Looking for a free knit slouch hat pattern made on a knifty knitter? So was I - but I couldn’t find a pattern like this anyplace. I decided to invent my own slouch hat knitting pattern for the
Free slouch hat pattern for circular loom
circular loom and here is the result. This is my first attempt at creating my own pattern so I’ve included things I wished I’d done differently.
For this knifty knitter slouchy hat, I used a green circular loom and soft alpaca yarn. Usually you use a blue knifty knitter for hats but I wanted the beret to be fuller than a usual knitted hat.
My yarn was Bernat Alpaca chunky yarn in Persimmon and Bernet Soft Boucle in Rosewood Shades. I used just one skein of each and loved the soft texture of the finished slouch hat.
To make this slouch hat knitting pattern, you’ll need:
Green circular loom and hook
Size 13 circular knitting needles
Bulky or chunky yarn of choice. I used the two mentioned above, one skein of each.
tapestry needle to weave in ends.
Instructions:
Using the green knifty knitter I created 8 inches of loomed work. To make the hat “slouchier” I wish I’d done 9 or 10 inches of loomed yarn. To make up for the fact that the finished hat wasn’t as long as I wanted it to be, I crocheted an extra inch onto the brim. I think if you begin with 9-10 inches of loomed yarn, you’d only need a few rows of crochet in the brim.
Take stitches off pegs and put onto size 13 knitting needles
Once I’d made my circular loomed part of the hat long enough, I took the stitches off the pegs, one at a time and transferred them to a size 13 circular knitting needle so I could decrease a couple of rows. The green knifty knitter creates a lot of bulk to tie into a tiny closure so at least a couple rows of decrease work well.
Decrease:
K2Tog, K5 and repeat to the end, knitting last 2 stitches.
Next row - K2Tog, K3 - Repeat to end of row.
Cut yarn with long tail and thread back through each stitch and pull tightly to close off end. Tie yarn tail and weave back into hat.
When you use a circular loom, your first few rows will curl up, creating a brim. For a slouch hat pattern, you want to get rid of that curling and create a flat edge by crocheting about an inch of edging onto the hat. I used simple single crochet on the first round and then double crochet for enough rounds to create an inch.
Tie off yarn and weave in ends.
I’ve included more photos of the slouch hat on circular loom in progress.
Slouch hat pattern comes off knifty knitter and onto knitting needles
This slouch hat pattern is totally free for my readers and you can use it any way you like.
Crocheted edgins on knifty knitter slouch hat takes the roll out of brim.
As you can see in the photo to the left, my crochet hat brim ended up being more than one inch because I wanted more “slouch” to my beret. Creating more rows on the knifty knitter to begin with would mean less crocheted edging.
If you need help with basic crochet instruction, check out the videos on YouTube.
If anybody tries this free slouch hat pattern for the knifty knitter, I’d love to see results and add the photos to my blog.
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