Maryland-Inspired Hat
Cynthia was so inspired by Valerie's stitch patterns in the Maryland Road Trip shawl that she made a hat from them. This fingering-weight project is perfect for leftover fingering-weight yarn!
Happy Gnome Hat
Are you crafty? Do you prefer living underground? Do you have a penchant for guarding jewels?
If so, I have the perfect knitting project to suit your personality! The Happy Gnome Hat.
This isn’t just your, run-of-the-mill, average gnome hat. The gnomes have three-dimensional beards and noses. Their eyes are made from black beads that peek out from beneath their hats. The snow beneath them has clear beads to make it sparkle, as snow will do.
Beanie or stocking cap directions are included. Feel free to be creative with colors!
Bunnies in the Cabbage Patch
Find three colors of squishy yarn to make this adorable hat. If you see the bunnies, you'll never un-see them!
Joyfully
Looking for a hat that will keep your head and ears warm? Look no further. Whether you're heading out to the gas station or just getting dressed in the morning, Joyfully will keep you happy. With a hint of Fair Isle and a touch of sparkle, this on-trend hat is sure to make you feel as if winter doesn't even exist.
Proceeds from this hat benefit my friend Joy, in her journey of gaining a home while recovering from a bone-marrow transplant, and will continue until she is able to work again.
Magic Crystal Hat
Join me for a mystery fairy tale!
NOTE: All proceeds for this hat after PayPal fees will go to support my sweet friend Joy Holland’s Go Fund Me. (Click on the link to read more about her situation.) Please buy this hat even if you aren’t going to knit it!! And share the pattern link with any knitter OR nonknitter you know, so that we can try to pull Joy out of her homelessness.
When you buy this pattern, not only will you get a super-cute hat,
you’ll also be reading a fun little fairy tale about a woman’s adventure
in the world of green and purple sprites. Each clue of the hat is
related to the storyline that’s released that day.
Christmas (or not) Fair Isle Hat
You may want to make this hat in holiday colors, or you may want something completely different. In either case, have fun playing with beads!
There May Be Beads
This beautiful hat will teach you several interesting stitches. Go to the videos tab to see how to do the elongated stitch in this hat. The pom pom is, of course, optional. But who could really resist it?
Bead Isle
If you enjoy beads, then this hat is for you. Inspired by Fair Isle patterns, it instead uses beads to form the motifs.
Cabling 101
Learn how to cable with this [pattern that's an easy tutorial. You'll learn how to "cable right" and "cable left." From there, you can make almost any cabled object. Really! (Bonus: You end up with a wonderful hat!) 
Safe Bet
This hat is perfect for the person in your life who thinks that "going wild" means buying a dark-green shirt instead of a blue shirt. Choose two colors of yarn that are just a wee different so that the Fair Isle doesn’t show too much. Trust me. This will be a hit.
Gauge is worked at your choice of 5.5, 5, or 4.5 stitches per inch.
Bernelle
That tempting self-striping yarn. You keep buying it and buying it. And buying it some more. The original small stash grows.
Here's an easy way to make it look great.
Rib for a while, and then work a few rounds of garter stitch to break it up. And back to ribs. A few decreases, and done.
The hat is sized for either DK- or worsted-weight yarn.
The Princess Braid
You’re feeling a bit of … Malaise? Vexation?
You need something new. You need adventure, fighting, fencing, monsters, miracles—perhaps even true love.
Or at the least, you need a new hat with beads to make you sparkle.
This hat is designed with a pretty band that frames the face and creates interest.
It is designed to be custom knit to the wearer’s size. Recommendations are in the pattern if you don’t know the exact head measurement.
Nikki Rae
This flattering hat keeps things interesting by combining ribbing, Fair Isle, reverse stockinette, cabling, and every knitter’s dream: a pom-pom.
You may use two colors, as pictured, or feel free to make it with all your scraps, just for fun!
The hat is sized for either DK- or worsted-weight yarn.
Craving Flowers Hat
You are alone, waiting at the train station. About to wander across the country in an adventure of a lifetime. Free.
You will savor unusual meals, contemplate new sights, and, as the train rolls along, simply enjoy the view of the flowers out the window. Your hat reflects them.
This hat is quick to make, easy to wear, and travels well.
Fiesta de Colores
Let’s have a colorful party!
And we all know that “colorful party” for a knitter means, “Knit this hat!”
Use bright colors—red, turquoise, purple, green, and gold—for the maximum party effect!
Or if you want a more quiet party, feel free to use the neutrals your heart desires. It’s your party, and you can knit how you want to.
The instructions assume that you know how to do Fair Isle. If you don't, check out our First Fair Isle headband pattern for a tutorial, or look at the video tutorial at www.reallyclear.com.
Tangled Pumpkin Vines
In the fall
The fields are full
Of tangled pumpkin vines,
Waiting to decay—
To nourish the crops
Of spring.
This hat is sized for babies (newborn) through adults (large). It has two options: slouchy and watch cap.
Make it in any yarn that knits at either 5 or 5.5 stitches per inch. The instructions assume that you know how to knit in the round, do Fair Isle and read a Fair-Isle chart. If you do not, check our First Fair Isle headband pattern for a tutorial, or look at our video tutorial.
Tussey Mountain
I grew up and still live near Tussey Mountain. (I admit that it’s barely a hill if you live in the west.) And because of that, no matter where I travel, I find that the mountains are in me. Little or big, mountains always bring both a sense of adventure and a source of comfort.
