This pattern is for either sport weight or worsted weight yarn.

You’ll Need

• {115-175, 130-190} yards / {105-160, 120-175) meters worsted weight yarn for {smaller, larger} sizes in varying heights, or {130-190, 150-210, 170-230} yards / {120-175, 140-190, 155-210} meters sport weight yarn for {small, medium, large} sizes in varying heights, total, in multiple colors for striping or in a self-striping colorway
• size US 7 (4.5mm) needles for worsted / size US 3 (3.25) for sport, or size to get gauge, for working in the round, around a small circumference and a hat-sized circumference
• a blunt yarn needle
• optional: a stitch marker to mark round beginning

Yarns used for samples include:

• Spincycle Yarns Dyed in the Wool (Mississippi Marsala, 100% wool, sport weight, 1 skein self-striping)
• Plymouth Yarn Galway Sport (colors 1, 28, 738, 770, 100% wool, partial skein each color for stripes)
• Black Trillium Fibre Studio Pebble Worsted (Phoenix Rising and Saltwater, 100% merino wool, partial skein each color for stripes)
• madelinetosh tosh merino (Filigree and Terrarium, 100% merino wool, worsted weight, partial skein each color for stripes)
• Malabrigo Rios plus other worsted weight small leftover balls for scrappy stripes

Gauge, in stockinette stitch (blocked):

• worsted weight version: 19.5 sts, 27 rows per 4 inches / 10 cm
• sport weight version: 24 sts, 37 rows per 4 inches / 10 cm

Sizing
There are two sizes in worsted, three sizes in sport weight, and then three height options.

• worsted weight circumference = approx {18, 20} inches / {46, 51} cm unstretched, for head sizes of {20-22, 22-24} inches / {51-56, 56-61} cm, for {smaller, larger}
• sport weight circumference = approx {17, 19, 21} inches / {43, 48, 53} cm unstretched, for head sizes of {19-20, 21-22, 23-24} inches / {48 -51, 52-56, 57-61} cm, for {small, medium, large}

Short, middle, long height for each size (approx):

• worsted smaller = 7.5, 9, 10.5 inches / 19, 23, 27 cm
• worsted larger = 8.5, 10, 11.5 inches / 22, 25, 29 cm
• sport small = 7.5, 8.5, 9.5 inches / 19, 22, 24 cm
• sport medium = 8, 9, 10 inches / 20, 23, 25 cm
• sport large = 8.5, 9.5, 10.5 inches / 22, 24, 27 cm

The pattern includes more sizing details to help you pick your perfect size.

Extra Notes

The whole pattern is written and charted.

There are no complex techniques used in this hat, except for a somewhat uncommon increase method; find tutorials for that here on leethalknits.com.

There is also a video tutorial for weaving in ends as you knit, which may be helpful if you’re making a multi-yarn striped version.

The pattern includes a 1x1 ribbing modification option; the dark orange + aqua wide-striped sample used this mod.