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Skill level: Beginner

The Overflow Hat is a simple and quick cap knit in chunky weight yarn with a classic fold-up brim. It can be worn folded up or unfolded as a slouch hat. My favorite way to finish this hat is with a patch that’s sewn on to hold the brim layer together with the body layer. This design uses NO purl stitches – it’s made entirely in knit stitches in the round.

For the hats shown as samples, one used a chunky weight yarn single strand and one used THREE strands of Fingering weight (CYCA #1) held together to achieve a chunky weight gauge.

Construction Details:
The Overflow Hat is worked in the round from the brim towards the crown.

Skills Required

• Cast on
• Join in the round
• Knit
• Decreasing (k2tog)
• Working with DPN

Sizes: Adult Medium
Finished Hat Circumference: 20”/51 cm
Finished Hat Depth: 9”/23 cm depth when laid flat and brim is folded up.

Gauge: 14 sts and 18 rounds = 4”/10 cm in St-st using size needle to obtain gauge.

Needles: US 10.5 (6.5 mm) 16”/40 cm circular needle and DPN or size needed for gauge. Adjust needle size as necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Yarn: 130 yards of chunky weight (CYCA #5) yarn.

Blue sample made with Yarn Snob “Blissful Bulky” (100% pure merino superwash wool, 130 yds/100 g), 1 skein.

Multicolor sample made with Yarn Snob “A Good Fingering” (100% pure merino superwash wool, 437 yds/100 g) in “Happiness”, 1 skein. NOTE: this fingering yarn is held THREE STRANDS together to achieve the chunky gauge.

Other Materials: stitch marker, tapestry needle.