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Madison’s Hat by Wendi Dunlap
What you need
Skills
Circular knitting
Materials
2 skeins bulky yarn (such as Lion
Brand Wool-Ease or Lamb’s Pride
Bulky), one in each color. You need
less than a skein of each color.
4 double-pointed needles, US
#10.5
16-inch circular needle, US #10.5,
(for adult hats), or 12-inch circular
needle, US #10.5, (for kids’ hats )
Yarn needle to sew in ends
Gauge
15 stitches/4 inches in stockinette
stitch
Pattern notes
K2tog = knit 2 together
If you want a smaller or larger
hat, no problem, just increase to a
smaller or larger number — but
the final stitch count must be di-
visible by six.
Designer
©2006 Wendi Dunlap *
litlnemo@slumberland.org *
http://slumberland.org/
This pattern is Worthware: if you
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Wendi Dunlap
PO Box 24131
Seattle WA 98124
An easy hat in two colors of bulky yarn that knits up quickly. A
good project to do to learn stranded knitting.
Sizes: Baby [Toddler, Child, Teen/Woman, Man]
Cast on 60 [66, 72, 78, 84] stitches in color 1 (C1) onto the cir-
cular needle. Join and place marker.
The rolled brim:
K all, using C1, for 1 1/2 inches.
The fair-isle section:
Join color 2 (C2).
Follow the chart
here (bottom-up,
right to left), K all
sts. Make sure you
pass the C2 yarn
under the C1 yarn,
but pass the C1
yarn over the C2
while you knit.
This keeps your
yarns from getting
tangled. But if you
forget sometimes,
don’t worry! You
can just untwist the yarns and keep going.
The crown:
Now that you are done with the chart, K all in C2 until knit-
ting (including flattened brim) is 5 1/2" [5 3/4", 6", 6 1/4", 7"]
long.
(You will need to
switch to the
double-pointed nee-
dles either now or
after the next few
rounds. I wait until
I have about 54
stitches on the nee-
dle.)
Decrease round 1:
*K8 [9, 10, 11, 12],
K2tog, repeat from
* to the end of the
round.
Madison’s Hat © 2006 Wendi Dunlap
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Decrease round 2: K all.

Decrease round 3: *K7 [8, 9, 10, 11], K2tog, repeat from * to the
end of the round.
Decrease round 4: K all.
Decrease round 5: *K6 [7, 8, 9, 10], K2tog, repeat from * to the
end of the round.
Decrease round 6: K all.
Decrease round 7: *K5 [6, 7, 8, 9], K2tog, repeat from * to the
end of the round.
Decrease round 8: *K4 [5, 6, 7, 8], K2tog, repeat from * to the
end of the round.
Continue in this way, knitting one less stitch between K2tog
each round, until 6 sts remain. Break yarn, pull yarn tail
through the last 6 stitches with tapestry needle and pull tight
to close the top of the hat.
Attach pompom if you like, or leave it plain.
Weave in ends, and you have a warm comfy hat!

Madison’s Hat © 2006 Wendi Dunlap