Stripes On Stripes Hat [FREE Knitting Pattern]

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Knit This Colorful and Stylish Stripes On Stripes Hat for your next outdoor adventure! This eye-catching hat features a vibrant striped design, with bold and contrasting colors that are sure to make a statement. The soft and cozy knit construction will keep your head warm and comfortable, even in the coldest weather.

You can get the pattern for this colorful hat from the KnitPicks website.

Stripes On Stripes Hat – A Colorful And Stylish Hat

This free knitting pattern is ideal for Level 4 - Intermediate Level Knitters

From the talented designers of the KnitPicks design team. This easy-to-knit hat makes fun use of multiple colorways of self-striping sock yarn, and doubles up the weight for a squishier fabric and quicker knitting!

In fact, this knit piece is perfect for our intermediate-skilled knitters to work on.

Moreover, this pattern is available in one size only. They measure about 15.5 inches. That’s about 39.37cm if you prefer to use the metric system.

To make this pattern you will need the Felici Sock Yarn. It is a gorgeous and luxuriously soft Fingering weight yarn made from 75% Superwash Merino Wool and 25% Nylon fibers. It’s the perfect yarn for Garments, Accessories, and home projects.

Furthermore, you will need a US size 7 Circular knitting needle. That’s about 4.5 mm if you prefer to use the metric system.

Techniques Used

You can use the simpler long-tail cast-on method instead of the provisional cast-on. The long-tail cast-on is probably the most popular of all the cast-on methods. It is suitable for many types of knitting projects.

We have an illustrated tutorial for the long-tail cast-on if you want to learn it. You can find this tutorial here: Learn How to Do A Long-Tail Cast on.

You will be using the YO or open yarnover increase when you make this project. The open yarnover increase is an increase technique commonly used on lace patterns. It is a standalone, vertical increase, meaning it neither leans to the left nor to the right.

If you’re not familiar with the open yarnover increase and would like to learn how to do it, we have a fully illustrated, step-by-step tutorial for it you’ll surely find helpful. You can find this tutorial here: Learn the Open Yarnover Increase (YO).