Primal Fear Calling Out — A Guide to Lysefjorden
Southmost of the major fjords. Wild, raw, violent winds threatening to blow you over the edge. Welcome to Lysefjorden — the Path to Light.
Adventure Stories
Adventure Stories
You Can Wear a Beanie in the Summer — Here’s How
Once summer hits, the beanie tends to hit the shelves for most of us. But are we missing out on our best tool for late night heat-adjustment?
Beanies and Style
Why We Love Brent Underwood and Cerro Gordo
We’ve written about Cerro Gordo before. This time we revisit the abandoned mining town in a deeper exploration of why we love it so much.
People:Passion
A Midimalist Ponders Minimalism
My favorite definition of minimalism is not to own as little as possible, but that you only own what you need, or deeply enjoy.
Red Hat Culture
The Benefits of Wool — A Tale of Smells and Temperate Body Climates
Norwegian children wear wool. It’s a thing. Parents buy it, sell it, hand knit it, and promote it. There’s nothing like a mom-made sweater, or even a pair of cold-resistant inner wool-trousers to get you through the -20℃ winters.
Beanies and Style
A Quick Look in the Rear View Mirror
This picture spurred a memory of all we’ve been whipping up since our humble beginnings in 2016 — four full years ago now.
News Reel
Ghost Town Living — The Abandoned Mines at Cerro Gordo
Restoring an old abandoned mining town. Hikes and daily adventures? Historical artifact discoveries. Sounds like just the thing for us!
People:Passion
How to Declutter Your Digital Life
Alarms, notifications, emails, ads. They all scream for our attention. Sometimes the silent mountaintops seem so far away. Maybe it’s time to declutter your digital life.
Red Hat Culture
5 Timeless Red Beanie Outfits
The red hand knit cap is the beginning and the heart of our company. Everyone from Jaques Cousteau to Kanye West wears them. But what outfits go well with a red beanie?
Beanies and Style
Røldal Part III — Rainy Days
The third day of our Røldal trip brings a heavy rain that lightens up as we go road tripping on narrow gravel mountain roads.
Adventure Stories
Jacques Cousteau — A Deep Dive
A deep dive into the life and times of explorer and oceanographer Jaques Cousteau. Red Hat culture owes him a lot.
Beanies and Style
The History of the Fisherman Beanie
The fisherman beanie! It’s become an absolute established classic in the wardrobe of 2020. But did fishermen actually wear beanies? Join us as we dig into its history.
Beanies and Style
The Shaping of Our Beanie Models
Simplicity has always stood in the center of every product we’ve designed. It’s a reflection of the origins of the products — a mother knitting wearables for her children to face the onset of winter.
Red Hat Culture
The Steve Zissou Hat — An Iconic Red Beanie
The Red Hat Factory hand knit beanie style has multiple sources of inspiration, but one sticks just a little bit above the crowd. The Steve Zissou hat from Life Aquatic. The film is a study in red hats.
Beanies and Style
The 2020 Recap
Taking an extra side job didn’t leave much extra time for developing the Red Hat Factory brand second quarter of 2020. And then we slid directly into a sweet long vacation. But the vacation brought new clarity.
News Reel
Piles of Gold — New Beanies Out In Store
Slowly by slowly the family of beanies, knit caps, or toques are growing. Whatever you want to call them, they are what they are — a long thread of colored wool masterfully knit together into the shape of a head.
News Reel
Old Lady Advice from My Mother (And New Packaging)
“There’s a difference between daddy and the cat,” my grandmother said while we were eating dinner with her. Now we’re adding Norwegian proverbs with each of our products.
News Reel
Røldal Part II — Hike to the Heights
We were driving down the road towards the hill, and we passed one of the larger waterfalls in the area. The way it carves its way through the cracks in the mountains, and cascades down into a pool of crystal clear turquoise water, blew me away the first time I saw it. Next time I saw it, it blew me away again.
Adventure Stories
Røldal Part I — There, But Not Back Again
If you know little about the Norwegian West Coast mountains, let this be your introduction. We’ll be heading slowly into unexplored territory, and derail from the tourist trails by the time this Adventure Story comes to and end.
Adventure Stories
How to Wear a Red Hat Factory Cap
There are actually more ways than you might think, and the choice is all yours.
Our models deliver as a tube that you are free to fold as you like, and the lack of any tags on the edges makes your freedom total.
One thing I’ve noticed through selling beanies all across the world — no one wears it the same, and that is the beauty of it.
Beanies and Style
Olives are Dropping
The Olive Red Hat Factory beanie has been long expected by many. After all, Red Hat Factory’s roots are firmly planted in the adventure of the green-dyed outdoors, and it only makes sense to match that color in our wooly apparel.
News Reel
The 2018 Recap
The keywords for 2018 has been ‘Adventure Stories’, ‘New Colors’ and ‘Limited Editions’, but the best part of the year has been the increased human connections we have experienced.
News Reel
Besseggen Part II — Norway’s Most Infamous Hike
Besseggen was a long anticipated hike for me. In Norway it is kind of infamous. People die there, people bleed there, people leave their hearts there as victims to the beautiful views.
Adventure Stories
Limited Edition Coral & Deep Sea Green Caps
We made one of each of our beanie models in Coral and Deep Sea Green. So all in all, there are 6 beanies. One of each type in each color. You can only get them through the Facebook shop.
News Reel