Highlander Hat Pattern #2267

Highlander Hat Pattern #2267


Headsize 21½

Materials: Chadwick's Red Heart Sports Yarn, 3 balls (1 oz. balls).

Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 2 (2¾ mm. size).

A quill.

Gauge: 8 sts make 1 inch; 10 rows make 1 inch.

Cap is made in 6 sections, which are joined. Starting at lower edge cast on 29 sts and work as follows: 1st row: (P 2, k 2) 3 times, p 2, k 1, (p 2, k 2) 3 times, p 2 (29 sts on needle). 2nd row: (K 2, p 2) 3 times, k 2, p 1, (k 2, p 2) 3 times, k 2 (29 sts on needle). 3rd row: Inc. in 1st st, (p 2, k 2) 3 times, p 3, (k 2, p 2) 3 times, inc. in last st (31 sts). 4th row: (P 2, k 2) 3 times, p 2, k 3, (p 2, k 2) 3 times, p 2 (31 sts). 5th row: Inc. in 1st st, (k 2, p 2) 3 times, k 2, p 1, (k 2, p 2) 3 times, k 2, inc. in last st (33 sts). 6th row: (K 2, p 2) 4 times, k 1, (p 2, k 2) 4 times (33 sts). 7th row: Inc. in 1st st, (p 2, k 2) 3 times, p 2, k 3, (p 2, k 2) 3 times, p 2, inc. in last st (35 sts). 8th row: (P 2, k 2) 4 times, p 3, (k 2, p 2) 4 times (35 sts). 9th row: Inc. in 1st st, (k 2, p 2) 4 times, k 1, (p 2, k 2) 4 times, inc. in last st (37 sts). 10th row: (K 2, p 2) 4 times, k 2, p 1, (k 2, p 2) 4 times, k 2 (37 sts). 11th row: Inc. in 1st st, (p 2, k 2) 4 times, p 3, (k 2, p 2) 4 times, inc. in last st (39 sts). 12th row: (P 2, k 2) 4 times, p 2, k 3, (p 2, k 2) 4 times, p 2 (39 sts). 13th row: Inc. in 1st st, (k 2, p 2) 4 times, k 2, p 1, (k 2, p 2) 4 times, k 2, inc. in last st (41 sts). 14th row: (K 2, p 2) 5 times, k 1, (p 2, k 2) 5 times (41 sts). 15th row: Inc. in 1st st, (p 2, k 2) 4 times, p 2, k 3, (p 2, k 2) 4 times, p 2, inc. in last st (43 sts). 16th row: (P 2, k 2) 5 times, p 3, (k 2, p 2) 5 times (43 sts). Hereafter continue in pattern without increasing until piece measures 2½ inches. Then, continuing in pattern, on next row and every other row thereafter, dec. 1 st at both ends until all sts are worked off. Work 5 more sections same as this. Sew sections together, matching ribs and joining points neatly. Tuck corners in and fasten in place. Sew quill on as in illustration.


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