #33108 Frost (CC3) – a third contrasting color also introduced in the hat body

Only one ball of each color is required, making this an economical project and an excellent way to use coordinating yarn from a single collection.

Needles and Notions

• 16-inch circular needles in sizes 6 (4.00 mm) and 7 (4.50 mm), or the size needed to obtain gauge
• One set of double-pointed needles (dpns) in size 7 (4.50 mm) for working the crown decreases
• A tapestry needle for weaving in yarn tails
• One stitch marker to mark the beginning of each round

Gauge

Achieving correct gauge is essential for this hat to fit as intended. The pattern specifies:

• 20 stitches and 28 rounds = 4 inches in stockinette stitch following the colorwork charts on the larger needles
• 22 stitches and 28 rounds = 4 inches in ribbing on the smaller needles

As with any fitted accessory, taking time to swatch and check gauge before casting on is strongly recommended.

Techniques Used

This pattern brings together several classic knitting techniques, making it an ideal next step for knitters who are comfortable with the basics and ready to explore colorwork:

• Working in the round on circular needles – the entire hat is worked as a seamless tube, which simplifies colorwork by keeping the right side always facing the knitter
• Stranded colorwork – the hat body is worked from a 13-stitch repeat chart that is repeated 8 times per round, incorporating up to three colors as indicated on the chart. Stranded colorwork involves carrying unused yarn loosely across the back of the work, creating neat floats on the wrong side
• Switching needle types mid-project – knitters transition from circular needles to double-pointed needles as the stitch count decreases during crown shaping, a standard and practical technique for finishing hats in the round
• Crown shaping with decreases – the top of the hat is shaped using SSK (slip, slip, knit) and k2tog (knit two together) decrease rounds, which create a neat, symmetrical finish at the crown

Stitches Used

• k1, p1