A full pattern for this hat can be downloaded for free from the Ravelry Store:
Not wanting to waste an inch of Angie's beautifully dyed merino wool here's a hat to match Wendy Bernard's Sailor's Rib sweater (Interweave Knits Weekend 2009). It took me three attempts to get a hat that fit out of the samll amount I had left - as you can see it is a snug fit - but used every last drop of wool.
If you want to do your own here's a rough guide, assuming you know how to knit a basic hat in the round. If you don't, Google it ;-)
For the sailor's rib you need to cast on a mulitple of 5 sts. I CO 75sts for this hat - with worsted weight yarn on 4mm circular needles I got a 4 repeats of the 5 st Sailor's Rib = 12cm/5". I'd suggest 80-85sts for a larger child's hat, 90-95sts for an adult hat. I did 2 purl rounds, then 3 full repeats of the rib, then rnds 1 & 2 of the rib followed by 2 purl rnds. Knit desired depth (about 5" from CO for a child's hat), then form the crown by alternating knit rounds with decrease rounds k8, k2tg....; k7, k2tg.... etc.
Sailor's Rib in the round:
Rnds 1 & 2: k1tbl, p1, k2, p1
Rnds 3 & 4: k1tbl, p4
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