Barking Treefrog hat pattern

One of the larger treefrogs with a rather nice call! These beautiful speckled frogs spend much of their time up in trees in our valuable wetlands.

This is a pattern for a slouchy beanie worked from the bottom up, in the round, and using the stranded colourwork technique and including a Latvian Braid detail. A link to the Latvian Braid tutorial is included in the pattern. The frog chart is large and shown as one larger chart for those of you using a knitting app and also broken into 2 smaller charts.

There are a few rounds with long floats and I have included an explanation of the Ladder-Back/Invisible Jacquard method. But you may tack your floats any way you like.


yarn:
Shetland 4ply by Gathered Sheep Yarns; Fingering; 100% Pure Shetland Wool; 233yds (213m) / 55g
OR
BFL/Masham 75/25 by Gathered Sheep Yarns; Fingering; 75% Bluefaced Leicester, 25% Masham; 437yds (400m) / 100g
approximate yarn amounts:
colour A - 23g; 97yds / 89m
colour B - 17g; 72yds / 66m
colour C - 11g; 47yds / 42m
(If using 2 colours only colour A 38g & colour B 12g)
needles:
2.5mm (us no 1.5) circular 20in/50cm; DPNs 6in/15cm (crown)
3.0mm (us no 2.5) 20in/50cm; DPNs 6in/15cm (crown)
If you are a tight knitter, you may need larger sized needles to work the Latvian Braid.
gauge:
28 sts x 28 rows = 4in/10cm measured over stranded stockinette on larger needles
Some knitters work stranded and single-colour stockinette at different gauges. Change needles, as needed, to keep gauge the same throughout.
approximate finished size:
one size fits many; 21-25 in/53cm-63.5 cm head
additional tools:
needle to weave in ends, st marker