Easy Knitted Hat

A Saucy Pom Pom Adorns This Hat With A Rolled Brim. It's Easy Enough To Make In Several Colors!

Materials Needed:

• 130 (200) yards of worsted weight yarn
        The samples were done with Paton's Canadiana (100% acrylic, worsted weight, 201 yards per ball). The small size was knitted with Light Pink. The large size used Rainbow (an ombre).

• Size 8 knitting needles (or size needed for gauge)
• yarn needle
• scissors
• 3 x 3 piece of cardboard

Abbreviations:

• K:     knit

• P:     purl
• inc:     An increase; in this pattern, knit into the front and back of the next stitch.
• K2tog:    Knit the next two stitches together. This makes a decrease that slants to the right.
• SSK:    Slip the first stitch, slip the second stitch, insert the left needle through the front of both stitches from left to right and knit them together. This makes a decrease that slants to the left.
• st:     stitches

Gauge:    16 stitches and 21 rows = 4”   on size 8 needles or the size needed for the gauge

Finished Size:    small = 18” circumference large = 25” circumference

Estimated Skill Level:    Easy






Instructions


The pattern is written for 2 sizes: small(large). Where only one figure is given, it is the same for both sizes.


Cast on 56 (76) stitches.
Rows 1 - 3:   Knit each stitch.
Row 4:    K 8, inc in the next stitch, (K 18, inc in the next stitch) 2(3)times, K 8(10), inc 1(0) in the next stitch.       {60,(80) st}
Rows 5 - 7:   Knit each stitch.
Row 8:    K 9, inc in the next stitch, (K 19, inc in the next stitch)2(3) times, K 9(10), inc 1(0) in the next stitch.       {64,(84) st}
Rows 9 - 11:   Knit each stitch.
Row 12:    K 10, inc in the next stitch, (K 20, inc in the next stitch)2(3) times, K 10(10), inc 1(0) in the next stitch.       {68,(88) st}
Row 13 - 15:   Knit each stitch.
Row 16:    K 11, inc in the next stitch, (K 21, inc in the next stitch) 2(3) times, K 11(10), inc 1(0) in the next stitch.       {72,(92) st}
Row 17 - 19:   Knit each stitch.
Row 20:    K 12, inc in the next stitch, (K 22, inc in the next stitch) 2(3) times, K 12(10), inc in the next stitch 1(0).        {76,(96) st}
Row 21:   Purl across the row.
Row 22:   Knit across the row.
Rows 23 - 48:    Repeat rows 21 and 22.
Row 49:   Purl across the row.
Row 50:   K 3(4), K2tog, (SSK, K 9(8), K2tog) 5(7) times, SSK, K 4(4).       {64,(80) st}
Row 51:    Purl across the row.
Row 52:    Knit across the row.
Row 53:   Purl across the row.
Row 54:   K 2(3), K2tog, (SSK, K 7(6), K2tog) 5(7) times, SSK, K 3(3).               {52, (64) st}
Row 55:   Purl across the row.
Row 56:    Knit across the row.
Row 57:   Purl across the row.
Row 58:    K 1(2), K2tog, (SSK, K 5(4), K2tog) 5(7) times, SSK, K 2.                {40, (48) st}
Row 59:    Purl across the row.
Row 60:   Knit across the row.
Row 61:   Purl across the row.
Row 61:    K 0(1), K2tog, (SSK, K 3(2), K2tog) 5(7) times, SSK, K 1(1).     {28,(32) st}
Row 63:   Purl across the row.
Row 64:    Knit across the row.
Row 65:    Purl across the row.
Row 66:   Small size only: SSK, K 2, (k2tog, SSK, k 1) 4 times, k2tog, SSK.     {18 st}
Large size only: K2tog, (SSK, K2tog) 7 times, SSK.      {16 st}
Row 67:   Purl across the row.
Do not bind off.
Cut the yarn with a long tail (about 30").   Thread the tail through the yarn needle.   Run the yarn through stitches on the needle and pull the stitches tight.   Fasten the first and last stitches of row 67 together.   Seam the hat.   The brim will roll; you can shape it slightly yourself.

Pom Pom:
Wrap yarn around a 3 x 3 piece of cardboard around 100 times.   Run a 20” piece of yarn through one folded edge of the pom pom.   Tie the yarn tightly into a bundle.   Cut the other folded edge, remove the cardboard, and stitch the pom pom to the top of the hat.






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