PRODUCT: digital hand knitting pattern for A Fresh Start Toque

PUBLISHED: Originally exclusively released with Wool & Honey December 2022, Independently released October 2023

INTRODUCTION: A Fresh Start Toque was designed in collaboration with Wool & Honey, local yarn store in northwest Michigan. It’s a classic knit hat with quadrants knit in different stitches to make the knitting process more enjoyable.

DESCRIPTION: knit in the round with folded rib brim and different knit/purl stitches in four sections of the hat.

NEEDLES: US 6/ 4.0 mm, or size to obtain gauge

GAUGE:

• Rib Row Gauge: approx. 34 rows in 4”/10cm

• Body: 21 sts by 28 rows 4”/10cm in stockinette, Each stitch quadrant has a different gauge but all together, they balance out and will even out in blocking.

NOTIONS: stitch markers, tapestry needle, measuring tape, gauge ruler if needed

YARN: Light Worsted Weight

Sample knit in100% Michigan-grown, Non-superwash Wool, 100g/skein. Dyed by Six and Seven Fiber.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: Worn with negative 2”/5 cm ease.

To fit head circumference of 21”/53 cm (22.5”/57 cm) {24”/60 cm}

Look up hashtags on Instagram with #AFreshStartToque and#tinatseknits to share your progress and FOs and to find other projects! Also tag me@tina.say.knits.

Pay What You Choose: In order to make my designs more financially accessible but still valuing the work it takes to create these patterns, I am implementing a “Pay What You Choose” model. These prices indicate the fair amount that has been put into the designs and hopefully can become a sustainable way for me to keep creating hand knitting patterns.

Listed are the codes and the price you will be paying next to them:

No Code: $9.50

TTierA: $7.50

TTierB: $6.50