KWB/TSF Hat (fundraiser)

All profits from sales of this pattern will be donated to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. Thank you for your support!

(For anyone having problems with the cast-on: I am working on improving the instructions in the pattern, but in the meantime, if it’s just not clicking with you, try checking out my instructional video.)

This earflap hat is double-thick, reversible, and the pattern allows you to make it to fit heads of all sizes - from newborns to big adults!

Skills required

• Using DPNs (or another technique to achieve the same thing, such as Magic Loop)
• Chart reading
• Grafting (aka Kitchener Stitch)
• This pattern requires double knitting, instructions for which are included in the pattern. If you can do the knit stitch and the purl stitch, you can double knit!

Size information

• Newborn: to fit head circumference of 14.25”
• Infant: to fit head circumference of 16”
• Toddler: to fit head circumference of 17.75”
• Child: to fit head circumference of 19.5”
• Small adult: to fit head circumference of 21 1/3”
• Medium adult: to fit head circumference of 23”
• Large adult: to fit head circumference of 24 7/8”
• X-large adult: to fit head circumference of 26 2/3”

Yarn requirements

One ball each of two contrasting colours. If you have partial balls or want to use a different yarn, you’ll need approximately:

• newborn: 60 yards
• infant: 70 yards
• toddler: 80 yards
• child: 95 yards
• small adult: 110 yards
• medium adult: 125 yards
• large adult: 155 yards
• x-large adult: 170 yards

Other materials needed

• 4.5mm DPNs
• (optional) 4.5mm circular needle 12" long (for use if the hat circumference gets too large for the DPNs)
• Cable needle
• Stitch marker

Gauge

36 stitches (per side) and 26 rows = 4” in double knitted stocking stitch on 4.5mm needles