I'm Cold

Mosaic knitting is a very stress-free way of knitting color work, since only 1 color is handled at a time. If you can knit stripes, you can make the I’m Cold hat!

This pattern contains instructions for 6 sizes, ranging from a finished size of 35.5 cm up to 61 cm (14 to 24 inches). The I’m Cold mosaic hat is seamless and knitted from the bottom up. The instructions for the color work are provided both charted and written out.

Difficulty level
The I’m Cold hat is seamless and knit in the round from the bottom up. This pattern features mosaic slip stitch patterning. Stitches used include knit, purl, and k2tog. Therefore, this pattern is suitable for the advanced beginner to intermediate knitter.

Sizes and finished measurements
Size 1 (2, 3, 4, 5, 6):

• Finished circumference of 35.5 (40.5, 45.5, 51, 56, 61) cm or 14 (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) inches.
• Finished height of 11.5 (16.5, 18.5, 21, 23.5, 26) cm or 4.5 (6.5, 7.25, 8.25, 9.25, 10.25) inches.

When choosing your hat size, take 2.5 – 5 cm (1 – 2 inches) of negative ease into account for a fitted hat. For a more slouchy fit, take approx. 0 – 5 cm (0 – 2 inches) of positive ease into account.

I’m Cold pattern details

• Gauge: 24 sts / 26 rounds = 10 cm (4 inches) over stockinette on the medium size needles after washing and gentle blocking.
• Pattern language: English.
• Digital PDF has 3 pages (letter size)

Yarn
Paintbox Yarns Simply DK (100% acrylic; 276 m (302 yds) / 100 g) in the following amounts and colors:

• C1: 52 (88, 119, 146, 199, 246) m (57 (97, 130, 160, 217, 269) yds) / 19 (32, 43, 53, 72, 89) g in 133 “Marine Blue”.
• C2: 11 (14, 14, 17, 19, 19) m (12 (15, 15, 18, 21, 21) yds) / 4 (5, 5, 6, 7, 7) g in 155 “Vintage Pink”.

Substitute any DK weight yarn with sufficient contrast between the two colors for a similar result. For tips on determining contrast, visit this tutorial.

Materials

• Knitting needles in your preferred style for small circumference knitting in the round in the following sizes (or to match gauge):
  • Size 3 mm (US 2 ½) – for ribbed brim
  • Size 3.5 mm (US 4) – for body of the hat
  • Size 4 mm (US 6) – for the mosaic patterning
• Yarn needle
• 5 stitch markers
• 1 differently colored end-of-round stitch marker