Quick Knitted Hat With Brim Pattern

Get those needles flying and have a warm, cozy, beautiful handmade hat in no time, using this pattern  with super bulky yarn.  I whipped up several of these for gift giving this Christmas.  Who doesn’t love a brimmed hat with tassels in the winter?

Supplies:

• Long circular needles size 13 and 11 (you can use DPN’s too, I prefer circulars)
• Super bulky yarn
• 3 x 3 inch piece of cardboard
• stitch marker
• crochet hook to weave in ends

GAUGE:

9 sts x 12 r = 4” x 4” (10 cm x 10 cm) in Stockinette Stitch on US 13.

PATTERN:      Fits most adults (stretchy)

CO 36 stitches onto your size 11 circular needles and join for working in the round; place marker at beginning of rounds

Row 1-3:  K2P2 around for ribbing then switch to size 13 needles

Row 4-12: Knit around

Begin decrease rounds:

Row 13:  *Knit 7, K2tog* around (32 stitches at end)

Row 14: Knit around

Row 15: *Knit 6, K2tog* around (28 stitches remaining on needles)

Row 16: knit around

Row 17: *Knit 5, K2tog* around (24 stitches remaining on needles)

Row 18: knit around

Row 19: *Knit 4, K2tog* around (20stitches remaining on needles)

Row 20: knit around

Row 21: *Knit 3, K2tog* around (16 stitches remaining on needles)

Row 22: knit around

Row 23: *Knit 2, K2tog* around (12 stitches remaining on needles)

Row 24: knit around

Row 25: *Knit, K2tog* around (8 stitches remaining on needles)

Row 26: knit around

Row 27: K2tog around (4 stitches remaining on needles)

Row 28: knit around

Leaving a 5-inch tail, break yarn.  With crochet hook, pull tail through the loops.
Pull tightly.

Pom Pom:

Wrap yarn around a 3 x 3 piece of cardboard around 100 times. Run a 20” piece of yarn through one folded edge of the pom pom. Tie the yarn tightly into a bundle. Cut the other folded edge, remove the cardboard, and stitch the pom pom to the top of the hat.