FaveHat
Show off your love of FaveCrafts.com with this knit hat!
The colors only those in-the-know will know the lime green, teal, and hot pink of FaveCrafts.com! Now that FaveCrafts is ten years old, it's made quite a name for itself as the go-to for free crafting projects. Celebrate your love of FaveCrafts.com at your next crafting or yarn convention by knitting up a FaveHat. This easy knit hat pattern can be accomplished by anyone with the skills necessary to knit in the round. The simple colorblocked pattern is great for those who have never knit colorwork before and would love to give it a shot. Love FaveCrafts but not a fan of the colors? Pick any colors you want!
Knitting Needle Size7 or 4.5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles, Double-Pointed Knitting Needles (DPNs)
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
GaugeGauge is not critical for this project.
Finished Size8 1/2" tall, 5 1/4" diameter, unstretched. Fits both average adult man and woman's head.
Materials List
- Bernat Super Value yarn in 1 skein each Soft Fern (A), Aqua (B), and Peony Pink (C)
- 1 set 16" size 7 circular knitting needles
- 1 set of 4 size 7 double-pointed needles
- Darling needle
Instructions
Brim
Using circular needles, CO 96 sts with color A.
Round 1: *k2, p2; rep from * around.
Repeat round 1 until ribbing measures 1 1/2".
Body
Round 1: Using color A, k around.
Switch to color B. Do not cut color A.
Rounds 2-9: Using color B, k around.
Switch to color C. Do not cut colors A or B.
Rounds 10-13: Using color C, k around.
Cut color C. Do not cut color A. Switch to color B.
Rounds 14-21: Using color B, k around.
Cut color B.
Next round: Using color A, k around.
Rep last round until hat measures about 7" from cast on edge.
Crown
Round 1: *k10, k2tog; rep from * around. 88 sts rem.
Round 2: k around
Round 3: *k9, k2tog; rep from * around. 80 sts rem.
Round 4: k around
Round 5: *k8, k2tog; rep from * around. 72 sts rem.
Round 6: k around
Round 7: *k7, k2tog; rep from * around. 64 sts rem.
Round 8: k around
This is a good place to switch from circular to double-pointed needles.
Round 9: *k6, k2tog; rep from * around. 56 sts rem.
Round 10: k around
Round 11: *k5, k2tog; rep from * around. 48 sts rem.
Round 12: k around.
Round 13: *k4, k2tog; rep from * around. 40 sts rem.
Round 14: *k3, k2og; rep from * around. 32 sts rem.
Round 15: *k2, k2tog; rep from * around. 24 sts rem.
Round 16: *k1, k2tog; rep from * around. 16 sts rem.
Round 17: *k2tog; rep from * around. 8 sts rem.
Finishing
Cut color A and pull through rem live sts. Cinch closed.
Make a 2-color pom-pom by first winding color B around your fingers until it is about half as thick as you would like your pom pom to be. Then, switch to color C and wind over the mass of color C you have created. Tie the ends of both colors of yarn together tight around the wound yarn, and cut the pom pom.
Attach to the hat so that color C rests on the bottom and top.
For a neater pom pom, use a pom pom maker.
Weave in ends.
Abbreviations
- k
- knit
- k2tog
- knit next 2 stitches together
- st(s)
- stitch(es)
- rem
- remain(ing)
- CO
- cast on
- rep
- repeat(s)(ing)
- A, B, C
- Colors A, B, and C (respectively)