This gorgeous fair isle hat and mitten set is inspired by the 2018 winter Olympics Team USA uniforms! Switch up the colors and make it perfect for your style! The post contains affiliate links which means I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for your support!
Do you like watching the Olympics? I always look forward to it and I love summer and winter equally. Summer has gymnastics, hand ball, beach volleyball; winter has snowboarding, hockey, figure skating. It’s so amazing to see so many athletes excel. I was also pretty cool to see Ralph Lauren’s designs for the Team USA closing ceremonies uniforms. The crochet olympics team hat is awesome. But holy. Guacamole. I won’t be spending $200 on one, so I decided to make one.
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Don’t let the color work intimidate you, seriously. If you work slowly and steadily, this fair isle hat will work out for you. It’s definitely not a quick project, but it’s a very rewarding project. It turned out even prettier than I imagined, and I think you will be seeing more graphs here soon.
The trick to getting the design to line up is simply working through the back loops! I learned this neat trick from the book Modern Tapestry Crochet. It’s a perfect book for tapestry crochet beginners. She makes it SO easy.
Bear in mind that the right-leaning diagonals for right-handed crocheters (and visa versa) will look closer spaced, while the diagonal stitch going the other way will look slightly spaced out. This is normal!
Unfortunately, with crochet color work there is a give-and-take with each method. BLO method will line up much better but will have the differing look with the diagonal stitches.
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NEVA FAIR ISLE CROCHET HAT and MITTENS (USA Olympics Team THEMED) – CROCHET PATTERN
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What you need: (affiliate links)
– I Hook
– Mighty Stitch (Medium Weight Yarn) in Serrano, White and Navy
– Pom-Pom
– Bobbins
– Darning Needle
Gauge: 14 sts = 4″ (Gauge Pattern)
New to colorwork? I have a small video that can help! My main tip is to take is SLOW. You can do it!
READY TO MAKE YOUR FAIR ISLE HAT AND MITTENS?
This hat and mitten set can be purchased in my shops! Where would you like to shop today?
Bobbins look intimidating, but it’s much easier than you think! The Endless Bundle includes the pattern download and a helpful video to assist in making this hat.
You can do colorwork!
So pull on your new hat and tune in to the Olympics. They start this weekend, yay!
Stay tuned for more projects featuring color work, because it is so much fun.
Hello Bethany,
Wow what a great pattern and perfect timing this is just what i didn’t know I was looking for haha….I was wondering if you planned to design any pattern(s) for the other accessories in this collection like the fingerless gloves? I’m a sucker for crochet sets, I am currently making several of your plaid sets, I just adore them. Please let me know thanks.
The graph is not 72 sis is each square 1 st or 3 sis
1 st. Sorry, I forgot to mention you will repeat the graph 3 times.
Thks
So in the “repeat” for row 10….1st time to the end – you end with 3 white so when you go back to the right to start over do you do 2 white stitches or start with the blue?
You follow the chart and start again with white at the beginning of the chart. That is the bottom of the x pattern and there is 5 whites in a row.
Thanks Bethany, I was confused by this also.
Sis sorry
I bough the yarn today to make this hat! As soon as I saw it I knew I had to make it for myself! I absolutely love it! And who knew getting the graph to line up was as easy as using back loop only. I never have made a graph hat because it bugged me that they didn’t transition smoothly. Thank you!
Yay Toni! It really is fun! It’s definitely more slow-going, but super rewarding. I love the look of graphs!
Your tutorial was So helpful and I live this pattern! Can’t wait to see what the next colorwork looks like
Thank you!
Hi Bethany, wow girl, you are so talented and I love getting your blog. I always watch your tutorial before I start and since I’m awake (3:52 am) I’m going to start now. Will post a pic when I finish the hat. Thank you for all you do, I’ve learned a tremendous amount from you! Sincerely, Pam
Thanks so much Pam, you are so sweet!
I love this hat, so much! Well done! And thank you for the pattern!!
Thank you so much!
This hat is simply gorgeous! I will definitely be trying it.
Thank you Sara!
I love this hat ! Thanks for all you do , I love your blog !
Thank you so much Kate!
Looking forward to seeing if you can come up with a Team Canada Hat, I absolutely love this one ❤️
I love your clever designs and clear tutorials. Thank you!
Thanks so much Tracy!
This hat IS super cute. Beautiful job. cant wait to try it out. thank you.
Hi Beth!! Love your patterns and colors! You are really a great designer!!
I’m wondering if it’s posdible for you to put a printer friendly button on the patterns you offer us for free? The pop up ads are difficult to copy around!!
Thanks so much for being so generous!!
-Shelley
Thanks so much Shelley!
As I am sure you are aware, the ads enable me to make my patterns FREE! So I don’t provide a punter-friendly button, but I DO have PDF’s available for a small fee in my shop :) You can find the link above the video.
Thanks for your kind words!
Wow Bethany. I had to look up the original hat and I love yours even more! Beautiful!!!
I agree! I looked it up too, and am very impressed with your design. I like yours better!!
What a great pattern! I’ve admired crocheted colorwork for a long time, but have never tried it (although I knit colorwork on a regular basis. Go figure!). This looks like a really fun pattern to try it.
P.s. you have a teensy typo I’m round 1 of the hat. It says “Echieve” instead of Achieve. <3
Hey Beth! This is really beautiful! I have never tried to color crochet, but it looks so good! Thank you for the pattern!
Thank you very much! It really is easier than it looks and it’s so much fun. I hope you give it try!
Holy amazing hat!!! I’m so excited to try this one for myself!! Thank you for another beautiful pattern ❤️
Thanks so much Miranda!
Hi Bethany!! I am confused about the gaugue parameters for the Neva Hat. When you say 14 sts equals 4 inches, what stitch do i use? Hpw many rows do i crocheh the gauge swatch for? Ive never messed with gauge swatches so its a bit confusing. Thanks so much
Hi Jessica!
I have my gauge pattern linked right next the the gauge.
It’s not clear for me either. Which stitch do we use to create the gauge….your pattern has several – how does one choose?
You can do either sc or dc
Hi Beth! That is a very beautiful hat. Really enjoyed the video. Thank you very much for your kindness to share with us your ideas. Have a beautiful Sunday! ❤💐🐑🍀🐝
Hi Bethany! Love your patterns! I am trying to work this graph but keep getting stuck on row 11. Do you have the whole graph somewhere? I think for my brain I need all 72 rows to figure it out! Otherwise I don’t think my X’s come out right.
I’m having trouble on that too :(
Bethany, this is amazing! I love the colors you chose too! Awesome job! Also, I love the new photo of you in your profile on the homepage. So beautiful!
Thank you so much Mary!