Evergreen Toque

Evergreen Toque Knitting Pattern

What is Being Made

The Evergreen Toque is a beginner-friendly knitted hat designed by Claire Jackson. This women's one-size-fits-all toque accommodates head circumferences of 20 to 23 inches and is worked in the round from the bottom up using a straightforward construction method.

Knitting Techniques and Construction

This pattern employs fundamental knitting techniques suitable for beginners. The hat is constructed in the round, a common method for creating seamless circular garments like hats, toques, and cowls. Working in the round eliminates the need for seaming and creates a continuous fabric without visible seams along the sides.

Stitches Used

The Evergreen Toque utilizes basic knitting stitches that form the foundation of most knitted garments:

• Knit (K) – the fundamental stitch that creates the primary fabric texture
• Purl (P) – the reverse of the knit stitch, used in combination with knits
• 1 x 1 Ribbing – an alternating pattern of knit and purl stitches that creates an elastic, textured fabric. Ribbing is commonly used at the cuffs and edges of hats to provide stretch and help the garment conform to the wearer's head

Materials and Tools

The Evergreen Toque requires approximately 40 yards of super chunky weight yarn. The pattern accommodates several yarn options to suit different preferences and fiber characteristics:

• We Are Knitters – The Wool
• We Are Knitters – Wool and The Gang – Crazy Sexy Wool
• Wool and The Gang – Heal The Wool
• Sugar Bush Chill
• Malabrigo Rasta

Super chunky yarn creates quick, satisfying projects with visible stitch definition and substantial drape. The pattern provides gauge information for different yarn weights: 8 stitches by 8.5 rows equals 4 by 4 inches for We Are Knitters The Wool and We Are Knitters Wool and The Gang Crazy Sexy Wool, and 9 stitches by 9 rows equals 4 by 4 inches for Sugar Bush Chill and Malabrigo Rasta.

Essential tools for this project include 15 mm circular knitting needles in US size 19 with a 16-inch length, a stitch marker for tracking rounds, a yarn needle for weaving in ends, and scissors for cutting yarn.

Skill Level

Classified as a beginner project, the Evergreen Toque is an excellent introduction to hat knitting. The straightforward stitch selection, simple construction method, and quick completion time make this pattern accessible to knitters new to circular needles and in-the-round techniques.