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Category: Year of Hats

Year of (Bulky) Hats: School House by Courtney Kelley

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on September 4, 2022September 21, 2022

The latest design in our Year of Bulky Hats is here! The School House Hat is modeled after a cap Courtney’s mother wore as a schoolgirl in the 1950s, knit by her grandmother. While inspired by a hat for children, it’s also a perfect hat for the young-at-heart! This vintage style is super flattering with bangs, a…

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Year of (Bulky) Hats: Midvale by Kate Gagnon Osborn

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on August 6, 2022September 21, 2022

The latest design in our Year of Bulky Hats is here! A two stitch garter panel is paired with a four stitch left leaning cable making the August YOBH, Midvale, a classic and cozy accessory. Worked in the round from the bottom up, the ribbing beautifully transitions into the cable pattern that begins with integrated…

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Year of (Bulky) Hats: Awbury by Courtney Kelley

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on July 1, 2022September 21, 2022

The latest design in our Year of Bulky Hats is here! You may recognize Awbury as a bulky version of our popular July Hat from 2019! Courtney initially designed the July Hat as a nice break from more complicated knitting projects – it is small enough to be portable, and simple enough that you can knit it while hanging…

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Year of (Bulky) Hats: Upsala by Kate Gagnon Osborn

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on June 3, 2022June 3, 2022

The latest design in our Year of Bulky Hats is here! Knit this cute hat during the spring or summer months and the delightful color and fun flowers will brighten your days when winter arrives! Upsala is worked in the round from the bottom up. It begins with a twisted knit 1, purl 1 ribbing at the…

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Year of (Bulky) Hats: Sedgwick by Courtney Kelley

By Courtney Kelley on May 6, 2022

The latest design in our Year of Bulky Hats is here! Sedgwick is an oh-so-jaunty beret perfect for transitioning to May weather. Y’all, I am so so so into this! Do you know that feeling when you’re trying to do something that you know should work, but it just keeps not working? That has been…

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Year of (Bulky) Hats: Ivy Hill by Courtney Kelley

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on March 4, 2022May 5, 2022

Courtney really likes to shake things up in the spring with some wild hat designs and bold colors, and her contribution to this month’s Year of Bulky Hats, Ivy Hill, is no exception! Ivy Hill is bobblicious! These bobbles are big and bold and fun to knit. The hat starts with a garter rib and jumps…

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Year of (Bulky) Hats: Fernhill by Kate Gagnon Osborn

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on February 4, 2022March 3, 2022

Y’all blew us away with your response to January’s Wister hat, and we’re excited to share February’s design with you, Fernhill! Fernhill is the February Hat you know and love, but somehow even squishier! The February Hat from the 2019 Year of Hats continues to be an incredibly popular design, which I am so pleased with and proud of….

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Introducing the Year of (Bulky) Hats: Wister by Courtney Kelley

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

We continue to be overwhelmed at the positive reception to our Year of Hats from 2019, and it was a no brainer to do it again in Germantown Bulky! As with the Year of Hats, the Year of (Bulky) Hats is a year long series featuring a FREE hat pattern every month. The first pattern in the series…

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Year of Hats: December Hat

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on December 17, 2019June 16, 2021

Its here! The final hat in our Year of Hats! Wahoo! The December Hat, designed by Irina Anikeeva, is a lovely cabled hat that shows off Germantown’s excellent stitch definition. It begins with a tubular cast on and has a 2 x 2 ribbed brim. The brim beautifully transitions into cable panels that make up…

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Year of Hats: November Hat

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on November 19, 2019April 7, 2020

I haven’t been able to walk the dogs without a hat to keep my ears cosy, which is how I know fall has officially arrived in Philadelphia. Hats – arguably one of the most useful fall accessories – are perfect for fall knitting, wearing, and gifting! The November Hat by Meghan Kelly is a cute…

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Year of Hats: October Hat

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on October 15, 2019February 25, 2020

Is there a better month in the year than October? We think not! The leaves are changing, the air is crisp and clean, and firewood is stacked and ready for the first fire of the season. October is perfect hat knitting and wearing weather, so grab your needles and get ready for the October Hat…

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White hands with pink nail polish holding the September Hat pattern by Caroline Dick, knit out of Germantown in 005 and black and 105 natural with colorful pompoms on a paper background with 613 Persian red letter and number paper cut out shapes

Year of Hats: September Hat

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on September 17, 2019June 16, 2021

Grab your pencils, erasers, protractors, and knitting needles! It’s back to school time and also the third Tuesday of the month, which means we’re unveiling a new (free!) hat in our Year of Hats series! Caroline Dick is one of our guest designers in this series and we’re delighted by her sweet September Hat. It’s…

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White hands with pink nail polish holding the August Hat pattern by Sarah Solomon, knit out of Germantown in 338 jade and 319 myrtle on a paper background with sunflower paper cut out shapes

Year of Hats: August Hat

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on August 20, 2019June 16, 2021

We love hats—we love designing them, we love wearing them, we love giving them to our friends and family, but we also love our friends design hats, too! Fortunately, we know many talented designers, so for the second half of our Year of Hats series we’ve invited a few of our friends to share the…

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Year of Hats: June Hat

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on June 18, 2019June 29, 2019

Are we halfway through the Year of Hats already?! I guess we are because it’s the third Tuesday of June, and that means the June Hat is ready for you! If this is your first time coming across our Year of Hats series, we are releasing a new, free hat pattern made in our Germantown…

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Year of Hats: May Hat

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on May 21, 2019July 8, 2019

It’s the third Tuesday of the month, which means it’s time for the May Hat in our Year of Hats series! When spring shifts into summer, our knitting projects tend to get a little smaller, both for portability as we spend more time outside at the park or beach, and also for comfort, as sweaters…

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Year of Hats: April Hat

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on April 16, 2019March 4, 2022

Forget the showers, bring on the flowers! It’s the third Tuesday of the month, which means it’s time for the April Hat. This month Courtney had enough of gray skies and cold, so she made her own flowers so she could feel bright and spring-like year round. If this is your first time coming across the…

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Year of Hats: February Hat

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on February 19, 2019May 29, 2020

Today is the third Tuesday of the month, and that can only mean one thing – the February Hat is here! This year we’re releasing a new, free hat design the third Tuesday of each month here on the blog made in Germantown. Germantown is a soft, durable, 100% N. American Wool with ample yardage…

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White hands with a blue and white long sleeve shirt and pink painted nails sewing a leather hat tag on the heavily bobbled and cabled January Hat, knit in Germantown in sage.

Introducing the Year of Hats!

By Kate Gagnon Osborn on January 23, 2019October 13, 2021

It’s a new year and about time for a new year-long-knit-a-long pattern series from Kelbourne Woolens! What’s better than a free hat pattern? Twelve free hat patterns, of course! This year we’re releasing a new, free hat design each month here on the blog made in Germantown. Germantown is the newest yarn to the Kelbourne…

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