This is a basic hat. I’m not sure how there can be patterns for basic stockinette caps, but whatever. This one is ribbing in 2x2 for about 2 1/2 inches, then a single row of knit stitch (Makes the ribbing fold over flatter. I like forcing a fold on stockinette hats, myself. You may prefer to omit this if you want to give people the freedom to fold where-ever they want. I am not into freedom.) and then another 2.5” of ribbing before the pattern starts. This hat pattern uses an EVEN NUMBER OF STITCHES where you do one round of k1p1 and one round of knit, repeat. It’s dipshit simple and still looks pretty good, like you made more of an effort than you really did.

Decreases for the top -- I used six pairs of decreases (for 12 sts. fewer every other round) because I had 84 sts of hat and 6 seemed like a reasonable number that would come out even. I did them as SSK (knit interval stitches in pattern as appropriate), K2tog, SSK (knit interval stitches in pattern)K2tog, SSK, (knit interval stitches in pattern), K2tog and I did every other round. I tried “every round” but that was too many and it made the hat weird so I ripped it back and tried again. Every-other-row seemed to work better.

I’m happy with the fit of this hat and the way it came out. My handspun is not machine-even but it doesn’t look bad knitted up and I really like the unevenness of the sheep fur grey. (I will have to get some pics of it.)