Rib Eye
A slouch hat (fit for vegetarians too)
A design by Thelma Egberts @ Don't worry if you are a vegetarian. The name of this hat has nothing to do with meat. It just points at the used stitch pattern. It combines ribbing with a sort of eyelets. Having that out of the way let me tell you about the hat shape. It's a slouch hat that stays well on your head, thanks to the long ribbed brim. For an even better fit, the first 5 rounds all knit stitches are knit through the back loop. If you still worry to loose this hat, you might even go down a needlesizefortheserounds.
SIZE
LadiessizeM For larger or smaller size, cast on amounts of 4 sts more or less. Knit amounts of 6 rounds in pattern sts more or less.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Ribbed brim: 8,5 cm high Body of hat: 13 cm high / 44 cm wide Ribbed top and crown: 7 cm
MATERIALS
Phildar Pegase+ [70% acrylic, 30% wool, 98 yd/90 m per 50g skein]; color: Ecru; 1,25 skein 1 set US #6/4 mm double-point needles (1 set #4/3,5 mm double-point needles for extra tight brim) 1 marker
GAUGE
32 sts/30 rows = 10 cm/4" in pattern stitch unstretched
PATTERN NOTES
CO: cast on BO: bind off K: knit P: purl Tbl: through back loop K2tog: knit 2 stitches together S1: slip 1 stitch Psso: pass slipped stitch(es) over P2sso: pass 2 slipped stitches over P2tog: purl 2 sts together Dec: decrease Inc: increase
SPECIAL STITCHES
1 x 1 rib: k1, p1 (repeat till end) Inc5: Knit 5 sts out of 1 like this: knit stitch, leave it on needle. Make a yarn over. Repeat st and yo once. Make a final st and slip loop off. Rib Eye stitch pattern over 4 sts, 6 rounds (or 12 rounds) Round 1: \*k1, p1, INC5, p1 (repeat till end) Round 2 and all even rounds: work as sts show, knit yo's and decs. Round 3: \*k1, p1, (s1k1psso, k1, k2tog), p1 (repeat till end) Round 5: \*k1, p1, s2k1p2sso, p1 (repeat till end) Round 7: \*INC5, p1, k1, p1 (repeat till end) Round 9: \*(s1k1psso, k1, k2tog), p1 k1, p1, (repeat till end) Round 11: \* s2k1p2sso, p1, k1, p1, (repeat till end)
PATTERN
CO 76 stitches. Divide evenly over 3 needles and connect in the round. Use 4 mm/Us6 needles for normal brim, or 3,5 mm/Us4 for tighter brim) Place marker if you please. (For larger/smaller size cast on amounts of 4sts more or less) Brim: Round 1 - 5: k1 tbl, p1 Round 6 - 20: k1, p1 Bodyofhat: Work 36 rounds Rib Eye pattern stitch (For shorter, longer hat work 6 rounds of pattern sts more or less) Work 10 rounds 1 x 1 rib
Crown:
Rnd 1: k2tog, p2tog (repeat till marker) (38 sts left) Rnd 2: k1, p1 (repeat till marker) Rnd 3: k2tog, p2 tog (repeat till marker) (19 sts left) Rnd 4: k2tog, p2tog (repeat till marker) (8 sts left) Rnd 5: k all, cut yarn, thread yarn end through sts, pull tight and secure. Weave in yarn ends.
This is how the hat looks with a folded brim:
Copyright: Thelma Egberts, 2012. You can make as many things as you like using the pattern if they are for yourself or gifts. You can make things for charity using the pattern. You can make max. 50 items for sale, adding a tag mentioning the designer and her website. You can make back up copies and paper copies of the pattern for your own use.
