Barley Hat

I finished knitting a large adult Barley Hat (I found the pattern on Tin Can Knits’ site). 

Thanks for modelling it, Gord!

Not only does the Tin Can Knits site provide different sizes from newborn to adult large (I made an adult large hat) but also the instructions for different weights of yarns (I combined strands of Lion Brand’s Re-Spun [the colours are amber and cornsilk] and followed the worsted/aran instructions).

I cast on 96 stitches on my 5mm circular needle, working in rounds (putting a marker at the beginning). I worked K1, P1 rib for 1.5 inches. I knit to the 32nd stitch and put another marker after that stitch and then continued to stitch to the end of the round.

Round 1 - purl to the marker and then knit to end of the round (garter stitch)

Round 2 - knit (stockinette stitch)

I repeated these two rounds until the hat was 6.75 inches from the cast on, ending with round 1.

Crown decrease:

1. (Knit 14, knit 2 together, insert a marker) repeat to the end
2. Purl to the second marker, knit to the end
3. (Knit to 2 stitches before marker, knit 2 together) repeat to the end
4. Purl to the second marker, knit to the end
5. Repeat 3 and 4 six times
6. (Purl to 2 stitches before marker, purl 2 together) twice; (knit to 2 stitches before the marker, knit 2 together) repeat to the end
7. (Knit to 2 stitches before the marker, knit 2 together) repeat to the end
8. Repeat 6 and 7 four times
9. Cut the yarn and draw through the last 6 stitches and pull. Secure and weave in the end.