Cranberry Hat with Simple Chevron
YaYaLovesToKnit This is the 5th pattern for the hats I'm knitting as part of the 2013 hats for kids project. Size: Circumference of the hat is 17" at the ribbed band, but stretchable. Suitable for a child in 2nd thru 4th grades. NOTE: The size of hat is easily adjusted for larger sizes by adding cast-on stitches in multiples of 8, and knitting additional rounds in the body of the hat and adjusting the decreases for the crown of the hat. Yarn: Worsted weight yarn. The sample hat was knit using less than half a skein of Loops & Thread Impeccable in Claret (4.5 oz/128 g, 268 /245 m per skein). The completed sample hat only weighed 1-1/2 oz/43 g.
Needles:
16" US 6 (4.0 mm) circular needles 16" US 8 (5 mm) circular needles US 8 double-pointed needles Other tools: stitch marker, darning needle Gauge: Not significant for this pattern, but the gauge for the sample hat was 20 stitches x 23 rows for a 4" square.
Abbreviations used:
k- knit k2tog - knit two stitches together m1 - make 1 The M1 increase is made between two stitches and is practically invisible. This one slants to the right on the knit side. 1. Insert the left needle from back to front into the horizontal strand between the last stitch worked and the next stitch on the left needle. 2. Knit this strand through the front loop to twist the stitch. p - purl
Begin pattern:
1. With US 06 (4.00 mm) needles, cast on 72 stitches. Place marker to indicate beginning of round and join to begin knitting in the round, taking care to not twist the stitches. 3. Change to US 08 ((5.00 mm). [K8, kfb] around once. - 80 stitches. 4. Knit around for 1 inch. 5. M1, knit around. - 81 stitches. (This step is only needed to make the number of stitches divisible by 9.) 6. Begin simple chevron pattern stitch: Round 1: \*K2tog, k1, [k1fb] 2 times, k2, ssk; repeat from \* to end. Repeat Rounds 1 and 2 until just short of 5" from cast-on. 7. Knit around for 3 rounds. 8. Begin decreases to form the crown of hat (changing to dp needles when the number of stitches become too few to fit around the circular needle: [K7, k2tog] around - 72 stitches Knit around [K6, k2tog] around - 63 stitches Knit around [K5, k2tog] around - 54 stitches Knit around [K4, k2tog] around - 45 stitches Knit around [K3, k2tog] around - 36 stitches Knit around [K2, k2tog] around - 27 stitches Knit around [K1, k2tog around - 18 stitches K2tog around - 9 stitches
9. Cut the yarn leaving at least a 12" yarn end. Using the darning needle, thread the yarn through the remaining 9 stitches; cinch firmly and anchor the yarn. 10. Finishing: Weave in this yarn end as well as the one at the beginning of the hat. Steam or block the hat if desired.
