Women Winter Hat in Bergere de France Calinou - 60508-461 - Downloadable PDF

Women's Winter Hat Knitting Pattern – Bergere de France Calinou (Pattern 60508-461)

This intermediate-level knitting pattern from Bergere de France produces a beautifully textured women's winter hat featuring a classic Fair Isle colourwork chart, a neat ribbed brim, and a generous handmade pompom. The design is worked flat and seamed, making it an excellent project for knitters who are comfortable with colourwork and basic shaping. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF and is written for one size.

Yarn: Bergere de France Calinou

The hat is knitted exclusively in Bergere de France Calinou, a 4-ply weight yarn. Three colourways are used across the design:

• Bleu nuit (Colour A) – shade 10045: 1 ball – used for the majority of the Fair Isle body, the final stocking stitch rows, and the pompom.
• Grenadine (Colour B) – shade 10050: 1 ball – used to cast on and for the first section of the ribbed brim.
• Lait (Colour C) – shade 10028: 1 ball – used within the ribbed brim stripe sequence and as a contrast colour in the Fair Isle chart.

Needles and Accessories

• 2.5 mm knitting needles – used for the ribbed brim section.
• 3.0 mm knitting needles – used for the Fair Isle colourwork body and stocking stitch crown.
• Pompom maker, ref. 53861 – used to create the finishing pompom.
• A wool needle for seaming and weaving in ends.

Stitches and Techniques Used

• 2/2 Rib (two-by-two ribbing) – worked on the smaller 2.5 mm needles to create a stretchy, structured brim. Ribbing alternates knit two and purl two stitches across the row, producing a fabric that hugs the head neatly and allows the lower edge to be turned up for a classic finish.
• Fair Isle colourwork – worked on 3.0 mm needles following a dedicated chart. Fair Isle is a traditional stranded colourwork technique in which two or more yarn colours are carried across the row, with the unused colour stranded loosely at the back of the fabric. This creates a dense, warm, and decorative fabric ideal for winter accessories.
• Stocking Stitch (St St) – worked on 3.0 mm needles for the final two rows of the crown before gathering and closing the top of the hat.
• Increasing – a single stitch increase is made on the final row of the ribbed section, bringing the stitch count from 130 to 131 stitches before transitioning to the Fair Isle chart.
• Gathering and fastening off – yarn is cut leaving a long tail, threaded through a wool needle, and slipped through the remaining live stitches. The stitches are pulled tight and fastened off to close the crown of the hat.

Construction Overview

The hat is worked flat in one piece and then seamed. Construction begins by casting on 130 stitches in Grenadine (Colour B) using 2.5 mm needles. The brim is worked in 2/2 rib for 40 rows (9 cm / 3½ in), incorporating a stripe sequence of 8 rows in Colour B, 8 rows in Lait (Colour C), and 24 rows in Bleu nuit (Colour A). On the final rib row, one stitch is increased to give 131 stitches.

Needles are then changed to 3.0 mm and the Fair Isle chart is followed until the total work measures 31 cm (12¼ in) / 110 rows. Two additional rows of plain stocking stitch in Colour A are then worked before the crown is gathered and closed.

The side seam is sewn up, with the lower 4.5 cm (1¾ in) of