Hat

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

Size

Head circumference (cm)Total height (cm)

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Yarn and

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

stitches / 10 cmrows / 10 cm

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

BrimEdgeStretchy, with a bolder texture.Brim height (cm)Folded brim (double layer, warmer)

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.

FitNegative : 10 %

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

One step at a time, with a row counter; the screen stays on.

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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

stitches · finished 53.3 cm around

Yarn

≈ 95 m

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

The stitch multiple forces more than 5% away from the target circumference (50.4 cm). Try another stitch or gauge.

The pattern

Materials

Yarn: Lang Yarns · Merino 50, about 95 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.

12 stitches × 19 rows = 10 cm in the body stitch, after blocking.

Brim

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

Work in (k2, p2) for 10 rounds, i.e. 5.3 cm.

Body

Knit every stitch for 20 rounds, or 10.5 cm. The hat now measures 15.8 cm from the cast-on edge.

Crown

Place a marker every 8 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).

Round 1: knit all stitches.
Round 2: *k6, k2tog* 8 times — 56 sts.
Round 3: knit all stitches.
Round 4: *k5, k2tog* 8 times — 48 sts.
Round 5: knit all stitches.
Round 6: *k4, k2tog* 8 times — 40 sts.
Round 7: knit all stitches.
Round 8: *k3, k2tog* 8 times — 32 sts.
Round 9: knit all stitches.
Round 10: *k2, k2tog* 8 times — 24 sts.
Round 11: *k1, k2tog* 8 times — 16 sts.
Round 12: *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

Size	Head	Cast on	Rib	Height	Yarn
Newborn (0–3 months)	36 cm	40	10	13.2 cm	35 m
Baby (3–12 months)	43 cm	48	10	14.8 cm	50 m
Toddler (1–3 years)	47 cm	48	10	16.9 cm	55 m
Child (4–10 years)	51 cm	56	10	19 cm	70 m
Adult S	54 cm	56	10	21.1 cm	80 m
Adult M	56 cm	64	10	22.1 cm	95 m
Adult L	59 cm	64	10	23.2 cm	100 m