This is the little black dress of winter hats. I have one that I wear constantly, and it works with everything in my winter wardrobe. It is knit in the round, with the little bow edge knit at the end. We made ours using Rowan- 4 ply wool yarn, we prefer black , of course. You will need 2 balls, some needles and off you go! The best part about it is we are giving you the pattern for free!
Click here for the Inaugural Hat Pattern in a PDF
P.S. We call it the Inaugural Hat because we got the idea for it from a newscaster who was wearing a similar one during Obama’s televised Presidential Inauguration. She looked fabulous, and we became obsessed with making one!
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I made this hat in dark green and wear the bow at the back. Stylish and warm! Now knitting one for my daughter.
Thanks. It’s very sophisticated. I’m going to start it today.
I have some purple yarn I want to make this with! Toooo cute!
I have some great khaki/stone colored Rowan yarn that would look very nice…I’ll have to add this to my list of quick projects to start soon
I love everything about your shop. I was wondering with all the knitting patterns, can they be crochet ? Could you let me know?
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Thank you so very much for the oh-so-elegant hat. My daughter is sure to love it.
why do you use a size 0 and 1 needle with a 4 ply yarn? It seems the needles are too small for that weight. Please help because I love the pattern. Thanks so much.
It is to make the hat stiffer to hold the shape of the bow better.
I have a question about your gauge. What size needles did you use to get the 30 stitches per 4″?
I used size #2.
I am sorry, a #1 not a #2.
The Innaugural Hat has to be the most adorable hat ever made. I see some hats that would be perfect for my granddaughters, too. Great stuff!
Just found your beautiful hat which I would like to knit. Are the needle sizes given US sizes or Imperial sizes?
Please confirm that needle sizes quoted are American and are comparable to 2 and 2-1/4 mm needles in metric
Yes, that is correct. They are US size always on our patterns. Thank You!