Hi. This is my first ever pattern. I wanted to knit a hat that my son’s girlfriend could wear comfortably with her long, beautiful dreadlocks. So I thought a tube hat with a tie on the bottom would suit nicely. She can bring her dreads through the tube, or she can tie it tightly and keep her dreads inside the hat. It could easily be modified to be shorter or longer, depending on your needs. It knits up really quickly on big needles with a simple pattern repeat.

I knit it using a boucle yarn but any bulky yarn would probably work. I used less than half of a ball of Bernat Soft Boucle. I also used an additional 3 yards of a non-boucle worsted yarn to create the cord used as a tie (it’s just braided together).

I used a size 9 circular needle to cast on and for the first set of rounds and then switched to a size 11 circular needle for the more open work on the majority of the hat.

The pattern does not contain a stitch diagram or chart, just words. I tried to be as clear as possible on the pattern, as well as some suggested alternatives.