Juniper Moon Farm Herbie Hat Knitting Pattern

Juniper Moon Farm Herbie Chevron Hat and Mittens

Project Overview

The Herbie is a coordinated set of knitted accessories designed by Pamela Wynne that includes both a chevron-patterned hat and matching mittens. This downloadable knitting pattern offers a complete accessory solution featuring classic colorwork and seamless construction techniques suitable for adult wearers.

Chevron Hat

What is Being Made: A fitted knit hat featuring a chevron stitch pattern with a pompom accent. The design is offered in three adult sizes—Small, Medium, and Large—with finished brim circumferences of 19 inches (48 cm), 21¼ inches (54 cm), and 24 inches (61 cm) respectively.

Construction Techniques: The hat is worked seamlessly in the round from the bottom up, beginning with a ribbed brim and transitioning into the main chevron pattern body. The crown features decreases worked according to a stitch chart to shape the top of the hat. A pompom maker is used to create a finished accent for the crown.

Stitches and Stitch Pattern: The brim is worked in 2x2 ribbing (knit 2, purl 2) for approximately 4 inches from the cast-on edge. The main body features a chevron pattern worked from a stitch chart that repeats over 8 stitches. The chart pattern is repeated 13, 15, or 17 times around the hat depending on size. The body pattern is worked for three complete 12-round repeats of the chart before transitioning to crown decreases in rounds 13 through 21 of the chart.

Materials: The hat requires one hank each of Juniper Moon Farm Herriot yarn in two colors: color #03 Bullrush (main color) and color #01 Talc (contrasting color). Needles include a US size 5 (3.75mm) 16-inch circular needle and a set of double-pointed needles in US size 3 (3.25mm), two sizes smaller than the main needle. Additional notions include a 1½-inch pompom maker, stitch marker, waste yarn, and tapestry needle. Gauge is 23 stitches and 28 rounds over 4 inches in the chevron pattern worked in the round using the larger needles.

Chevron Mittens

What is Being Made: A pair of knitted mittens in three adult sizes with finished hand circumferences of 7 inches (18 cm), 8 inches (20 cm), and 9¼ inches (23.5 cm). The mittens coordinate with the hat through matching colorwork and yarn choices.

Construction Techniques: The mittens are constructed using seamless, in-the-round knitting methods on double-pointed needles. The pattern includes shaping techniques such as increases and decreases to form the mitten structure, with wrap-and-turn techniques indicated for heel or gusset shaping.

Stitches and Stitch Pattern: The mittens feature the same chevron stitch pattern as the hat, creating a coordinated set. The pattern employs standard knitting abbreviations including knit, purl, slip stitches, decreases (ssk and psso methods), and make-one increases for shaping.

Materials: Each pair of mittens requires one hank each of Juniper Moon Farm Herriot in color #03 Bullrush (main color) and color #01 Talc (contrasting color). Double-pointed needles in US sizes 2, 3, or 4 (2.75mm, 3.25mm, or 3.5mm) are used depending on the size being knitted. Gauge varies by size: 32 stitches and 36 rounds per 4 inches for size S, 28 stitches and 32 rounds per 4 inches for size M, and 24 stitches and 28 rounds per 4 inches for size L, all measured in the chevron pattern worked in the round. Additional notions include stitch markers, waste yarn, and tapestry needle.

Yarn and Color Information

Both the hat and mittens utilize Juniper Moon Farm Herriot yarn, a premium yarn choice that works well for colorwork projects. The two-color combination of Bullrush and Talc creates visual contrast that highlights the chevron pattern throughout the accessory set.

Pattern Features

• Seamless, in-the-round construction for professional finish
• Two-color stranded colorwork with chevron stitch pattern
• Multiple size options for both hat and mittens