Slip-Stitch cap

The game here is a bit of slip stitchery, where you never knit with more than one color of yarn per round, yet you end up with a cacophony of color. How exuberant you get with your colors is up to you, but as you can see, we feel that this hat is a canvas for your most unfettered color experiments.

With a pattern written in six sizes, this is a hat for all generations, from grandbaby to grandmama.

Notes
To adjust hat depth, work more or fewer ribbing and/or Color Pattern rnds, making sure to end with Rnd 4 of Color Pattern. Each 4-rnd repeat of Color Pattern adds .5″ to the length of the hat. The hat is intended to have a snug fit on the head, just covering the ears.

If using a different needle size or an alternate yarn, the ribbed brim should be worked on a needle one size smaller than the size used for the Color Pattern to ensure a nice snug fit around the brim. A larger needle is needed for the colorwork pattern.

Materials
Neighborhood Fiber Co. Studio Chunky

4 oz (113 g) skeins, each 125 yds (114 m), 100% superwash merino], 1 skein in each of 2 colors
Size US 9 (5.5 mm) circular needle, 16″ (40 cm)
Size US 10 (6 mm) circular needle, 16″ (40 cm) and double-pointed needles (set of 4 or 5), or size to achieve gauge
Stitch marker
3.25″ (85 mm) pompom maker

Knitted Measurements
Circumference: 12 (14, 16, 18, 20, 22)” [30.5 (35.5, 40.5, 45.5, 51, 56) cm]
Length: 5.25 (6.25, 7.25, 7.75, 8.5, 8.5)” [13.5 (16, 18.5, 19.5, 21.5, 21.5) cm]

Sizes
Preemie (newborn, 6 months, 12 months, child/women’s small, women’s medium/men’s small)

Gauge
16 sts and 28 rows = 4″ (10 cm) over color pattern, using larger needle