
Sam spends a lot of time biking in any kind of weather, and I wanted to make something for him that would be very warm, so I selected the Stripy Hat Knitting Pattern. Stranded projects tend to be warm to begin with, but this hat has a turned under brim!
I knit the hat on size 6 needles with Lion Brand Wool (Color 201; 3 ply, 2 strands dark brown, 1 strand natural white) and Oyster Heather (KnitPicks Wool of the Andes). 48g were consumed of the Lion Brand yarn, and 33g of the Oyster Heather.
- In the row where I was directed to increase 12 stitches, I *K8, M1* across until the last 4 stitches (112 sts total). I did this in the stranded pattern.
- I messed up the striping pattern initially, but I realized this when I was on round 2 past the purled edge. Thankfully, I only had to drop 2 stitches and work them back up with a crochet hook to correct my mistake. I'm glad I realized this NOW and not later! The messed up floats will be hidden under the inside brim, so no one will even know (unless they read ChemKnits.)
- Instead of knitting 38 rows in pattern, I only knit 30 (where it measured just over 13 cm from the purl row.) The original hat was designed for a 12 yr old, but from measuring the hat on my own head and looking at the number of rows left through the decreases, I think this should be sufficient.
I thought the hat looked pretty cute with the curled brim. This is more common in baby hats than adult hats, and wouldn't give the warmth I wanted for Sam's hat, so I went ahead with folding the brim under.


I pinned the brim down before starting sewing. I wanted to make sure that I preserved the elasticity of the hat, so I made my stitches at an angle (rather than just stitching straight across.)


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