Easy Knitted Hats
Your First Hat on Circular Needles
A seamless first hat in three sizes, knit in the round in worsted yarn. Markers handle the crown shaping and a table gives the stitch count after every decrease round.
Knit a Hat You’ll Love to Wear
Beginner-friendly hat patterns with clear round-by-round instructions, honest sizing help, and the techniques explained along the way.
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Never knit a hat before? Work through these in order.
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How to Knit a Hat: A Beginner’s Roadmap
Every knitted hat is a brim, a body and a crown. This roadmap explains the three stages, the flat and in-the-round routes, and the few skills a first hat needs.
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The Best Yarn for Knitted Hats: Fiber, Weight and Feel
Fiber, weight and construction decide how a hat fits, feels and wears. Here is how wool, superwash, acrylic and cotton compare, and which thickness suits which hat.
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Needles for Knitting Hats: 16-Inch Circulars, DPNs and Magic Loop
Which needles a hat needs and why: a 16-inch circular for the body, double-pointed needles or magic loop for the crown, and how to choose the size.
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Knit Hat Size Chart: Head Circumference, Hat Height and Ease
A size chart for knitted hats from baby to adult large, with typical head circumferences, matching hat circumferences and heights, and a plain explanation of negative ease.
Easy Knitted Hats
Easy Flat-Knit Hat on Straight Needles (Seamed)
A beginner hat knit back and forth on two straight needles, then sewn up the back. Ribbed brim, stockinette body and a crown shaped row by row with every stitch count given.
Easy Knitted Hats
Garter Stitch Hat: Knit Every Row, Seam, Gather
A hat made from one flat rectangle of knit stitches, seamed up the side and gathered at the top. Three sizes, no purling and no circular needles.
Knitted Beanies
Slouchy Beanie Pattern for Beginners
A beginner-friendly slouchy beanie knit in the round in worsted-weight yarn, with a snug 2x2 ribbed brim, a longer stockinette body and a fully counted crown in two sizes.
Knitted Beanies
Classic Knit Beanie Pattern with a Folded Brim
A classic worsted-weight beanie knit in the round, with a 2x2 ribbed cuff, a stockinette body and an eight-wedge crown, written in three sizes with every stitch count given.
Knitted Beanies
Beanie Styles Explained: Fitted, Cuffed, Slouchy and Watch Cap
Fitted, cuffed, slouchy and watch cap beanies share one structure and differ mainly in height and brim depth. Here is what defines each style and how to choose between them.
Popular Patterns
Classic hat shapes, hand-picked by the editor.
Chunky Knit Hats
Chunky Knit Hat: A Quick Hat in Super Bulky Yarn
A fast chunky hat knitted in the round in super bulky yarn, with a ribbed brim, a six-section crown and an optional large pom-pom, in three sizes.
Knitted Beanies
Slouchy Beanie Pattern for Beginners
A beginner-friendly slouchy beanie knit in the round in worsted-weight yarn, with a snug 2x2 ribbed brim, a longer stockinette body and a fully counted crown in two sizes.
Ribbed Hats
2×2 Ribbed Beanie: A Stretchy Hat That Fits Almost Anyone
A beanie worked in knit 2, purl 2 ribbing from edge to crown, in three sizes, with a short version and a long fold-up cuff version.
Knitted Beanies
Classic Knit Beanie Pattern with a Folded Brim
A classic worsted-weight beanie knit in the round, with a 2x2 ribbed cuff, a stockinette body and an eight-wedge crown, written in three sizes with every stitch count given.
Hat Stitches
View allRibbing, garter, seed stitch and simple colorwork, and what each one does for a hat.
Knitted Hat Patterns
Simple Colorwork Hat: A First Two-Color Band
A plain worsted-weight beanie with one small stranded band above the brim: a 4-stitch, 7-round chart with short floats, written out round by round for a first try at colorwork.
Knitted Hat Patterns
Striped Knit Hat: Simple Color Changes in the Round
A fitted two-color beanie with even 4-round stripes, plus clear instructions for changing colors, carrying the unused yarn and smoothing the jog where each stripe starts.
Knitted Hat Patterns
Seed Stitch Hat: Easy Texture for a First Pattern
A textured worsted-weight hat with a 1x1 ribbed brim, a seed stitch body and a simple stockinette crown, using only knit, purl and one decrease.
Hat Techniques
How to Make a Pom-Pom for a Hat (and Attach It Securely)
Make a full, round yarn pom-pom with two cardboard rings, then fasten it to a knitted hat so it stands up, stays on and can come off for washing.
Hat Techniques
How to Finish a Knit Hat: Close the Top, Weave In Ends, Block
The three finishing jobs every knitted hat needs, in order: gathering the last stitches at the crown, weaving in the ends so they stay put, and blocking.
Hat Techniques
Crown Decreases: How to Shape the Top of a Knitted Hat
How hat crown decreases work: dividing the stitches into sections, choosing k2tog or ssk, and deciding how often to decrease for a rounded top.
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Seasonal Hats
Double-Brim Winter Hat: Extra Warmth Over the Ears
A worsted-weight winter hat with a ribbed brim that is folded to the inside and joined as you knit, giving two warm layers over the ears with no sewing. Three sizes.
Seasonal Hats
Lightweight Cotton Beanie for Spring and Fall
A light, thin beanie in DK weight cotton for mild days, with a shallow ribbed brim, a stockinette body and a fully written 8-section crown. Two adult sizes.
Knitted Hat Patterns
Simple Colorwork Hat: A First Two-Color Band
A plain worsted-weight beanie with one small stranded band above the brim: a 4-stitch, 7-round chart with short floats, written out round by round for a first try at colorwork.
Hat Techniques
How to Make a Pom-Pom for a Hat (and Attach It Securely)
Make a full, round yarn pom-pom with two cardboard rings, then fasten it to a knitted hat so it stands up, stays on and can come off for washing.
Chunky Knit Hats
Chunky Flat-Knit Hat on Straight Needles
A quick super bulky hat knitted flat on one pair of straight needles, shaped with six simple decreases per row and sewn up the back.
Chunky Knit Hats
Chunky Knit Hat: A Quick Hat in Super Bulky Yarn
A fast chunky hat knitted in the round in super bulky yarn, with a ribbed brim, a six-section crown and an optional large pom-pom, in three sizes.
Ready to cast on your first hat?
Pick an easy pattern, check your gauge, and work up to ribbing, colorwork and chunky knits at your own pace. Every tutorial on the site is free to read, no sign-up needed.