The Underground Crafter is hosting the Free Hat Pattern KAL and this week it’s my turn to provide you with a new knit hat pattern.
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We’ve partnered with Clover USA, Collins & Brown, Guild of Master Craftsman (GMC) Publications, and Sixth & Spring Books to bring you some great prizes in our end-of-KAL giveaway. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway in this post on Underground Crafter by Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
Materials
Worsted Weight yarn-approximately 150 yards
U.S. Size 7-16-inch circ needles
U.S. Size 7 double pointed needles
Stitch Marker
Instructions
Cast on 96 stitches. Place marker and Join to work in the round
Ribbing- Work 1-1/2 inch of K1, P1 ribbing
Increase 3 stitches evenly on the last row of ribbing
Round 1: (K1, P3, K1, P4)
Round 2: (K1, P3, K1, P4)
Round 3: Knit around
Round 4: P2, K1, (P8, K1) end P6
Round 5: P2, K1, (P8, K1) end P6
Round 6: Knit around
Rounds 7-36: Repeat Rounds 1-6 five additional times
Rounds 37-41: Repeat Rows 1-5
Begin Decreases
Round 42: K6, K2tog, (K7, K2tog) end K1
Round 43: (K1, P3)
Round 44: (K1, P3) around
Round 45: K4, K2tog, K1, K2tog, (K2, K2tog) to last stitch-remove marker place marker after K2 and then P2tog
Round 46: P1, K1, (P5, K1) end P3
Round 47: P2, K1, (P5, K1) end P3
Round 48: (K2tog, K1) around (44 stitches remain
Round 49: (K1, P1) around
Round 50: (K1, P1) around
Round 51: (K2tog) around
Round 52: Knit around
Round 53: (K2tog) around (11 stitches remain)
Thread through remaining stitches and pull tight to finish
Weave in ends
When you’ve finished your hat, you can knit a coordinating scarf with the Tracks on the Field Scarf. You’ll find the pattern HERE.