Taiga is a wonderful hat pattern worked from the bottom up featuring a simple alternating stranded colorwork pattern, twisted rib brim, and a jaunty pompom at the crown. Suitable for those beginning stranded colorwork, it can be worked using one 50g skein for the main color and scraps of finger or sock weight yarn for the contrasting colors.

Materials
Apx. 55-100 grams of fingering or sock weight yarn: 35-50 grams in MC, and 5-10 grams in each of four contrasting colors.
Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% Targhee-Columbia; 275 yards/50g)
MC: Fossil
CC 1: Meteorite
CC 2: Wool Socks
CC 3: Almanac
CC 4: Birdbook

Gauge
28 stitches & 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm

Needles
US 4 / 3.50mm 12” / 30 cm circular needle
US 4 / 3.50mm double-pointed needles (dpn)
or needles needed to obtain gauge

Sizes
Adult Medium (Adult Large)

Finished Dimensions
22”/56 cm brim circumference, 8”/20cm deep, (23”/59 cm brim circumference, 9”/23 cm deep)

Tools
Blunt tapestry needle, scissors, large pompom maker.