With this recipe/tutorial, you can easily take the stitch patterns from sock patterns, and use them on a fingering weight hat! Lovely tonal, variegated, or self-striping sock yarns deserve to be knit and showcased front and center, not just hidden in shoes.

I have included a sampling of some of my favorite sock patterns that are free as examples of how to knit them up as hats! All details of the stitch patterns are available in the linked patterns. The stitch pattern can either be a panel running up the hat, or repeated throughout.

Spice up your fingering weight hats in 4 easy steps!