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Hat

Adjust on the left; the pattern is calculated on the right, ready to knit. Worked , from brim to crown.

Size

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Yarn and
Suggested taken from the yarn’s page: check it on your own swatch.

Measured on your swatch knit in the body stitch, after .

Brim
Body stitch
Placed motifs

Choose a chart (cables, lace, bobbles… from the library or the editor) and place it on a piece. The stitches to add under cables are worked out, to keep the width.

Draw on the piece

For a free design, like in a photo: cabled stems, an X, wheat ears, scattered bobbles. The drawing is made for the chosen size; in other sizes it keeps its place from the center and from the top.

Fit

A hat is smaller than the head so it stays on: 10% suits most yarns.

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“All sizes” writes the pattern the way books do: “Cast on 100 (104, 112…) stitches”, with your size highlighted.

At a glance

Cast on

160

stitches · finished 50 cm around

Yarn

≈ 190 m

Preview: the measured schematic, or the piece in 3D.

crown 7.2 cmbody 9.8 cmbrim 5.1 cm50 cm around

The pattern

Materials

  • Yarn: Rowan · Rowan Sock, about 190 m.
  • 40 cm circular needle in your gauge size, and a set of (or a long circular needle for magic loop) for the .
  • 8 , one in a different color for the start of the round; a tapestry needle.

32 stitches × 43 rows = 10 cm in the body stitch, after blocking.

Brim

160 stitches. Join in the round without twisting; place the beginning-of-round marker.

Work in (k2, p2) for 22 rounds, i.e. 5.1 cm.

Body

Knit every stitch for 42 rounds, or 9.8 cm. The hat now measures 14.9 cm from the cast-on edge.

Crown

Place a marker every 20 stitches: 8 sections (the beginning-of-round marker marks the first one). When the stitches no longer reach around the circular needle, switch to double-pointed needles (or magic loop).

  1. Round 1: knit all stitches.
  2. Round 2: *k18, k2tog* 8 times — 152 sts.
  3. Round 3: knit all stitches.
  4. Round 4: *k17, k2tog* 8 times — 144 sts.
  5. Round 5: knit all stitches.
  6. Round 6: *k16, k2tog* 8 times — 136 sts.
  7. Round 7: knit all stitches.
  8. Round 8: *k15, k2tog* 8 times — 128 sts.
  9. Round 9: knit all stitches.
  10. Round 10: *k14, k2tog* 8 times — 120 sts.
  11. Round 11: knit all stitches.
  12. Round 12: *k13, k2tog* 8 times — 112 sts.
  13. Round 13: knit all stitches.
  14. Round 14: *k12, k2tog* 8 times — 104 sts.
  15. Round 15: knit all stitches.
  16. Round 16: *k11, k2tog* 8 times — 96 sts.
  17. Round 17: knit all stitches.
  18. Round 18: *k10, k2tog* 8 times — 88 sts.
  19. Round 19: knit all stitches.
  20. Round 20: *k9, k2tog* 8 times — 80 sts.
  21. Round 21: knit all stitches.
  22. Round 22: *k8, k2tog* 8 times — 72 sts.
  23. Round 23: knit all stitches.
  24. Round 24: *k7, k2tog* 8 times — 64 sts.
  25. Round 25: *k6, k2tog* 8 times — 56 sts.
  26. Round 26: *k5, k2tog* 8 times — 48 sts.
  27. Round 27: *k4, k2tog* 8 times — 40 sts.
  28. Round 28: *k3, k2tog* 8 times — 32 sts.
  29. Round 29: *k2, k2tog* 8 times — 24 sts.
  30. Round 30: *k1, k2tog* 8 times — 16 sts.
  31. Round 31: *k2tog* 8 times — 8 sts.

Finishing

Cut the yarn leaving a 20 cm tail. With the tapestry needle, thread it through the remaining 8 stitches, pull tight and fasten off on the inside.

Weave in the ends, then the hat flat or over a balloon the size of the head.

Pattern calculated by FARROW. Check your gauge before you start: every number depends on it.

All sizes

SizeHeadCast onRibHeightYarn
Newborn (0–3 months)36 cm1042213 cm75 m
Baby (3–12 months)43 cm1202215.1 cm100 m
Toddler (1–3 years)47 cm1362217 cm125 m
Child (4–10 years)51 cm1442219.1 cm150 m
Adult S54 cm1522220.9 cm175 m
Adult M56 cm1602222.1 cm190 m
Adult L59 cm1682223 cm210 m