I love a hat that can be worn many different ways, or “morphed” into many different styles. This one in particular can be worn as a beanie/skullcap, tam, slouch, and even a snood if you have enough hair to stretch it out (or if you continue the pattern to add some length). Anyone can change Sweet Georgia to fit her own style.
Gauge
28sts/36rws at 4” in stockinette stitch on size US 3 / 3.25mm (option 1) or 17sts/22rws at 4” stockinette stitch on size US 7 / 3.25mm (option 2)
Sizes and Measurements
Many (See Measurements)
This hat is very stretchy and can be adapted to a variety of measurements.
Option 1:
Width with piece laying flat: 9 inches
Height: 6 inches
Option 2:
Width with piece laying flat: 10 inches
Height: 6.5 inches
Materials
Option 1 (Multicolored fingering weight):
- SweetGeorgia Yarns Superwash Sock [100% Superwash wool, 185yd / 169m per 50g skein]; color Berry; 1 skein
Option 2 (Solid Worsted Weight):
- Southwest Trading Company Karaoke [50% soy silk / 50% wool, 109yd / 108m per 50g skein]; color 287 Loganberry; 1 skein
Option 1:
- 16-inch US 3 / 3.25mm circular needle
- 1 set US 3 / 3.25mm double pointed needles
Option 2:
- 16-inch US 7 / 3.25mm circular needle
- 1 set US 7 / 3.25mm double pointed needles
- Tapestry Needle
- 1 stitch marker
Directions
(Popknits uses knittinghelp.com's standard abbreviations)
Please see pattern's other notes.
Option 1: CO 112 sts onto a circular needle.
Option 2: CO 80 sts onto a circular needle.
Both Options:
PM and join into the round, being careful not to twist the sts.
Work in 2×2 ribbing (K2, P2) for 0.75-1 inch.
Round 1: K all sts
Round 2: [K2tog, yo] around
Round 3: K all sts
Round 4: [yoyo, K2tog] around
Round 5: [K the first yo and drop the second yo off the LH needle, K] around
Round 6: [K2tog, yo] around
Round 7-9: K all sts
Round 10: [yo, K2tog] around
Round 11: K all sts
Round 12: [K2tog, yoyo] around
Round 13: [K, K the first yo and drop the second yo off the LH needle] around
Round 14: [yo, K2tog] around
Round 15-17: K all sts
Round 18: [K2tog, yoyo] around
Round 19: [K, Knit the first yo and drop the second yo off the LH needle] around
Round 20: [yoyoyo, K2tog] around
Round 21: [K the first yo and drop the second and third yo off the LH needle, K] around
Round 22: [K2tog, yoyo] around
Round 23: [K, K the first yo and drop the second yo off the LH needle] around
Option 2: Follow second set of directions below Round 49 and decreasing. Option 1, continue on through Round 49 and decreasing.
Round 24-25: K all sts
Round 26: [yoyo, k2tog] around
Round 27: [Knit the first yo and drop the second yo off the LH needle, K] around
Round 28: [K2tog, yoyoyo] around
Round 29: [K, K the first yo and drop the second and third yo off the LH needle] around
Round 30: [yoyo, k2tog] around
Round 31: [Knit the first yo and drop the second yo off the LH needle, K] around
Round 32-33: K all sts
Round 34: [K2tog, yoyoyo] around
Round 35: : [K, K the first yo and drop the second and third yo off the LH needle] around
Round 36: [yoyoyoyo, K2tog] around
Round 37: [K the first yo and drop the second, third, and fourth yo off the LH needle, K] around
Round 38: [K2tog, yoyoyo] around
Round 39: [K, K the first yo and drop the second and third yo off the LH needle] around
Round 40-41: K all sts
Round 42: [yoyoyo, K2tog] around
Round 43: [K the first yo and drop the second and third yo off the LH needle, K] around
Round 44: [K2tog, yoyoyoyo] around
Round 45: [K, K the first yo and drop the second, third, and fourth yo off the LH needle] around
Round 46: [yoyoyo, K2tog] around
Round 47: [K the first yo and drop the second and third yo off the LH needle, K] around
Round 48-9: K all sts
Decreasing: K2tog around for 4 rounds. Switch to dpns when knitting becomes too tight for circular. Break the yarn and pull through the remaining 7 sts.
Option 2:
Switch to dpns when knitting becomes too tight for circular.
Round 24: [K2, K2tog] around- 60 sts remain.
Round 25: K all sts
Round 26: [yoyo, k2tog] around
Round 27: [Knit the first yo and drop the second yo off the LH needle, K] around
Round 28: [K 1, K2tog] around- 40 sts remain.
Round 29: [K2tog, yoyoyo] around
Round 30: [K, K the first yo and drop the second and third yo off the LH needle] around
Round 31: K2tog around- 20 sts remain.
Round 32: [yoyo, k2tog] around
Round 33: [Knit the first yo and drop the second yo off the LH needle, K] around
Round 34: K2tog around- 10 sts remain.
Round 35: K2tog around- 5 sts remain.
Break yarn and pull through remaining sts.
Finishing
Weave in all ends. Block if desired and lay flat to dry.
Other Notes
The laceweight version of this hat is decreased really quickly so at the top it bunches, or puckers giving it a more tam, or slouch hat look. If you don’t like this you can either cover it with a pompom (make it a golfer hat) or incorporate the same decreasing type as the worsted weight hat, which is decreased to be more of a beanie or skullcap.
I gave this pattern an intermediate difficulty rating because the laceweight version can be very tiring on the hands. Stitches can slip off the needle easily and are hard to recover. The worsted weight version, though, is much easier, and quite quick to knit. So if you are weary of achy hands, try the worsted weight version.
About the Author
Brittany began knitting obsessively in June of 2007. Since then her life has been a whirlwind knitting adventure, including living a bohemian lifestyle traveling the United States as part of her husbands career. Their travels and her creative adventures can be found at http://bohoknitterchic.blogspot.com/.
Credits
Photos by Brittany Wilson
Models: Brittany Wilson, Jocelyn Tutak and Laia Robichaux
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License
Sweet Georgia by
Brittany Wilson is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at
http://www.popknits.com/index.php/patterns/page/sweet_georgia/.
