Trio Toboggan Hat Knitting Pattern

Trio Toboggan in Lion Brand Hue & Me

What is Being Made

The Trio Toboggan is a coordinating family of three knitted hats designed by Two of Wands for Lion Brand Yarn Company. This pattern allows crafters to create three matching or coordinating hats in child, adult small, and adult large sizes. The hats feature colorwork design elements and decorative pompoms, making them ideal for creating matching sets for family members or friends. The design emphasizes both functionality and visual interest with its chunky construction and colorful patterning.

Techniques Used

This knitting pattern employs several key techniques suitable for beginner to easy-level knitters. The hat is constructed using stranded colorwork, a technique where two or more colors are carried across the back of the work to create patterned designs on the front. The pattern specifically notes that the opposite color is stranded behind work on rounds featuring more than one color, and knitters are instructed to keep floats very loose to maintain the hat's stretch and wearability.

The hat is worked in the round, beginning with circular knitting needles for the body and transitioning to double-pointed needles for crown shaping. This construction method creates seamless cylindrical pieces that are characteristic of modern hat design. The pattern is worked from the bottom up, starting with an edging section and progressing through the body before shaping the crown.

Stitches Used

• Ribbed edging: The bottom of the hat features a knit-purl ribbed pattern (K1, P1 rib) worked for 6 to 8 rounds depending on size. This elastic ribbing helps the hat stay securely on the head and provides a finished edge.
• Stockinette stitch: The main body is worked in stranded stockinette stitch, which involves knitting every round to create a smooth, flat fabric with a V-pattern texture on the right side.
• Crown shaping: The pattern includes decreases to shape the crown, though specific decrease instructions are referenced in the full pattern text.

Materials and Tools

The Trio Toboggan pattern calls for Lion Brand Yarn Hue + Me yarn in three coordinating colors: Spicy (color code 617-134), Sea Glass (617-172), and Bellini (617-102). One skein of each color is required per set of three hats. The pattern notes that up to three adult large hats can be made from one skein of each color if crafters choose to alternate colors throughout the sets.

Essential knitting tools include Size US 10.5 (6.5mm) circular knitting needles measuring 16 inches (40 centimeters) in length for working the body, and Size US 10.5 (6.5mm) double-pointed needles for completing the crown shaping. Additional supplies needed are a stitch marker to denote the beginning of rounds, a tapestry needle for weaving in yarn ends, and a large pompom maker measuring 3 inches (8 centimeters) to create the decorative pompoms that finish each hat.

Pattern Specifications

The Trio Toboggan is rated as Level 2 – Easy

The gauge is established at 12 stitches and 14 rows per 4 inches (10 centimeters) when working in stockinette stitch in the round. The pattern includes a chart for the colorwork design, with all rounds read from right to left. The body colorwork section spans 13 to 15 rounds depending on the selected size.