Can you have too many hats? I don’t think so! I’ve got a few a basket ready to be taken out on chilly days. And this is my newest addition: a Simple Rib Hat.

Simple, I hear you ask? Yes, simple! This pattern contains no complicated stitches. If you know how to knit, purl and do decreases, then you can knit this simple hat. The well-known rib texture is achieved by just alternating knit and purl stitches. It’s as simple as that!

So, grab a ball or skein of DK yarn, a pair of needles and your good to go!

Yarn

Suggested yarn:
DK weight yarn, you’ll need approximately 60g/120m

The sample is shown in:
Wol met Verve Vigorous DK in Tie-Dye Mahogany (100% superwash merino, 115g = 230m)

Optional

A pompom to decorate your hat. I used a Toft UK pompom.
Needles

• 3,5mm/US 4 and 4,0mm/US 6 100cm/40” circular needles for magic loop or dpns
• a 4,0mm/US G-6 crochet hook for the tubular cast-on

Notions

• scissors
• darning needle
• stitch marker (optional, to mark BOR)

Size

The ribbed fabric is very stretchy, so this pattern will fit a lot of heads. If you like to adjust the circumference of the hat, the easiest way is to increase or reduce the number of cast-on stitches by a multiple of 8. That way you can work the crown as described in the pattern (the stitch count will differ though).

My head circumference is approximately 56cm and the hat fits me loosely.