Are you ready to start your gift knitting for Christmas? Maybe you want to make yourself a hat for the fall? Don't wait and get started right away with this fun and simple hat pattern. Practice your colorwork knitting with this fun and simple hat pattern.
I've created Youtube videos to go along with the hat pattern from picking out your colors, casting on, how to handle colorwork and tips, to finishing up your hat. This is a great pattern if you are a beginner knitter, wanting to try colorwork for the first time or if you're looking for a great and fast gift knit.
The first step let's pick out our color combination and get our tools ready.
Here is what you'll need
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Here is the first video showing you different fun color combinations, how to pick out your colors, and the tools you'll need.
VIDEO LINK HERE
The next step is to pick out the size of hat you'd like to knit. I've created 7 sizes from Toddler to Adult X-large.
Sizes (Toddler, Child, Youth) (Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large) (Adult X-Large)
To fit head: (14.4, 16, 19.2) (20, 20.8, 21.6) (22.8) inches around
Okay, now you are all set and ready to cast on! Here are the instructions for the pattern.
CAST ON VIDEO LINK
INSTRUCTIONS:
With smaller circular needle CO (72, 80, 96) (100, 104, 108) (112) with long-tail cast-on or your preferred method of cast on. Place a stitch marker and join in the round. This will be your BOR stitch marker.
Round 1: *K2, P2; repeat this around, until you’ve reached 2 inches from your cast-on edge.
Switch to larger needles Knit 1 round in MC.
Colorwork:
Work rounds 1-21 from the colorwork chart. Once completed cut your CC. The rest of the hat is knit in your MC.
Knit every round in your MC until your piece measures (5.5, 5.75, 6) (6.5, 6.75, 7) (7.5) inches or (14, 14.5, 15.) (16.5, 17, 18) (19)cm from cast-on edge.
COLORWORK KNITTING VIDEO
Colorwork chart for Sizes (Toddler, Child, Youth)
Chart for sizes (Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large, and Adult X-Large)
Crown Shaping
Set up round:
*K(8, 10, 12) (10, 8, 12) (16) PM; repeat from * around.
Round 1: *Knit to two stitches before the marker and K2tog; repeat from * around
Round 2: Knit all stitches
Repeat rounds 1 and 2 a total of (3, 4, 6) (5 4, 6) (7) times
You will then have (45, 48, 48) (50, 52, 54) (63) stitches
Work round 1 a total of (3, 3, 3) ( 2, 2, 2) (4) times, until (18, 24, 24) (30, 26, 36) (35) stitches remain
Next round: *K2tog around, repeat around
For the X-Large size knit the last stitch
Crown Shaping Video
Break yarn and thread tail through remaining live stitches to close the gap and the top of the hat. Remove the markers as you come to them.
Finishing Video
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Hi! It’s a gorgeous hat! Can I use lion brand homespun for this. It’s a size 5 yarn I believe
I'm a little confused. The instructions say to knit 3 rounds in the MC (after the ribbed brim) before beginning the color work. The color work charts each appear to instruct to knit 2 rounds in the MC. Does that mean there are 5 total rounds of plain knitting in the MC before introducing the CC? I'm new to this, so maybe I'm just misinterpreting what the chart is saying? I'm really anxious to give this a try. You make it look so easy!