Ultimate Guide to Knitting a Stylish Hat with Pom Pom

You’ll Need:

150g of 100% acrylic yarn;

Knitting needles size 2 and 5.

Instructions

Cast on 64 stitches using knitting needles size 2 and create 2 rows with a 1 x 1 rib pattern. Change to knitting needles size 5 and knit 10 additional rows.

Row Instructions

For the 13^th row: * knit stitch, catch the strip of the corresponding purl from the wrong side (it looks like knit stitch) in the 5^th row, throw it on the left-hand knitting needle and make purl two together *; repeat from * to * to the end of the row;

For rows 14^th to 24^th: continue with the ornament pattern;

For rows 25^th, 37^th, 49^th, 61^st, and 73^rd: repeat the instructions from the 13^th row.

Final Rows and Finishing Touches

In the 85^th row, execute knit two together / purl two together.

Complete 10 rows of stockinette stitch, leave a long end, and tighten the open stitches with it.

Remove the contrast yarn. Stitch your work together using the Kitchener stitch.

Create a pom pom and attach it as a decoration to the hat.