Brioche Horn Hat Downloadable Knitting Pattern

This playful brioche stitch hat uses a clever increase and decrease method to create 3D sculptural horns. The design began with curiosity about combining the Stacked Stitch technique with brioche stitch. The horn shape that was discovered was obviously meant to go on a hat.

Aside from the horns, this hat pattern is deliberately left pretty plain so that the knitter can add their own embellishment and color to create different types of horned characters. Consider this hat as part of a costume for a goat, bull, demon, fawn, viking, etc. 

This project is well suited for knitters that are experienced with brioche stitch. If you have never tried brioche stitch before, this pattern is not recommended. You can easily do this project after finishing a basic hat pattern or if you have a good understanding of how to work this technique in the round. If you need a simple project as a refresher, check out my free brioche fade coaster pattern.

Pattern info:

Yarn: Wool Dreamers Cautiva, 186 yards (170m) per 50g.
Shown in MC 463g and CC 652 (red hats).
See image of pattern page 2 for more yardage and size info.
Sizes: Newborn (Baby, Child, Teen, Small, Medium, Large
Circumference: 14” / 35.5cm (16”/ 40.5cm, 18” / 45.5cm, 20”/ 50.5cm, 22”/ 56cm, 24” / 61cm, 26” / 66cm
To fit head size; 13.5-16” / 34.5-40.5cm (15.5-18” / 39.5-45.5cm, 17.5-20”
/44.5-50.5cm, 19.5-22” / 49.5-55.5cm, 21.5-24” / 55-61cm, 23.5-26” / 60-66cm, 25.5-28” / 65-71cm)
Short version:
Main Color - 25yds/ 22m (35yds/ 32m, 45yds / 40m, 60yds / 55m, 75yds / 65m, 90yds / 80m, 105yds / 95m)
Contrast Color - 35yds
32m (45yds / 40m, 60yds
55m, 70yds/ 65m, 90yds / 80m, 110yds / 100m, 130yds / 120m)
Long Version:
Main Color - 35yds / 32m (40yds / 35m, 55yds / 50m, 70yds / 60m, 85yds / 80m, 100yds / 90m, 120yds / 110m)
Contrast Color - 40yds / 35m (50yds / 45m, 65yds / 60m, 80yds / 75m, 100yds / 95m, 120yds / 110m, 145yds / 135m)
Needles: Size 2 (3 mm), 4 (5 mm) needles or size needed to obtain gauge.
Gauge: 16 sts x 56 rows = 4 x 4” (10 x 10 cm) square in brioche stitch.
Other Materials: Stitch marker to mark end of round (EM), 4 locking stitch markers in a 2nd color (HM), 2 more markers in a 3rd color (CM) tapestry needle.