Stranded Knitting Hat Pattern | The Willow

This stranded knitting hat pattern is an excellent project for anyone who wants to try knit colorwork.

This hat is perfect for the colder weather, worn with a warm coat or a chunky knit sweater.

Scroll down to view the free knitting pattern, or grab the PDF in my shop here.

Stranded Knitting

Fair Isle knitting, also known more accurately as stranded knitting or colorwork knitting, is a technique for working two (or more) yarn colors in the same row.

The color changes in Fair Isle are close together, as this allows you to simply carry the yarn you aren’t knitting with across the back of the piece (the wrong side) as you go.

You will pick up each strand as needed, leaving a strand of yarn on the inside of the work.

• Fair Isle knitting is pretty easy to do and, in this case, makes a nice warm knitted hat because all those strands of yarn add extra bulk and warmth.
• Stranded knitting is often worked in the round, and it’s even easier than flat.

You could try a swatch sample to see how the colors can work knit flat and in the round.

The knitted fabric can sometimes have puckering from carrying the colors across the back of the work.

You can see in the photos of the hat that it looks like stockinette stitch because it was knit in the round on circular needles (every row is knit).

You can see that the dominant color is the lighter-colored yarn, and the secondary color is mustard.

The yarn I used…

I made the beanie hat using two different yarns – the first was Hayfield Chunky Tweed in Crigglestone 180, knit with two strands together.

As an alternative, you could use the colors wheat or oatmeal in Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick and Quick yarn.

I also used mustard yarn for a pop of color I had left in my stash for the top of the hat, which was also knit with two strands together.

This was knit up quite quickly and used less than one skein of both colors.

Any super bulky weight yarn 06 will be okay to use for this pattern to match the needle size.

More Hat Patterns

If you want to make more knitted items/hats for women, please look at the other patterns in the women’s knitting pattern library.

The hat pattern library also has hat patterns for women, men, babies, and kids.

You may also like these free patterns for adult-sized hats:

• How To Knit A Hat For Complete Beginners (+ Video Tutorial)
• Fair Isle Hat Pattern | The Fir
• Ribbed Hat Pattern (Broken Rib Stitch)
• Ribbed Beanie Knitting Pattern {Unisex Mariner’s Hat}
• How To Knit A Hat With Circular Needles
• Easy Hat Pattern (Simple Super Bulky Moss Stitch)
• Ponytail Hat Knitting Pattern
• Messy Bun Hat Pattern
• Beanie Hat With Pom Pom| The Astraia
• Ribbed Hat Pattern | Autumn Ready

The Willow Hat Knitting Pattern

Purchase the inexpensive, ad-free, PDF printable pattern in my shop here.

Notes

The colorwork hat knits up quickly in super bulky yarn, and the simple fair isle pattern makes for a relaxing and enjoyable knit.

When working with more than one color, you will see that the yarns are carried across the wrong side of the work.

There is no colorwork chart for this pattern, only the written instructions.

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Skill Level – Easy

Size –

• Adult woman
• The finished hat: Height w/o pom = 9 inches / Width (flat and unstretched) = 9 inches
• To fit a head with a circumference size – of around 22-26 inches.

Gauge – 10 sts and 15 rounds = 4 in/10 cm.

Try to keep an even tension so the yarn does not pucker.

The Supplies You Need…

Yarn

• 1 skein or scraps of Hayfield Chunky Tweed in Crigglestone 180 / knit with two strands together or as an alternative wheat or oatmeal from Lion Brand wool ease thick and quick yarn.
• 1 skein or scraps of super bulky yarn – in a coordinating color (I used mustard).
• Super bulky weight – 106 yards. /Yarn Weight Guide (+ Conversion Chart)

Needles

• Set of 10.00 mm (US 15) 16″ circular knitting needles

Notions

• Tape measure
• Darning needle/tapestry needle
• Scissors
• Stitch markers

Other Tools

• Pom pom maker Clover 2 – 1/2 inch Large.