Field Mate Toque

Field Mate is a slouchy toque with a unique folded brim inspired by the shape of Wedge Caps worn by scouts. Originally designed as a part of The Yarn Collective's Button Bay Collection, which was inspired by the Wes Anderson film, Moonrise Kingdom, this pattern is now available to you, for free. Enjoy! :)

The Field Mate Toque is worked by first knitting the brim from a provisional cast-on. Brim is worked flat in garter stitch and shaped using short-rows. When brim shaping is complete, a contrasting coloured edging is worked with an applied I-cord bind off. Stitches from the provisional cast-on are placed back on needle, and the body of the hat is worked in the round from there, commencing with a slightly decreased gathered crown. When working the garter stitch brim, it will be difficult to tell the WS from the RS. A quick way of telling which is the RS, is when the tail of where you joined yarn A is located at the lower right corner of work.