Beanie Knitting Pattern for a unisex hat in 4 sizes "Lollipop Hat"

Evoking memories of those gluey candies that all children wanted to have.

The Lollipop Hat is worked in rounds from the bottom to the top in a fingering sock yarn. The stitch pattern creates a ruched effect and makes it a very stretchy hat to fit many heads. It is a lightweight hat for spring or fall.

Fertigkeiten und was Du bekommst

Difficulty level: intermediate

Gauge: 27 stitches (9 pattern repeats)/40 rows in unstretched lollipop pattern = 10cm/4in.

• knit and purl
• double increases (knit, yarn over, knit, all in the same stitch)
• purl 2 stitches together
• knit 2 stitches together
• s2kp (slip 2 stitches as if to knit, knit 1, pass slipped stitches over).
• knitting in the round on DPNs or circular needles.

The pattern is written and includes a chart for the stitch pattern.

Größenangaben

Child (teen, adult medium, adult large), 45 (50, 55, 60)cm or 18 (20, 22, 24)in in circumference, 17 (21, 22, 25)cm or 6 1/4 (7 1/2, 8 3/4, 10)in in length. The stitch pattern is very stretchy.

Benötigte Materialien

Yarn: Regia 4-ply (75% wool, 25% nylon; 210m/50g; 230yds/1.76oz), 1-2 balls. Sample in size medium used exactly 1 ball with nearly nothing remaining. The large size will use more than 1 ball.
(Please note: this yarn comes in 50 g and 100g balls. The sample was made using the 50g balls).
Any other fingering weight yarn will work as well.

Needles: 3mm/US 2 1/2 set of 5 DPNs or circular needles

Notions: yarn needle, stitch marker (optional, only needed when using circular needles)

Sonstige Angaben des Autors/der Autorin

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