Soar
Soar is a beanie style hat worked from the top down. It is designed to be the next step in your learn to knit journey. Needles: 5mm either double pointed needles or circular(s) Yarw: 50g aran weight yarn, shown in Patons Colour Works Aran Notiows: Stitch marker, tapestry needle Gauge: 16sts and 24 rows over 10cm in stockinette Skills: Cast on, knit, purl, increases, surprisingly stretchy bind off, weaving in ends. Follow the links to see instructions for each new skill.
Siziwg: Stitch counts are given for small, medium and large adult sizes Abbreviations: kKnit pPurl kfb Knit into the front and back of the stitch pfb Purl into the front and back of the stitch st(s) Stitch(es) ktbl Knit through the back loop Rnd Round
cast ow:
Cast on 8 stitches, using the Emily Ocker circular cast on. Alternatively cast on using your preferred method but leave a 15cm yarn tail for sewing up the gap at the top of the hat. Divide the stitches over double pointed needles or circular(s), place a stitch marker and join for knitting in the round.
Body of hat:
Rnd 1: kfb; repeat around Rnd 2: k1, kfb; repeat around Rnd 3: k2, kfb; repeat around Rnd 4: k3, kfb; repeat around Rnd 5: k4, kfb; repeat around Rnd 6: k5, kfb; repeat around Rnd 7: p all sts Rnd 8: k6, kfb; repeat around Rnd 9: k all sts Rnd 10: p7, pfb; repeat around Rnd 11: p all sts Small size: (increase to 72sts) Rnd 12: k all sts Rnd 13: k all sts Rnd 14: k all sts Medium size: (increase to 80sts) Rnd 12: k8, kfb; repeat around Rnd 13: k all sts Rnd 14: k all sts Large size: (increase to 88sts) Rnd 12: k8, kfb; repeat around Rnd 13: k all sts Rnd 14: k9, kfb; repeat around All sizes: Rnd 15-17: p all sts Rnd 18-21: k all sts Rnd 22-25: p all sts Rnd 26-30: k all sts Rnd 31-35: p all sts Rnd 36-41: k all sts Rnd 42-47: p all sts
Ribbing:
Rnd 48-54: ktbl1, p1; repeat around
cast off:
Cast off using Jeny's surprisingly stretchy bind off. Weave in ends, using the cast on tail to close the hole at the top of the hat if necessary.
Make it your way:
Make a deeper hat by working more rounds. Try working different widths of stockinette and reverse stockinette. Make them random or reverse the order in the pattern to go from wide bands down to narrow ones. The hat can be worked in different yarn weights. Choose appropriate needles (check the ball band for suggestions) . Follow the pattern instructions, but work more increase rounds for a thinner yarn or fewer for a thicker yarn. The yarn used here changes colours for you, try working the hat in a solid colour. For clearer stripes use different colour yarns and change yarn each time you change stitch type. This pattern is copyright, held by Fiona Hamilton-Maclaren, 2012. You are welcome to make copies of this pattern for personal use. Items made from this pattern can be used for personal use, gifting or sold for charity only. Please do not sell items made from this pattern for personal profit. All images are copyright, held by Fiona Hamilton-MacLaren 2013.
