This brioche hat pattern is the best way to learn brioche for the first time. Surprisingly, using two colors makes it easier to understand the different stitches, and working in the round simplifies the pattern!

Brioche is a squishy, two-sided fabric which means this hat is reversible! Each side has a different dominant color.

The hat pictured is the Large size.

We use this pattern in our !

SKILL LEVEL
Advanced

TECHNIQUES USED
casting on, working in the round, knitting, brioche knitting (brk), brioche purling (brp), slip one yarn over (sl1yo), brioche left-slanting decreasing (brLsl dec), working in the round on small circumferences, weaving in ends.

YARN
240 yards total of worsted weight yarn

If making stripes like the hat shown, you’ll need about 25 yards each of 11 colors (we used this for each stripe for even more color!)

NEEDLES
US 6 / 4 mm 16” circulars
same size in double pointed needles or longer circulars for magic loop

GAUGE
4.25 stitches & *6.5 rounds per inch in brioche stitch before blocking

*only counting every other round/every brk round

NOTIONS
scissors, darning/tapestry needle, 1 stitch marker

MEASUREMENTS
17” (19.75”, 22.5”) actual hat circumference.

SIZES
Small (Medium, Large)