Reversible Helical Striped Hat by Joy Okonkwo
A reversible beanie hat with a slight slouch. Stripes are created by knitting helical stripes. Wear it on the "right side" for the zigzag effect of the knit stitches. Turn it inside out and show off the striped purl ridges. The hat is very stretchy. It was designed for a 10 year old to be worn with a slight slough but it also fits an adult with no slouch. For a slouchy adult hat just increase the length of the body before starting the decrease rounds
You will need:
Yarn Main colour (MC) Cygnet Grousemoor Aran, 75% acrylic, 25% wool, Colourway: 3150 Nevis Contrast colour (CC) Woolcraft Aran Knitting, 75% acrylic, 25% wool, Colourway: 862 Navy Each of the above comes in 400g balls and the finished hat only used a tiny portion of each ball. The finished hat weighs 50g so a 50g ball of each colour yarn will suffice Needles 1 x 16" 5mm circular needle 1 x set of 5mm Double pointed needled (DPNs) Notions 1 x stitch marker, 1 x darning needle Gauge 18 stitches to 4 inch in stocking stitch
Brim
Using a 16" circular needle and MC cast on 80 stitches using the long tail method Place stitch marker and join being careful not to twist stitches. K2P2 rib for 10 rounds. On the last row of ribbing continue in pattern to the marker.
Commence stripe sequence
· At the marker drop MC leaving it at the back of the work. ·Pick up CC and leaving a tail of about 6 inches knit one round with CC, i.e. the first stitch after the marker should be in CC. · \*Knit 1 round and at marker drop CC at back of work and pick up colour MC again. Knit 1 round. At marker drop MC and pick up CC again. Knit 1 round.\*\* Repeat from \* to \*\* until the body (excluding brim) measures 5 inches
Decrease rounds
Maintain the stripe sequence throughout the decrease rounds ·Using DPNs and sharing stitches evenly on needles K2tog for 1 round (40 stitches) Knit 1 round K2tog for 1 round (20 stitches) Knit 1 round ·K2tog for 1 round (10 stitches) Knit 1 round Cut both strands of yarn leaving tails of about 6 inches and then using the darning needle thread both tails through the remaining stitches and pull tight.
Finishing
at is intended to be reversible so is essential that the ends are woven in neatly · Using the darning needle thread the tails through the centre of the hat and turn the hat inside out. · Weave the MC tail through the MC purl ridges following the spiral pattern starting from the centre. ·Weave the CC tail through the CC purl ridges following the spiral pattern starting from the centre. ·Weave in the MC cast on edge of the brim · Weave in the CC tail at the first colour change, neatly following the purl ridges. Copyright @ 2012 Joy Okonkwo. All rights reserved. This pattern is for personal use only.
