We designed the Hope Hat to be a beautiful hat we’d like to wear. And then we thought, “Shouldn’t everyone have the opportunity to wear a beautiful hand-knit hat?” So, we are partnering with Seattle-based Elizabeth Gregory Home, who every year provides hats, scarves, and gloves to women who need them. The Elizabeth Gregory Home provides a welcoming and respectful refuge where homeless and at-risk women and those who identify as women have access to compassionate care, transitional housing, a Day Center, and case management services. EGH’s values are inclusion, respect, empathy, and community. So if you are a knitter who doesn’t wear a lot of hats, or want to make more than one, we will be collecting hats and delivering them to EGH. Join us here for the Hope Hat KAL for EGH and all the info on where to send a hat.

UPDATE: As of November 2019 we have donated 24 hats to EGH. Thanks to everyone who made one for a stranger in need!

This hat is knit from the brim to the crown. You will need 16” circular needles and a set of dpns in the size you use to obtain gauge in Fountain Stitch. The sample was knit with US 2 (2.75mm) for hat body and US 0 (2.0 mm) for brim.

Sizes: 20½” (52 cm) and 22¼” (56.5 cm) finished circumference.

Yardage: Approx 220 yds (200 m) including pom pom.

Pattern has been professionally tech-edited and tested.