This is an EASY to follow pattern for an Advanced Beginning Knitter. It’s just knitting and purling with a color change here and there. The bottom is ribbed with decreases toward the top. You have a choice of knitting the hat on circular needles or knitting flat on straight needles. If you knit with straight needles you will sew the seam to close the hat. The pattern and accompanying photos along with our videos make the intimidating, easy.

An easy fitting hat with a bit of slouch. The contrast color in the pattern gives a speckle effect. A fun and quick pattern to knit! You have the choice of knitting the hat flat and then sewing up the seam or seamless on circular needles.

Skills

Knitting

Purling

Slipping stitches with working yarn forward or yarn behind

Sewing a seam using mattress stitch

Casting on, Binding off

Decreasing

Knitting Tutorials are provided at https://olioknits.com/knitting-tutorials/

Yarn

Worsted weight I used 1 skein for the Main Color Malabrigo Rios #624 Coco 210 yards and I used 1 skein for the contrast color (for the speckles) Malabrigo Rios #429 Cape Cod Gray 210 yards You only need about 125 yds for each color. You may already have enough of a worsted weight yarn in your yarn stash so check there first.

Supplies

You may need to adjust your needle size after knitting a swatch

Knitting your hat flat(seam)- Size 6 and 8 knitting needles

Knitting your hat in the round(no seam)Size 6 and 8 circular knitting needles, size 8 double point needles

Tapestry needle

Tape measure

Gauge

18 stitches over 4 inches or 4.5 stitches per inch using a #8 needle. You may need to go up or down a needle size depending on your knitting style to get this gauge. Knit a swatch first!