This Fair Isle hat depicts a series of mountains to keep you warm and cozy and feeling both protected and exhilarated!
Experience with Fair Isle is assumed for this pattern. If you have never done Fair Isle, try our First Fair Isle headband, or check out our how-to video.
First Fair Isle
There is nothing like Fair Isle to give the knitter the creativity to combine vibrant colors with stunning patterns. This pattern will teach you everything you need to know to be able to make a headband.
Button Pusher
Your grandmother had a box full of buttons that you loved to play with as a kid. Later you grew up, and you had a button box all your own, filled with buttons that you were saving for someday. Now you can use them! Or even better, go to a local yarn store, where your friendly neighborhood button pusher will be happy to supply you with all the buttons you need to make as many hats as you wish.
This easy little cabled hat will show off your favorites. Use small buttons for the little ones, larger for the grownups. The pattern assumes that you know how to cable and read a cable chart.
The hat is sized for baby through adult.
Scrap Keeper
There's a bin in your closet, and it is filled with colorful little balls of yarn that you have kept: Scraps from so many projects. Scraps you couldn't bear to throw away because they were so beautiful. Scraps that are simply the aftermath of that Lizard Ridge blanket.
Here is your chance to use them.
If you need to learn to do Fair Isle, check out our video!
Three Cheers!
The bold, graphic stars make this contemporary patriotic hat a must have—so go ahead and knit one, and then give three cheers for the red, white, and blue!
Use cotton yarn to take the chill off a summer night, or use wool to celebrate all year long.
The hat is sized for babies (newborn) through adults (large), so that the whole family can be patriotic together. A headband option is also given.
Make it in any yarn that knits at either 5 or 5.5 stitches per inch. The instructions assume that you know how to do Fair Isle. If you do not, check our First Fair Isle headband pattern for a tutorial, or look at our video.
Paws of Pride
This hat will show your school spirit!
…Well, that is, if your school has a mascot with a paw print!
It is sized for infants, babies, children, women, and men, so that everyone in the family can have spirit. The instructions assume that you know how to do Fair Isle. If you do not, check our our First Fair Isle headband pattern for a tutorial, or look at our video tutorial.
Teegan
"Teegan" is a Gaelic word meaning “little poet”—and this hat is like a beautiful dance of colorful poetry! This pattern graphs the colors as shown in the photo, but of course feel free to use your imagination! The hat is sized for everyone from baby to adult male. Make one for everyone in the family, and face the gray winter with a bright spot of happiness! This pattern assumes that you know how to knit Fair Isle and pick up stitches.
Geek Headbands
Take your pick of a headband for your favorite geek: chemistry (Avogadro's Number), math (pi), music ("I can't. I have rehearsal."), astronomy (speed of light), grammar (they're there their), medicine (airway, breathing...), computer (zeros and ones), history (Veni, Vedi, Vici), Jane Austen (Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy), and of course, knitting (YO, K2tog, K1, SSK)!
Snowflakes in the Air
“Snowflakes in the air
Carols everywhere
Olden times and ancient rhymes
Of love and dreams to share”
—from “Christmas Time is Here,” Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack
Warm your loved ones on crisp winter evenings with a hat that celebrates the beauty of snow. This hat can be a festive part of Christmas time, but the sophisticated design with its not-quite Christmas colors will look beautiful all winter long.
The instructions assume that you know how to do Fair Isle. If you do not, check our First Fair Isle headband pattern for a tutorial, or look at our website’s video tutorial at www.reallyclear.com. Brief instructions on placing beads are also provided in this pattern, but the video at reallyclear.com will supplement. (No worries. Beads are super-easy.)
Shadow Play
Shadow knitting or Illusion knitting is a simple technique that combines knit and purl stitches to create ridges that allow shapes to appear and disappear as the viewer’s angles change. “Shadow Play” is a simple pattern that will introduce you to the technique. This hat is made in 3 wedges, each of which uses a simple shadow-knitting technique to create the illusion of 6 wedges. A cute tassel or pom-pom at the top finishes off the look!
Diamond Head
Intarsia is like a jigsaw puzzle for knitters. It is knitting formed from blocks of color, each knit with separate strands of yarn. Most intarsia patterns are for kids. But sometimes grownups want an intarsia project for themselves—one that doesn’t involve duckies or airplanes. Here it is. It’s a simple process to knit using an intarsia pattern, but many knitters have not done it before, and on the surface it can look intimidating.
This pattern goes through the process step by step, gives lots of tips for making it easier, and explains how to get a great look. Make the background or the motif the light or dark—your choice! The instructions give you either a hat that fully covers the ears or a hat that is a bit shorter.
Four-Corners Hat
This hat is made with a series of small mitered squares. (Even the top is mitered.) It's a great little project for learning not only how to make mitered squares, but also how to pick up stitches. Using a variegated or self-striping yarn makes the miters extra fun!
Quick-Knit Hat
This versatile hat can be made with a rolled brim for a feminine look, or with a ribbed brim for the whole family. Rib it from beginning to end, and you have a classic beanie! It is sized for men, women, and children. The learning version of the pattern (HT-001L) contains detailed photos to help beginning knitters.
Skills taught in the Learning Version of this pattern:
This pattern has step-by-step photos with much detail. It will show you….
* How to use circular needles.
* How to join in a circle without twisting.
* How to use double-pointed needles.
* How to knit two stitches together.
* The visual difference between the front and back of the fabric.
* How to join yarn if you run out.
* How to weave in yarn.