Drop Stitch Hat with Button-On Ear Flaps
DESCRIPTION
This hat pattern was designed to match Christine Vogel's Easy Drop Stitch Scarf pattern. It is a basic pull-on style hat but it includes directions for button-on ear flaps for when that winter chill ups the ante. Difficulty: Advanced-Beginner. This hat is knit in the round and the optional ear flaps are knit flat. Size: 22" Finished measurement: 20"\*
MATERIALS
Yarn: Manos Del Uruguay - 1 skein (With this yarn, it is recommended to use 2 skeins at once, working 2 rows from one ball and the next 2 rows from the other). Fiber content: $100\%$ Wool Yardage: 100 yds Gauge: 12 sts/4" in st st Needles: US 13 circular, 16" and DPNs in same size for crown (or any needle size that gives correct gauge) Notions: 1 Stitch marker; tapestry needle, 6 buttons - size 18 mm
STITCH GLOSSARY:
Garter St: When working in the round, knit one round, purl next round. When working flat, knit all rows. I-Cord: (Worked on DPN.) Knit the first row. Without turning the work, slide the stitches to the opposite end of the DPN. Now your working yarn is at the “"wrong" end of the row. Knit the next stitch, pulling the working yarn tightly up the back of the piece so you can work with it. Knit remaining sts. Repeat in this manner until desired length.
Artisan Hand Knit Design by Sami Kaplan
DROP STITCH PATTERN (WORKED IN THE ROUND):
Round 1: $\ast\mathrm{K}6$ yo, kl, yo twice, kl, yo 3 times, K1, yo twice, k1, yo, Repeat from \* to end. Round 2: Purl across, dropping all yarnovers as you go. Round 3: Knit. Round 4: Purl. Round 5: K1, \*y,k1, yo twice, k1, yo3 times, k1, yo twic,1, yo, k6.Rpeat from \* to last 9 sts; yo, k yo twice, k1, yo 3 times, kl, yo twice, k1, yo, k5. Round 6: As round 2. Round 7: Knit. Round 8: Purl.
PATTERN
Cast on 60 sts using long-tail method. Join and place marker to indicate end of round. Work 8 rounds in garter stitch. Work 2 repeats of Drop Stitch Pattern. Continue working in garter st. until piece measures $4.75^{\circ}$ . Begin decreasing. Round 1: $\mathrm{*K4}$ , k2tog. Rep. from \* to end. Round 2: Purl. Continue decreasing every other round by knitting one less stitch between the decreases, (switching to DPNs when necessary) until 10 sts remain. Next row, k2tog all sts. Break yarn, leaving enough length to thread through remaining 5 sts using tapestry needle. Create 2 ear flaps if desired and weave in ends. Attach to hat with buttons.
OPTIONAL EAR FLAPS
Cast on 15 sts. w ork 2 rows in garter st. Buttonhole row: K1, k2tog, yo, k4, yo, k2tog, k3, yo, k2tog, k1. Work next 9 rows in garter st. Decrease row: K1, k2tog, k until 3 sts rem, k2tog, k1 Work decrease row every $4^{\mathrm{th}}$ row until 7 sts rem. Work decrease next alternate row (5 sts). Next row: K1, sl1, k2tog, psso (3 sts). Knit next row. Begin I-cord with these 3 sts and work until i-cord measures $12^{\circ}$ . Bind off sts and create tassel at the end of the i-cord. Work one row of single crochet around the ear flap.
