This hat pattern includes instructions for knitting and felting a flat brim hat and an extra wide flat brim hat. The wide brim measures approximately 3.5 inches after felting and the regular brim measures approximately 2.75 inches after felting. This pattern also includes information on felting hats, recommendations for yarns to use, and measurements for making a twisted cord to decorate your hat. You can make some amazingly beautiful hats with combining different color yarns and combining a solid yarn with a colorway.

Materials:
U. S. Size 11 24-inch circular needles and dpns
1 stitch marker
Extra wide brim hat -- approximately 600 yards worsted
For regular brim hat – approximately 440 yards worsted
For each twisted cord you need 20 yards of yarn.
Purchase yarn that is felt-able. Do not use super wash or washable wool. For this specific pattern, I recommend 100% wool and not a wool combination.
Optional – Hat Shaper from Hatshapers.com or other form to shape your hat. I like the Medium Plus Plus and the Large Classic Dome for most of my hats.

If you would like to knit a felted hat using Lamb’s Pride worsted weight yarn, or a combination of wool and mohair, purchase my pattern specific to that yarn. That yarn felts entirely different from 100% wool and pattern adjustments are made to account for that difference.

Measurements: The hat is knitted in one size fits many teens/adults. The drying form that you use will determine the finished size of your hat. Please read the Notes Section for more information.

Gauge: Purchase a yarn that gives a gauge on the wrapper of approximately 20 stitches and 26 rows to a 4 inch by 4 inch gauge when knitted with U.S. Size 7 needles. Your unfelted gauge with double strand on U.S. Size 11 should approximate 12-14 stitches to 4 inches. Since the hat will be felted to size, an approximation will work.

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