Blue Sky Fibers Beckenridge Bundle Hat PDF

Blue Sky Fibers Breckenridge Bundle Hat – Knitting Pattern by Bobbi Intveld

The Breckenridge Bundle Hat is a beautifully designed knitted hat from Blue Sky Fibers' Traveler Series, created by designer Bobbi Intveld. This pattern, numbered No. 202003, is available as a downloadable PDF and is rated as an Advanced Beginner project, making it an excellent next step for knitters who have mastered the basics and are ready to explore colorwork. The hat is worked entirely in the round from the bottom up, producing a seamless, professional finish with no sewing required.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a single-size knitted hat with a finished circumference of 19½ inches and a height of 8 inches. The design is described as suitable for both men and women, and the yardage is generous enough to leave leftover yarn for a pom-pom embellishment. The hat features a colorwork band inspired by traditional Fair Isle aesthetics, giving it a classic, heritage look that fits perfectly within the Traveler Series theme.

Techniques Used

• Worked in the round: The hat is constructed entirely in the round, beginning at the brim and working upward toward the crown. This seamless method eliminates the need for seaming and creates a smooth, continuous fabric.
• Bottom-up construction: Knitting starts at the cast-on edge and progresses upward, allowing the knitter to shape the crown through decreases at the top of the hat.
• Stranded colorwork (Fair Isle): The pattern incorporates a beginner-friendly Fair Isle colorwork section using two colors held together and carried across the wrong side of the fabric. This technique creates the characteristic patterned band that defines the hat's visual appeal.
• Stripes: In addition to the stranded colorwork section, the design incorporates stripe elements, adding further color interest and variety to the hat's overall look.
• Crown decreases: The top of the hat is shaped using a series of k2tog (knit two together) decrease rounds, systematically reducing the stitch count from 90 stitches down to 9 stitches before the yarn is threaded through the remaining stitches and pulled closed.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette stitch: The main body of the hat is worked in stockinette stitch in the round, which produces a smooth knit surface on the right side. Gauge is measured in stockinette: 22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches.
• Knit (k): The primary stitch throughout the pattern.
• Purl (p): Used in select sections, such as the ribbed brim.
• Knit front and back (kfb): An increase stitch used to add stitches where needed.
• Knit two together (k2tog): The decrease stitch used extensively throughout the crown shaping rounds to taper the hat to a neat close.

Materials and Yarn

The Breckenridge Bundle Hat is designed specifically to showcase Blue Sky Fibers' own yarn lines, making it an ideal pattern for knitters who love working with high-quality natural fibers.

• Woolstok (Worsted) – 100% Fine Highland Wool, sold in 50g/123-yard hanks. You will need 1 hank for the main color. The colorway shown is Loon Lake (A), listed as color No. 1321.
• Woolstok Bundle – Also 100% Fine Highland Wool, these are mini hanks of 5g/12 yards each. The pattern calls for 21 mini hanks to complete the colorwork and stripe sections. The bundle shown is the Neutral Bundle (B), listed as color No. 1303K.

The use of a coordinating bundle alongside a single main-color hank is a clever and economical approach to