Patterns for Your Knitting Adventures
White with Red and Blue Thin Stripes
Inspired by the US flag, this vegan friendly acrylic hat has thin stripes of white, red, and blue. I knit a solid white 2×2 ribbed hem for contrast that draws in nicely. Fits beanie style, close to the head, with a bunched top.
Navy and Cream
Thick stripes of dark navy and creamy white in vegan friendly acrylic yarn. This hat took maybe 3 hours to knit. Ribbing helps drawn in the hem and the top decreases quickly for a relaxed bunched look.
I used metallic sewing thread held together with the yarn to form a quick stripe in an otherwise plain hat. This hat is knit from sock yarn I found at the thrift store. It is a lovely blue with a very slight tweed effect, and is very tightly plied. I held two strands of the yarn together to knit the hat so it would go a bit faster. It would’ve been better if I’d use smaller needles to knit the ribbing, as it is it poofs out a tiny bit. The top of the hat is formed by decreasing 4 stitches every round to form a swirl. Get more of a pointed swirl of fact by knitting a round between decrease rounds, less of a point by decreasing every round.
Knit in acrylic so it is vegan friendly, I knit this simple beanie with just a few rounds of ribbing to help the hem draw in. I added navy stripes to keep the knitting more interesting, then knit around and around (and around, geez it gets boring in cream colored yarn!) until I was ready for a quick decrease.
Blue and Navy Vegan Hat
Vegan friendly acrylic yarn in dark navy and bright blue stripes. A 2×2 ribbed hem draws in and helps keep the hat in place on your head. The stripes go from narrow to wide from the hem to the top of the hat.
Using up a plethora of tapestry wool I thrifted, I knit stripes of funky retro tapestry wools alternating with a plain brown wool. On the last round of most (but not all, to keep it entertaining!) I worked a purl round before switching to the brown to add some texture. The skeins of tapestry wool were short- just 8-10 yards each. I kept the bits leftover from the stripes and used them to make the pom pom.
