Men's Knit Pom Hat
The Men's Knit Pom Hat is a great hat for any guy in your life. Featuring beautiful blue and green yarn and a green pom on top, this knitted hat is a fun alternative to your basic cold weather accessory. Work up the matching Great Green Scarf and you will have a wonderful set. This knit hat pattern also makes a treasured gift. With a practical and stylish design, there's no one who wouldn't enjoy wearing this knit hat, so work one up today and see for yourself.
Knitting Needle Size9 or 5.5 mm
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Materials List
- 2 balls Alaska Yarn in Navy (A) (24545)
- 1 ball Barisienne Vert fluo Yarn in (B) (29648)
- 5.5 mm straight knitting needles
- 1 tapestry needle
- Pomp Pom maker (61274)
Stitched Used
The B yarn is knitted using 2 strands together with 5.5 mm needles.
The A yarn is knitted using 1 strand with 5.5 mm needles.
Garter Stitch (G. st), Knit all the sts.
Reverse Stocking Stitch (rev St-st),
Row 1: purl.
Row 2: knit.
Repeat these 2 rows.
Knit the Hat
Using A cast on 73 sts.
Work in G. st as follows:
- 4 rows A,
- 2 rows B,
- 2 rows A,
- 2 rows B,
- 2 rows A,
- 2 rows B,
- 4 rows A.
Then work 25 rows (13 cm/5 in) with A in rev St-st.
On following row, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 7, knit 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
65 sts remain.
Purl 1 row, knit 1 row, purl 1 row.
On following row, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 6, knit 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
57 sts remain.
Purl 1 row, knit 1 row, purl 1 row.
On following row, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 5, knit 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
49 sts remain.
Purl 1 row, knit 1 row, purl 1 row.
On following row, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 4, knit 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
41 sts remain.
On following row, purl1, purl 2 together, purl 3, purl 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
33 sts remain.
On following row, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 2, knit 2 together, continue thus to end of row .
25 sts remain.
On following row, purl 1, purl 2 together, purl 1, purl 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
17 sts remain.
On following row, knit 2 together, purl 2 together, continue thus to end of row.
9 sts remain.
Finishing
Cut the yarn, leaving a 20 cm (8 in) length of yarn and thread this through the tapestry needle.
Insert the needle through the 9 sts, remove needle and pull tight, sew a few sts to secure and sew in yarn end neatly along edge.
Sew seam of turn up (striped part). Turn hat inside out, then continue the seam to point at top (the right side of the hat shows the knit rows).
2 Make a pompon using B and sew it securely to top of hat.
Sew in all loose ends along wrong side edges and trim the ends