Easy Peasy Hat

Easy Peasy Hat
by Knit Picks Design Team
This simple roll-brimmed hat is a perfect introduction to knitting hats! With bulky
Cadena yarn and simple stockinette stitch, this is a fast knit that will have you
addicted to hats in no time.
Directions
Measure your head in inches. You’ll want to measure at the largest point of your
head, about where the brim of a stocking hat would hit.
Knit a Gauge Swatch
Cast on 20 stitches and knit a swatch that is 4” long. Take your swatch and measure
your number of stitches per inch. Multiply your head measurement in inches by the
number of stitches per inch that you knit in your swatch. For example, if your head
is 21” around and you knit 4 stitches per inch, you would get 84 stitches. You may
want to round down to a multiple of 8 in order to make decreasing easier. Cast on the
number of stitches you calculated in steps 1-5.
Join in the round, being careful not to twist stitches. Knit in the round until your hat
is 6 - 7 inches long. Try on your hat to see if it the length is right for you. If it’s too
short, keep knitting until it feels long enough. If it’s a little too long, you can just roll
the brim a little more.
Crown Decreases
On the next round, place a stitch marker every 8 stitches. On the next round,
knit until two stitches before the stitch marker, then k2tog (single decrease) those
stitches. Slip the stitch marker to your right needle and continue knitting. Continue
decreasing in this manner all the way around your hat for every row. When the top
of your hat is too small to continue decreasing comfortably, you can pull small loops
of the cable out in order to keep knitting. This will allow you to cheat a little and you
won’t have to switch to double pointed needles to finish your hat. When you have 4
stitches left on your needles, cut your yarn so that you have a 12” tail left.
Finishing
Using a crochet hook, pull your yarn tail through the remaining four stitches. Pull
the yarn tail to close the top of your hat and make the stitches snug up against each
other. Use your crochet hook to pull the yarn tail through the top to the inside of the
hat. Weave in the two yarn tails using a crochet hook or darning needle. You want to
weave in about an inch or so of each tail to prevent them from working loose while
you’re wearing the hat. Cut the remaining yarn tails close to the knitted fabric.
Finished Sizes:
Sized to fit
Yarn:
Knit Picks Cadena (70% Peruvian Highland
Wool, 30% Superfine Alpaca; 110 yds/100 g):
Tide 23788, 1 hank.
Needles
US10 (6mm) 16” Circular needle
Notions
Tapestry needle or Crochet Hook
Stitch Markers
Gauge:
16 sts / 20 rows = 4” in St st on US 10s; gauge
may vary. Check your gauge before you begin.
(revised 12/10/2008)
5069459*
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Abbreviations
“
( )
*
* *
[]
alt
approx
beg
bet
BO
CC
cm
cn
CO
inches
rep inst bet ( )’s as many times as noted afterward
rep inst foll single * as directed
rep inst bet * *’s as many times as noted after
rep inst bet [ ]’s as many times as noted after
alternate
approiximately
begin/beginning
between
bind off
contrast color
centimeter(s)
cable needle
cast on
cont
dec
DPN(s)
fl
foll
inst
K, k
k2tog
kfb
kwise
LH
lps
m
M1
MC
mm
ndl(s)
oz
P up
P, p
p2tog
continue
decrease(es)
double pointed needle(s)
front loop(s)
follow(s)(ing)
instructions
knit
knit two sts together
knit through the front
and the back of the stitch
knitwise
left hand
loops
meter
make one stitch
main color
millimeter(s)
needle(s)
ounce
pick up
purl
purl 2 sts together
pat
pm
pop
pr
prev
psso
pwise
R
rem
rep
Rev st st
RH
rnd(s)
RS
sk
sk2p
skp
sl
sl st
pattern
place marker
popcorn
previous row
previous
pass slipped stitch over
purlwise
row
remain(ing)
repeat
reverse stockinette stitch
right hand
round(s)
right side
skip
sl 1, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over k2tog: 2 sts dec
sl, k, psso: 1 st dec
slip
slip stitch(es)
sl1k
sl1p
sm
ssk
sssk
st st
sts
tbl
tfl
tog
w&t
WE
WS
wyib
wyif
yd(s)
yfwd
yo
yon
yrn
slip 1 kwise
slip 1 pwise
slip marker
sl, sl, k these 2 sts tog
sl, sl, sl, k these 3 sts tog
stockinette stitch
stitch(es)
through back loop
through front loop
together
wrap & turn (see
specific instructions in
pattern)
work even
wrong side
with yarn in back
with yarn in front
yard(s)
yarn forward
yarn over
yarn over needle
yarn around needle