Rainbow Ladders Hat [Knitting Pattern]

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The Rainbow Ladders Hat can be knit with variegated yarn or by changing two or more solid colors. Slipped stitches create the stiles of the ladders that climb all the way up to the pompom.

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Rainbow Ladders Hat and Simple Chunky Knitted Hat

a child wearing a rainbow knitted hat with a green pompom points to something in the distance while a child in a blue knitted hat looks on — Rainbow Ladders Hat and Simple Chunky Knitted Hat

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Rainbow Ladders Hat
Knitting Pattern

The Rainbow Ladders Hat Knitting Pattern makes clever use of slipped stitches to create the illusion of colorwork. The ladder effect will work on any number of colors and works well with variegated yarn.

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Materials

Recommended Yarn:
70-80 yards of Bernat Softee Chunky in Schoolyard
(pictured yarn is a small-batch, hand-dyed wool)

Needles:
US #13/9.0 mm

Notions:
finishing needle
stitch markers

Notes

Gauge:
10 sts x 14 rows = 4″ x 4″
in Stockinette stitch

Sizing:
child: 20″ to 25″ circumference, about 7″ from brim to pom
adult: 20″ to 25″ circumference, about 8.5″ from brim to pom

Abbreviations

CO – cast on
k – knit
k2tog – knit 2 stitches together; single right-leaning decrease
p – purl
PM – place marker
sl – slip
ssk – slip 2 stitches knitwise, knit these 2 stitches together through back loops; single left-leaning decrease

Pattern

This cap is worked in the round from the brim up, using oversized needles.

Pattern is written for variegated or single color yarn. If you plan to use two or more colors of yarn, change yarns every 4 rounds. (Do not count the CO as a round.)

Setup

CO 44 sts, PM, and join for working in the round, taking care not to twist.

Ribbed Brim

1 – *k2, p2* to end
Work this round 7 more times.

Body

1 and 2 – *sl1, k3*
3 and 4 – k all

Repeat these 4 rows until cap measures 6″/7.5″ (child/adult) from the cast-on edge or about 1″ shy of desired length.

Crown Shaping

1 – *sl1, k1, ssk* [33 sts]
2 – *sl1, k2tog* [22 sts]
3 – k all
4 – *k2tog* [11 sts]

Snip yarn, draw through remaining stitches, and secure.

Finishing

Create pompom and secure to top.

Weave in ends. Block if desired.