I finished my Lemon Grass Slouchy Hat sooner than I thought I would!
I will write down the pattern soon, if anyone is interested in making their own!
It’s a super basic pattern, really easy.
** PATTERN**
1 skein of Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick Yarn
Size US 10 1/2 DPN’s (6.5mm)
Cast on 56 stitches
(Knit 1 Purl 1) Rep to end for ribbing- join stitches so you are knitting in the round
Repeat for 8 rows
Switch to a seed stitch (Knit 1 Purl 1) rep to end of row
(Quick tip: Reader GMC tried this pattern and said the following: “knit one round even before the seed stitch rounds and Kfb of the first stitch in that knit round to get an odd number so I could just go round and round in seed stitch w/o really thinking about it” That is a great, GREAT idea. Now I am kind of embarrassed that I didn’t think of that before!)
Repeat for 26 rows
Decrease by K2T at the end of every needle (every 11th and 12th stitch knit together)
Repeat until you have 8 stitches, then cut yarn, leaving 12 inch tail
Pull the tail yarn through remaining 8 stitches, cinch tight, weave in ends.
Enjoy your hat!
Very chic! It looks nice with your short do
Oh boy is that cute!
Thanks for the cute pattern! It knit up really quickly. I used LBT&Q in Fig. I think I’ll cast on less stitches for the next one, as 56 ended up being a little too big for my noggin. I also knit one round even before the seed stitch rounds and Kfb of the first stitch in that knit round to get an odd number so I could just go round and round in seed stitch w/o really thinking about it.
Love this pattern! I am knitting it right now and so far it looks beautiful!
Thank you for sharing this with us!
Cheers
Sabrina
Did you use a round needle for this or did you use double edge needles?
my question the same as above
ps. fab hat!
I used Double Pointed needles.
thanx!
Yay! This is my first knitting project and going very well, thanks for sharing
I bought the yarn to make this hat…gonna start it later today…got a dark pink yarn. Can’t wait!!! Love the seed stitch!
First of all, I’m a beginner. I made the hat on regular straight needles. How does the decrease work with this type of needles? Help please making a birthday gift!
If you are just using straight needles then just go ahead and decrease 4 times per row. So, it would vary depending on how many stitches you have on your needles. When you first start decreasing it would be knitting every 11th and 12th stitch together, on your next row it would be every 10th and 11th stitch together. Does that make sense?
Thanks so much for the straight needle help. As a beginner, I so want to finish this hat. So, do I ALSO knit two stitches together at the beginning and end of a row–or just the 4 times per row? Many thanks for the cute pattern.
Just 4 times per row. Send me a picture once it’s done! I love to see what people make with my patterns!!
love this pattern, but don’t understand GMC instructions. Can you clarify Kfb?
I’m not 100 percent sure, but I think she meant “Knit front and back”. That way you increase a stitch.
Thanks for your recent reply. As you probably can tell, I’m fairly new knitter. One more question, if you K1P1 for the ribbing, then switch to seed stitch (K1P1), how does it end up looking like your photo.
Cheryl,
If you’re not familiar with how to do a seed stitch there are a lot of videos and whatnot on the internet that can show you how to do it. Here is one site that I’ve found to be helpful:
http://knitting.about.com/od/stitchglossary/g/seedstitch.htm
Hope that helps,
Ali
This pattern looks amazing! I plan on knitting it for my best friend, but I have one quick question:
Would the pattern still be the same if I wanted to use straight (or regular) needles as opposed to DPN needles? And then I would just sew it up so it’d make a hat shape?
I have no idea. I knit it up on Double Pointed Needles, so unfortunately I’m really not sure.
Thank you for sharing this cute pattern! I am using circular needles, so do I K2T every 11th and 12th all the way or do I drop down 1 stitch each following K2T (like dpn)? Also, do I switch to knit only once we start decreasing or do we stick to seed? First hat!!
No worries! Thanks anyways! It is actually working so far with the straight needles!
I love the look of this hat, and started knitting with a wool that isn’t as thick as the one you use and required casting on more than 56 stitches.Is there a formula you can share for when to start decreasing (i.e., to compensate for the different gauge)? I appreciate any advice . . . and I hope this makes sense.
Use the same, decrease at the end of each needle, unless you are using DPN’s, in which case just decrease 4x per row. You should get the proper amount of ‘slouch’ that way. Hope that works!
Just once more point of clarification . . . .I am using straight needles (not DPNs), and, based on your response above to Linda (also using straight needles), I should decrease 4 x per row (until I’m down to 8 stitches). Do I also decrease at the end of each row? Or is that instruction for DPNs? Thank you, again.
Finished my hat using straight needles. It looks great. And for those beginners who want to use straight needles, I decreased 4 times per row as Ali instructed. To maintain the seed stitch pattern I knitted or purled 3 stitches together when I decreased. That kept the pattern going.
Hi–thank you so much for the pattern! I made this hat for our babysitter, who is wearing it right now !
I made it on circular needles on a wierd size (I have a sort of 10.25 circular needle, if there is such a thing) with grey T&Q and it turned out fine–a little stiff, maybe, but it’ll relax. I made it with 4 decreases, and it’s a nice little hat…thanks again!
I am a new knitter, and I think this hat is absolutely adorable! Can I ask what size your head is? So I could get an approximation for how big it will come out? Thanks for sharing the pattern
Angie,
My head is 21 1/2 inches around. Hope that helps!
