A super warm and cosy winter hat. I love the texture to this hat and, being a chunky wool, the quickness of the knit makes it a perfect gift! The pattern produces a stretchy fabric and therefore, the one size fits the average adult but it’s easy to alter the circumference and length if you would like to make a different size. The pattern includes tips on how to alter the pattern to produce a different size. The hat it knitted from the bottom up and in the round so no pesky seams to sew up. I use the magic loop method on circular needles, but this can be substituted for any method of knitting in the round you prefer.

Techniques used: knitting in the round, twisted rib (ktbl, ptbl), decreasing using k2tog, pompom attachment

Materials needed: 9mm circular needles (or DPNs if preferred), tapestry needle, stitch marker, pompom (optional)

Yarn: One skein of Women’s Institute Soft and Chunky Yarn is used but any alternative that gives the correct gauge can be substituted. 90g in mustard is used (110m per 100g). Plus extra is you are making the pompom yourself (no instructions on the making of a pompom are included)

Gauge: 10 stitches/14 rows in 10cm/4in in stst

Measurements: 26cm long (20cm long with the brim folded up as pictured) - excluding pompom
46cm in circumference at the bottom unstretched