Top-Down Hatlan
By Corrado Lark

The Needs:

• Needles: Doubled Sock/DK: US 5 16” and 32-40” magic looping circular needles or DPNs. US 4 16” circular needle or DPNs. Worsted/Bulky: US 10 (6mm) 16” and 32-40” magic looping circular needles or DPNs. US 8 (5mm) 16” circular needle or DPNs.
• Nine stitch markers and a darning needle.
• 1 (2 for Doubled Worsted/Bulky Extra Large) 100g skein(s) of worsted or sock/fingering weight yarn, the doubled worsted sample in Hue Loco “Kewl Kids”, and the doubled sock sample in Hue Loco “Agate”. A light DK can be subbed instead of doubling a sock yarn, and a light bulky can be subbed instead of doubling worsted yarn.
• Gauge: Doubled Sock/DK: 20 stitches and 30 rows per 4” in the body of hat pattern with your larger needle. (Act Two). Doubled Worsted/Bulky: 15 stitches and 20 rows per 4” in the body of hat pattern with your larger needle (Act Two).
• Adult Sizing (As written in pattern after Row 9): Doubled Sock/DK Small (Doubled Sock/DK Medium, Doubled Sock/DK Large, Doubled Sock/DK Extra Large, Doubled Worsted/Bulky Small, Doubled Worsted/Bulky Medium, Doubled Worsted/Bulky Large, Doubled Worsted/Bulky Extra Large).
• Finished measurements: 8 1/4” wide by 8” length ( 9” wide by 9” length , 9 3/4” wide by 10 1/2” length , 10 1/2” wide by 11” length , 7” width and 8” length , 9” width by 10” length , 10 1/2” width by 11” length , 11 1/2” width by 12” length.)

The Backstory:

Designed with some fantastic Hue Loco, this top-down hat uses toe-up sock techniques to create a universal, different way to make a hat! I doubled worsted in the first sample, and then sock yarn to knit gauges that are easily matched by bulky or dk weight yarn. Basically, any weight yarn can be used to make a hat of almost any size with this pattern!

When binding off, I did a poll on Instagram to see which menthod people liked for toe-up socks. I give recommendations, with pros and cons to both methods that came back, and a special thank you goes out to my incredible Instagram followers for their ideas!