My daughter wanted the perfect slouchy. It is a very simple pattern, but seems to be a success as she hardly takes it off! You can use a heavy worsted to Aran weight single or combine two fingering to sport weights. It's a very forgiving pattern but generally the lighter weight the yarn the slouchier your hat will be.
Skills Needed
Materials
Sizes small (medium, large) To Fit 20 (22,24)" head General knitting skills.
Yarn Options
12 skeins Jade Sapphire Mongolian Cashmere 4 ply used double (100% cashmere, 55g/200yds); sample knit in color #57 deep plum Or · 120 (130, 150) yards soft, worsted to Aran weight yarn that gets gauge. Double yardage to use fingering to sport weight held double
Needles
US 6 circ and Us 10 circ long enough to use magic loop method, or US 6 and US 10 dpns ·Extra needle for 3-needle BO Change needle size if necessary to obtain correct gauge.
Gauge
16 sts = 4" (row gauge not important) in stitch pattern with US 10 needles. This is measured unstretched. Swatch stretches easily to 12 sts = 4".
Abbreviations
twisted rib pattern
rnd 1: kl tbl, pl; repeat across rnd. rnd 2: kl, pl; repeat across rnd. See cocoknits.com for complete glossary of terms.
Directions
With US 6 needles CO 62 (68, 74) sts. Work 4 rnds of twisted rib pattern with US 6 needles, then switch to US 10 needles. Cont in pattern until hat measures 10.5 (11.5, 12.5)" or desired length. Turn hat inside out, hold first half of sts parallel to last half and work a 3-needle BO in kl, pl rib. You can leave the hat pointy as it will be after the BO but l loosely whipstitched the points together on the inside of the hat (see photo). Work in any loose ends, turn right-side out and enjoy!
