Jenna Hat & Scarf in Juniper Moon Farm Santa Cruz - Downloadable PDF

Jenna Hat & Scarf in Juniper Moon Farm Santa Cruz — Pattern Summary

The Jenna Hat & Scarf is a coordinating two-piece set designed by Claudia Wersing as part of The Cosy Collection. Both pieces are knitted in Juniper Moon Farm Santa Cruz yarn in color 113 Cerulean, a worsted-weight yarn that lends the set a satisfying drape and warmth. The pattern is rated intermediate in difficulty, making it an excellent project for knitters who are comfortable with basic techniques and ready to explore more textural stitch work such as fisherman rib and garter stitch. The finished set is a beautifully cohesive accessory pairing suited to cooler weather.

What Is Being Made

• Jenna Hat: A cozy, close-fitting hat worked in the round, sized to fit head circumferences of 18–19¾ (20½–21¼) inches / 46–50 (52–54) cm. The finished circumference when slightly stretched is 20½ (22) inches / 52 (56) cm, and the hat stands 12½ inches / 32 cm tall.
• Jenna Scarf: A generously proportioned scarf measuring 11 inches / 28 cm wide and 75 inches / 190 cm long — wide enough to wrap luxuriously and long enough to layer in multiple styles.

Techniques Used

• Working in the round: The hat is constructed entirely in the round, beginning on circular needles and transitioning to double-pointed needles as stitches decrease toward the crown.
• Fisherman rib in the round: The body of the hat is worked in a distinctive fisherman rib technique. Unlike traditional ribbing, fisherman rib creates an exceptionally deep, squishy, double-layered fabric by knitting into the stitch below the current stitch on the needle. This gives the hat its plush, cosy texture and excellent stretch.
• Garter stitch: The scarf is worked in garter stitch — knitting every row — which produces a reversible, textured fabric with natural elasticity and a tidy, non-curling edge. This makes it ideal for a wide scarf that lies flat and looks polished on both sides.
• Crown shaping with special decreases: The hat crown is shaped using two custom decrease methods — Dec2right (k3tog, working into wraps from the previous round) and Dec2left (a mirrored slip-slip-knit variation worked through the back loop) — which create symmetrical, tidy decreases that maintain the integrity of the fisherman rib pattern.
• Yarn-forward slipping: Central to the fisherman rib construction, stitches are slipped purlwise with a yarn-forward, then worked together with that yarn-forward on the following round, building the characteristic wrapped, raised rib effect.
• Closing the hat top: Once the crown stitches are sufficiently reduced, the remaining opening is pulled tight and secured using a firmly spun piece of yarn threaded through the live stitches — a clean and traditional finishing method.

Stitches Used

• Fisherman Rib (in the round): Worked over a repeating two-round sequence using yarn-forward slips and knitting stitches together with their paired yarn-forward from the previous round. This stitch pattern is the primary texture of the hat.
• Garter Stitch: The foundational stitch of the scarf, worked flat by knitting every row.
• K1b (Knit One Below): A special stitch used in the fisherman rib construction — the right needle is inserted into the stitch below the current stitch on the left needle, and both stitches are knitted and slipped off together.
• Purl and purl together: Used in the setup row of the hat and within the fisherman rib rounds to join yarn-forwards with their corresponding stitches.
• Dec2right and Dec2left: Custom paired decrease stitches used during crown shaping, each reducing the stitch count by two while respecting the wrapped structure of the fisherman rib.