Bamboozled: A Hat

This hat is my second for this week, meeting my goal for week 18!  So happy I've been able to meet that goal each and every week so far.  Hopefully that will continue.

I happen to like the word "bamboozled".  It just makes me smile.  So, when I stumbled across the bamboo stitch, I knew a hat would have to be designed, just so I could call it Bamboozled!!  

I made this with a superwash merino wool blend that I just happened to have, but I imagine it would look great in any fiber at all! This is a super simple pattern that is only 2 rows, so it's easy to memorize too!  

 

Schnapps helped me work out the crown decrease too!

 

Of course the pattern is free.  It may also be found on Scribd.com as a PDF and, as always, you can email me at robin@delawareheadhuggers.org and I will email you a copy. 

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Bamboozled:  A Hat

 

Worsted weight yarn – between 100 and 200 yards

Size 8 circular needles

Abbreviations:

            Yo – yarn over

K2tog – knit 2 stitches together

           

Cast on 92 stitches

Work the brim:

            Row 1:  Knit every stitch

            Row 2:  Purl every stitch

            Repeat Rows 1 & 2 two more times

Work body of hat:

            Row 1:  *yo, K2, pass yo over the 2 knit stitches*; 

                            repeat from * to * across row

            Row 2:   knit all stitches

            Repeat Rows 1 & 2 until the hat measures about 7 inches in length

Work crown:

            Row 1:  *yo, K2, pass yo over the 2 knit stitches*; 

                           repeat from * to * across row

            Row 2:   K2tog, *K7, K2tog *; 

                           repeat from * to * to last 8 stitches, K6, K2tog

            Row 3:  *yo, K2, pass yo over the 2 knit stitches*; 

                            repeat from * to * across row

            Row 4:  *K6, K2tog*; repeat across row

            Row 5:  *yo, K2, pass yo over the 2 knit stitches*; 

                           repeat from * to * across row

  Row 6:  *K5, K2tog*; repeat across row

            Row 7:  *yo, K2, pass yo over the 2 knit stitches*; 

                           repeat from * to * across row

  Row 8:  *K2, K2tog*; repeat across row

  Row 9:  *K2tog*; repeat to last stitch, K1

Finish:

            Cut working yarn, leaving a long tail.  Draw tail through stitches left on needle, cinch closed, secure and spread some happiness!