Y.A.S. Hat by Jasmine Davis

Y.A.S. Hat

Knitting
February 2021
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 2 - 2.75 mm
230 yards (210 m)
One Size
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

YAS! It’s time for Yet Another Stockinette Hat!

This simple pattern is worked top down so you can use every single yard of a special yarn - the sample uses a cashmere blend, but this would work well with any light fingering yarn. Perhaps you have a special skein of sock yarn you’ve been holding onto?

Starting with DPNs, you’ll switch to circulars before finally using a tapestry needle to graft the live bottom stitches to the main body of the hat, forming a warm doubled-up brim.

Tutorial for Grafting Stitches
I made a little video tutorial for grafting the live stitches into the body of the stockinette hat here: https://youtu.be/DVo1LlKFUYs

Other Techniques Used
Casting on & knitting in the round with a small number of stitches: https://rebeccadanger.typepad.com/rebecca_danger/2012/03/...

Make one right (M1R) and make one left (M1L):
https://blog.tincanknits.com/2013/10/03/m1/

Errata
Round 4 instructions should be completed on each needle, increasing 8 stitches every other round. Pattern has been updated.

Adapting This Pattern
Here’s a fun tidbit I’ve learned about my own head: regardless of the weight of the yarn, once the “center square” reaches 4” per side, I can stop increasing and just knit straight until the hat is long enough for the brim. Now that I know that, I can use this same concept to make a hat from any weight of yarn.