Ali
I have one more question. The hat is coming along beautifully (my first try with double pointed needles!). I am coming to the point where I would need to start decreasing. I cast on 56 stitches, like the pattern said, which worked out to 14 stitches/needle. I also increased one stitch before I started the seed stitch like the comment suggested, so I have 15 stitches on one needle, and 14 on the other three. Your pattern says to knit together each 11 and 12 stitch. I was wondering if I would just knit together the last two stitches on each needle (13 and 14th then 12 and 13th) as I go around until I am down to 8?
That should work just fine.
Love seed stitch on all hats! Do you have any hints as to how to modify this pattern when making it with bigger needles? My circular needle is 8mm and I am using a super bulky yarn. My head is the same size as yours, so I am guessing that I would need fewer than 56 cast on stitches?
Ok so I’ve been trying to do this hat forever and I’m knitting instead of the seed stitch bc im a beginner and I knit when im at work and I loose track where I am. But everyone I follow the pattern it’s just a regular looking hat and im using straight needles I just really want a slouch hat can you plz help me
Every time not everyone sorry
Ali,
Thanks for your friendly responses to the questions I had when working on this hat. I am finished it now, and am loving it
I thought I would share a picture with you.
http://glitterydiamond.blogspot.com/2011/01/knitting-projects-so-far.html
There are a couple of pictures of it at the bottom of the post. I am already planning to make another one for a friend of mine as a gift. Thanks again for a great pattern!
Thanks, again, for the wonderful hat pattern . . . I made one for myself, and for my daughter. And, when you a moment, you might appreciate my thoughts on knitting –
I WRITE, THEREFORE I KNIT
http://thethingsshethinksabout.blogspot.com/
Thanks so much for the pattern! Very cute hat! I made this hat using straight needles. It’s a little big (I have a small head) so I’m giving this one away and making another for myself
Thanks Again!!!!
hi i found your pattern and am going to make a few in different colours this weekend!
i am fairly new to knitting and wondered, what is the best way to make it even more slouchy?
i would like to make a big baggy boys version of this for a friend but being new to knitting im not good with adapting patterns, do u have any recomendations how to do this? i wanna keep the ribbing the same but make the back bigger/longer/more slouchy if that makes sense?
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Got to the point where it’s time to reduce. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong but it’s just not looking right I have 57 pts ( I increased one so I could go round and round like gmc) I’m
Knitting with circular needles. Can anyone give more detailed instructions on reducing? Am i supposed to be knitting the whole way or am I maintaining the pattern through the end? Any help is appreciated thanks!
nice pattern would like to try it out nice colour too!
I, too, am confused about the Kfb. Even if I were to knit one from the back, how would that increase a stitch? I’m not a beginning knitter, but certainly not an expert.
I will say that I use the continental method. When I do stockinette stitch I always knit from the back because it removes a twist from the stitch, thus making all of the stitches lay flatter and closer together.
Just finished this with a really chunky two ply wool knit and 10mm straight kneedles. An absolute doddle, finished it in a night and the hat is beautiful. Thanks!
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Your directions did not state when starting the decrease to use more that one dpn. As it states: make the decrease by k2t at the end of every needle. However you only mention using one needle to start size 10 1/2. For clearity more than one dpn is needle when working in the round as this pattern appears to be.
How do I attach the ends together in the first row? I’m confused.
Do you know how to knit in the round?
Hey I absolutely love this pattern! I’m having one problem though…when I start to decrease, it starts looking all wonky like the stitches aren’t matching up anymore. What the heck am I doing wrong?? I’m knitting every 11th and 12th stitch together.
I just finished this hat last night and I love the look of it but I noticed some inconsistencies in the way the pattern is written. First it says to cast on 56 stitches. Okay. You might want to mention you worked this on a set of 5 double points. That’s 14 stitches per needle. My double points were too short so I switched to circular. I should have known something wasn’t quite right when my 24″ long circular was filled with stitches.
Then it gets to the decreases. Since you didn’t mention this was on 4 double points it’s kind of hard to tell where to decrease (at the end of each needle could mean anything). But then it’s mentioned you knit together every 11th and 12th stitch which you seem to mean are the stitches at the end of each needle. But if you cast on 56 stitches there would be 14 stitches on each needle not 12. The first decrease row you have to knit together the 13th and 14th stitches.
In the end with 56 stitches cast on the band was WAY too big. It’s not snug in the least to my head and if I move it slides off the back so I’ll have to frog it and start with less stitches or use bobby pins to hold it on.
The pattern, though, is really cute and the hat looks adorable (I used the oatmeal colored yarn with flecks of brown in it). And is very cozy. But maybe the pattern was supposed to be cast on 48 stitches? I’ll have to try again but I’m out of Thick & Quick yarn and can’t afford to buy more.
Ali,
I also am a new knitter but my sis wants this for xmas so i thought i would give it a shot. I have one quick question I would just like to clarify– If i knit the first row and the first stitch i kfb to where i would have 57 stiches, when i am k1p1 for the first 8 rows I would then (because I have 57 stiches knit both the last and first stitch of each row (if i were doing it on circular needles)?? that is how the first 8 rows differ from the seed stitch, corrrect?
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I am just starting to decrease and my hat looks a lot longer than yours in the picture. I used smaller needles (6.0 mm) and the same Thick & Quick yarn. By chance did you mean do 26 rows including the ribbing? I think I will just take out some rows to where it looks like yours and then do my decrease. Thanks for the pattern and the advice you give to your followers.
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How about giving us the gauge (stitches and rows per inch)? I knit more loosely than average. Thanks!
girafferider- sorry, I sold the hat so I do not have it to measure. My apologies!
Do you start decreasing after you finish the 26 rows, if so what stitch do you use?