Work with circular needles, 16”

I made this hat to run in, so the 80% pima cotton, 20% wool mix is perfect! But any worsted weight yarn should do the trick. Also, since it has to remain on my head while I am running along, it is probably not as ‘slouchy’ as it could be, but I love the fit and think you will too. Knitting in the round means no seaming, and I ‘cheated’ and didn’t use DPNs to finish the hat, I just decreased as far as I could, then threaded the yarn back through the remaining stitches and pulled tight to finish it off. If you get to the end and feel like you want to decrease further than 28 stitches before you finish the hat, you will have to whip out your size 7 DPNs and follow the decreases for a few more rounds.

If you have never done cables, they are super simple and this hat is a great introduction to them.