Textured Bands Hat Pattern

I borrowed the general pattern from the Textured Slipstitch Dishcloth and adapted it into a hat.

yarn: 2 skeins of Patons Merino Classic Wool. Hold 2 strands together throughout (I like thick hats). If you want a thinner hat you can use a single strand but see the note at the bottom for adjusting the pattern.
Color A – borders (green)
Color B – blocks (multi)

Hold 2 stands together throughout
needles: size 10.5 circulars 16” or 20” (I prefer 16”)

Note: While working the Main Pattern don’t cut your yarn when you switch colors.

Cast on 72 with A. Place a stitch marker to mark the start/end point.

Main Pattern

Round 1 & 2: knit with A.
Round 3: *k5, sl wyib* with B
Round 4: *p5, sl wyib* with B
Round 5: repeat round 4
Round 6 & 7: knit with A
Round 8: k2, sl wyib. *k5, sl1 wyb* k3 with B
Round 9: p2, sl wyib. *p5, sl wyib* p3 with B
Round 10: repeat Round 9 with B

Repeat the Main Pattern 3 times (Rounds 1 through 10). Then repeat just Round 1 through 5.

Shaping the Crown

Note: You can switch to double point needles and keep decreasing on the top. I was able to get to Round 23 on my 16” circulars.

SH Round 1: *k10, k2tog* (66 stitches)
SH Round 2: knit
SH Round 3: *k9, k2tog* (60 stitches)
SH Round 4: knit
SH Round 5: *k8, k2tog* (54 stitches)
SH Round 6: knit
SH Round 7: *k7, k2tog* (48 stitches)
SH Round 8: knit
SH Round 9: *k6, k2tog* (42 stitches)
SH Round 10: knit
SH Round 11: *k5, k2tog* (36 stitches)
SH Round 12: *k4, k2tog* (30 stitches)
SH Round 13: *k3, k2tog* (24 stitches)

…and so on if you like

Cut the yarn leaving a long tail, and thread onto a yarn needle. Thread needle through all of the loops on the knitting needles and pull tight to close the top. Sew end in.

Add a pompom if desired and sew the ends in.

MODIFYING: This is a really easy pattern to adapt to any yarn or needle size. The only thing you really need to do is figure out how many blocks there will be in each row. To do this you need to make a test swatch. Cast on 18 stitches and do 2 repeats of the Main Pattern (Rounds 1-10). Then measure how wide each block is (6 stitches). The divide that into the circumference of the hat you are making. You need to have a multiple of 6 stitches, so you may need to add or subtract a few stitches. Then you will repeat rounds 1-10 until your hat is about 5 inches high. Then start the decreases. You will have to fudge this a bit, but since we started out with a multiple of 6 stitches its should be pretty easy. Just divide your total number of stitches by 6 (N). Then start the crown shaping section replacing the k12 in SH Round 1 with kN and decreasing N for each subsequent round.

I hope this all makes sense to you! Let me know if you catch any problems with this pattern as I’m writing it after I made the hat. I would love to see photos if anyone knits one, too.

UPDATES: Thanks for pointing out some mistakes I made in this pattern. Mainly that my asterik in rounds 8 and 9 was misplaced and also that I failed to mention I double stranded my yarn. I’ve updated this in the main text.

8 comments September 8th, 2006

crochet crown headband

I used 2 strands of Lion Brand Baby Soft (which is medium sportweight) held together. I don’t recall what hook size.

headband
Start off with a chain in a multiple of 10 or 12 (12 for higher crown peaks) that fits around the head. Join (make sure its not twisted). Ch 1. SC in each stitch. Join. Keep doing these rows until it’s the right height.

ear flaps
determine width (x)and placement for earflaps. (for mine it was 20 st). Do X sc into bottom of headband. *Ch 1 and turn. Do X-1 sc. (basically you are not going to do a sc into the ch 1 of the previous row)* Do this until the earflap is the desired length. In the bottom row you might want to skip a sc or 2 to get more taper.

repeat on other side.

crown
starting in the back of the head. *sc, hdc, dc, tr, dtr, ttr, dtr, tr, dc, hdc, sc, sl* repeat around. If you used a multiple of 10 for the headband then it’s *sc, hdc, dc, tr, dtr, tr, dc, hdc, sc, sl*.

finishing
I did a bit of finishing to make it look nicer. I slipstitched around the whole bottom of the hat. I ch1 around the bottom of the earflap to give myself somewhere to tie the braids to. Then I used a smaller hook and 1 strand and single crocheted along the top of the crown to give it more stiffness. I did 2 sc in each stitch except for the top of the point where I did 2 sc, ch1 in one stitch and then 3sc in the other - this was my attempt to make it more pointy at the top. You can probably fiddle around and see what works best for you. Then I wove in my end and tied on my braids. And voila.

Sorry..I know that is messy but I haven’t totally worked the pattern out yet. Let me know if it doesn’t make sense to you.

Add comment June 9th, 2005

daisy end scarf

As Sandy requested I wrote up the pattern for the pink flower end scarf. This is my first attempt at a pattern so forgive me if it doesn’t work exactly. The tricky part is attaching the flower motifs to the ends, so if my method doesn’t make sense work out your own.
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Make 2 daisy squares.
1. ch 5. sl into first chain.
2. 12 sc into ring, 1 sl into first sc of round
3. [11 ch, 1sl in next sc] 12 times
4. 1 sl in each of first 6 ch of loop (to bring you up to the top of the petal). 4 ch, 1 sc in 6th ch of next loop, 4 ch [3 DCTOG, 4ch, 3DCTOG] in next loop, * 4ch, [1SC in 6th ch of next loop, 4 ch] twice, [3 DCTOG, 4 ch, 3 DCTOG] in next loop, repeat from * twice more, 4 ch, 1 sc in same place at 6th sl at beginning of round.

For scarf
1. DC into corner of square. * ch 2, dc in chain between petals * 3 times more. ch 2, dc into corner (there will be 2 dc in the corner)
2. ch 4, turn. DC into space between 1st and 2nd dc below. * ch 2, DC into space * 3 times more. ch 1 dc into space between last 2 dc.
3. ch 5, turn. DC into 2nd space * ch 2, DC into space* repeat 4 more times.
4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 until desired length. (end with step 2)

to attach daisy square to end
1. DC into corner. *2 sl, DC into space between petals * repeat 3 more times. 2 sl, DC into corner.

to scallop the edges
1. sl into daisy square corner.
2. (in the first block of the scarf (not square) *5 hdc, sc into next row* repeat until end. SL into corner of square.

Add comment January 9th, 2005