This season my son asked for a basic manufactured hat he could wear both for sports and in everyday life. Of course, I couldn’t allow to buy such hat from any mass market shops and choose easy half-twisted ribbing pattern to knit this hat for him.
Somehow, I ended up knitting this style hat for the whole family and wrote down the pattern, so you can knit it for your loved ones or for yourself too.
Happy knitting during these holidays and always!

Marrow hat is a ribbed, unisex hat for the whole family. This hat is designed in half-twisted ribbing pattern, both easy and engaging to knit. Half-twisted ribbing creates a manufactured looking fabric and it’s worked easier than fully twisted ribbing.
It’s a perfect small project for making holiday gifts or just for relaxed or travel knitting.

Marrow hat is worked bottom up seamlessly in the round with folded brim in half-twisted ribbing.
At first, work brim in half-twisted ribbing, as brim reached the desired length, turn your work using double stitch and continue to work the main part in half-twisted ribbing.
Hat is finished with crown shaping using twisted stitches as well.

Sizes
Size 1 (2, 3, 4) or Child (Teen, Adult M, Adult L)
To fit head circumferences 47-50 (51-54, 55-58, 59-62) cm / 18.5-19.75 (20-21.25, 21.75-23, 23.25-24.5)’’

Finished measurements
Width (circumference, unstretched): 38 (42, 45, 48) cm / 15.0 (16.5, 17.75, 19.0)’’;
Length (with brim folded): 21 (22, 23, 25) cm / 8.25 (8.75, 9.0, 9.75)’’;
Brim length – 8 cm/3.25’’ or adjustable.
Length of the hat can be easily adjusted to desired length.
Shown in size 2 (Teen) – grey hat, size 3 (Adult M) – pink hat, size 4 (Adult L) – beige hat.

Needles
Circular 3.5 mm (US 4) 40 -50 cm (16-20)’’ OR 80-100 cm (32-40)’’ long if using magic;
Set of dpns 3.5 mm (US 4) OR circular 80-100 cm (32-40)’’ long for crown shaping.
Or needle size needed to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions: tapestry needle, 4 stitch markers (one in different color).

Original yarn
2 (2, 2, 3) balls / 100 g of Drops Daisy (100% merino wool; 50g / 1.8oz – 110 m / 120 yds).
OR
2 balls / 100 g of Lana Gatto Super Soft (100% merino wool; 50g / 1.8oz – 125 m / 137 yds);

Yardage: approx 185 (200, 220, 245) m / 203 (219, 241, 269) yards of similar dk weight yarn.
For a longer hat, you will need more yarn than estimated.

Suggested yarn: any similar dk weight yarn OR sport weight yarn held together with mohair lace yarn to obtain the required gauge.

Gauge
25 sts x 30 rnds = 10cm (4’’) in 1x1 half-twisted ribbing, unstretched, worked in the round after blocking.
Take time to check your gauge before starting your project.