Autumn Leaves Knit Hat Pattern

This stunning hat knitting pattern is just what you need to ring in autumn.

There is nothing more special than when the weather starts to chill, the leaves start to change, and you can whip out a knit hat for the first time in months. The Autumn Leaves Knit Hat Pattern is the perfect first hat for autumn, sporting seasonal colors and a trendy slouch. The gathered stitches featured in this knitted hat pattern offer an appealing texture to this hat, and the technique is easy enough to master after just a little bit of practice. Since this hat is knit with DK weight yarn, it offers a lovely drape and looks like something you could buy at a boutique.

Intermediate

Knitting Needle Size7 or 4.5 mm, 8 or 5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles, Double-Pointed Knitting Needles (DPNs)

Yarn Weight(3) Light/DK (21-24 stitches to 4 inches)

Gauge18 sts x 24 rows = 4" (10.2cm) in pat st using size 8 needle. Save time, check your gauge.

Finished SizeAdult Small (Medium, Large) - Height: 9½" (24.1cm). Circumference at brim: 15½ (17¾, 20)" [39 (45, 51) cm]

Materials List

Willow Yarns™ Drift (70% superwash wool/30% rayon from bamboo; 100g/284yd) - 730267-0100 Sandbar (all sizes 1 ball)
US size 8 (5mm) 16" circular needle or size needed to obtain gauge
US size 8 (5mm) dpn
US size 7 (4.5mm) 16" circular needle
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle

Instructions

Notes

GS (Gathered Stitch): Insert right-hand needle underneath all 5 slipped yarns from bottom to top. K through next st on needle and pass the needle back through and underneath the 5 slipped yarns. This is not an inc.
Tam is worked in the rnd from the bottom up on a circular needle until the crown, then continues to end on dpn.

Hat

CO 72 (80, 92) sts using size 7 circular needle. Pm and join to work in the rnd, being careful not to twist work.

Work in seed st as follows:

Rnd 1 (RS): *K1, p1; rep from * to last st.
Rnd 2: *P1, k1; rep from * to last st.

Rep Rnds 1-2 six more times. Change to size 8 circular needle.

Rnd 15: Work 2 (2, 4) sts in pat, M1, *work 4 (4, 5) sts in pat, M1; rep from * to last 2 (2, 3) sts, work in pat to end—90 (100, 110) sts.
Rnd 16: K
Rnd 17: *K5, sl 5 sts wyif; rep from * to end.
Rnd 18: K.

Rep Rnds 17-18 three more times and then Rnd 17 once more.

Rnd 26: K7, *GS, k9; rep from * to last 3 sts, GS, k2.
Rnd 27: *Sl 5 sts wyif, k5; rep from * to end.
Rnd 28: K.

Rep Rnds 27–28 three more times and then Rnd 27 once more.

Rnd 36: K2, *GS, k9; rep from * to last 8 sts, GS, k7.

Rep Rnds 17-36 twice more.

Crown Shaping

Change to dpn when necessary.

Rnd 1: *Sl 5 wyif, ssk, k1, k2tog; rep from * to last st—72 (80, 88) sts.
Rnd 2: K.
Rnd 3: *Sl 5 wyif, k3; rep from * to last st.

Rep Rnds 2-3 three more times.

Rnd 10: *Ssk, GS, k2tog, sl 3 wyif; rep from * to last st—54 (60, 66) sts.
Rnd 11: K.Rnd 12: K3, sl 3 wyif; rep from * to last st.

Rep Rnds 11-12 three more times.

Rnd 19: K4, *GS, k5; rep from * to last 2 sts, GS, k1.
Rnd 20: *K3tog, k3; rep from * to last st—36 (40, 44) sts.
Rnd 21: K.Rnd 22: *K1, k3tog; rep from * to last st—18 (20, 22) sts.
Rnd 23: K.
Finishing

Using a tapestry needle, draw up all lps and fasten off. Weave in ends.