Basic Beginning Knit Aran Hat by Cori Eichelberger

Basic Beginning Knit Aran Hat

Knitting
February 2020
Aran (8 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 9 - 5.5 mm
90 - 160 yards (82 - 146 m)
Toddler 15-16” Kids / XS Adult 17-18” Medium Adult 29-20” Large Adult 21-22”
English
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This is a checklist pattern, the knitter will check off each box as they complete a round.

Teaching Beginning Knitting at the local library has allowed me to meet hundreds of knitters from around my area. We first began this class with a worsted weight hat but due to time constraints of 3 weeks, I decided that an Aran weight hat would be perhaps just a bit less knitting to finish more quickly. This is a good introduction to reading a pattern and is written using checkboxes for each round to be completed.

SIZE (To Fit):

  1. Toddler 15-16”
  2. Kids / XS Adult 17-18”
  3. Medium Adult 29-20”
  4. Large Adult 21-22”

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:

  1. Toddler 14.25”
  2. Kids / XS Adult 16”
  3. Medium Adult 17.75”
  4. Large Adult 19.5”

Note: Measuring the head of the person you are knitting this hat for is highly recommended.

YARN: CYC Yarn Weight #4 (approximately 165-
182 yds per 100g), less than 150 yds

NEEDLES:
US 9 (5.5mm) 16-inch (40 cm) circular needle
US 9 (5.5mm) double pointed needles, or second circular needle

This pattern was written for personal use, please honor the copyright and do not reproduce. Tech edit and graphic layout by Jean Clement. Photography by Amber Lindemann. Model was Johanna Smith.
Test knitters were beginning knitters in a class at the local library.