I love playing around with textural patterns; switching them up, making them larger or smaller, adding or taking out elements—you name it! Here is a pattern I worked on for a while and eventually made my own. It offers a thick and cushy texture that is perfect for winter wear. I decided to make it the main pattern in a hat while retaining its cushy softness. The bottom ribbing is doubled over for nice thick folded brim that is anchored so that there is no need to fiddle with the fold—it is anchored inside while still retains all of the stretchy expansion of ribbing. All of these features required a fair amount of trial and error, and the eventual test knitting of 3 complete hats before all of the sizing and other bugs were completely worked out, thus the name Third Time’s a Charm Hat.

I’ve knitted this with a single ply worsted weight yarn. This produces the best definition to the pattern motifs, I think. A plied worsted would work also, however, if that’s what you have on hand.

One 100 g skein is required. The crown comes together very organically following the decreases in the pattern. I have therefore elected not to add a faux fur pompom to my 2 versions (although I was sorely tempted!). You can make your own decision on that; the hat will look and feel great either way.

This an adult sized hat with 2 very stretchy sizes: S/M (shown in Apricot) and L/XL (shown in Natural). This pattern is appropriate for the intermediate knitter that is comfortable knitting in the round. Instructions for the main patterns are given in both charted and written forms, the remaining crown decrease sequence is given in written form only.

Yarn recommendations: Worsted weight yarn in a solid or slightly tonal color. Medium to light shades will show the pattern best. Heavily variegated yarn is not recommended.