Free Intermediate Knit Pattern - Newsboy Hat
Make a Knitted Cap with a Brim for a Trendy Look
Mar 10, 2009
Newsboy caps are very trendy. They are spirited, feisty, and fun, but practical, too! This free pattern is complete and will make an adult sized hat.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: Adult
Finished Size: Circumference of 21 inches
Gauge: 11 sts and 15 rnds = 4 inches/10cm
Materials
- Bulky weight yarn (50 yds/85g per ball): 3 balls
- Size 11 (8mm) 20-inch circular and a set of 5 double-pointed needles
- Stitch markers
- Size K/10 1/2 (6.5mm) crochet hook
- 1 sheet plastic canvas
- 1 (1-inch) button (optional)
Notes
Cap is worked in 6 sections, separated by 1 st which is slipped every other round.
Keep markers on each side of slipped stitch, working increase and decrease in sections.
Slip all stitches knit-wise.
M1 is Make 1. Increase by making a backward loop over the right-hand needle.
Cap
Using circular needle, cast on 54 sts. Join without twisting, place marker for beg of rnd.
Band
Rnd 1: *K1, p1; rep from * around.
Rnds 2 and on: Rep Rnd 1 for rib until band measures 1 1/4 inches from beg.
Shape Cap
Rnd 1: *K8, place marker, sl 1, place marker; rep from * around (last marker will be beg of rnd marker). (12 markers)
Rnd 2: *M1, k8, M1, k1; rep from * around. (66 sts)
Rnd 3: *Knit to marker, sl 1; rep from * around.
Rnds 4-9: Work as for Rnds 2 and 3, inc 2 sts between markers as established, and having 2 more sts between inc each time. (102 sts)
Work even until cap measures 3 inches above last in rnd, ending with Rnd 3.
Shape Crown
Rnd 1: *Ssk, k12, k2 tog, k1; rep from * around. (90 sts)
Rnd 2: *Knit to marker, sl 1; rep from * around.
Rnds 3-7: [Work as for Rnds 1 and 2] twice, then rep Rnd 1 (dec 2 sts between markers). (54 sts)
Rnd 8: *Ssk, k4, k2tog, sl 1; rep from * around. (42 sts)
Rnd 9: *Ssk, k2, k2tog, k1; rep from * around. (30 sts)
Rnd 10: *Ssk, k2tog, sl 1; rep from * around. (18 sts)
Rnd 11: *K2tog, k1; rep from * around. (12 sts)
Rnd 12: Knit even.
Rnd 13. K2tog around. (6 sts)
Cut yarn, leaving an 18-inch tail. Run tail through rem sts. Pull tight to close crown. Fasten off.
Brim (Make 2)
Cast on 11 sts.
Beg St st; knit 1 row.
Row 1 (WS): Cast on 2 sts, purl across. (13 sts)
Row 2: Cast on 2 sts, knit across. (15 sts)
Rows 3 and 4: Rep Rows 1 and 2. (19 sts)
Work 1 row even.
Beg on next row, inc 1 sts at each side [every other row] 3 times. (25 sts)
Work even until brim measures 3 inches from beg, ending with a WS row.
Shape Brim
K9; join a 2nd ball of yarn and bind off center 7 sts, knit to end. (9 sts each side)
Working both sides at once, dec 1 st at each side of center [every row] twice, then [every other row] 7 times. Fasten off.
Band
Please note: Sl first st of every row throughout.
Cast on 5 sts.
Row 1 (RS): Sl 1 knit-wise, [p1, k1] twice.
Row 2: Sl 1 purl-wise, [k1, p1] twice.
Rep Rows 1 and 2 until band measures 22 inches from beg.
Bind off all stitches.
Assembly
Using brim piece as a guide, cut plastic canvas to shape of brim.
With WS tog, join yarn (use crochet hook) with a sl st to 1 corner of brim pieces, working through both thicknesses, ch 1, sc evenly around outer edge of brim pieces. Join them together. Insert plastic canvas between pieces.
Place a marker at each side of cap, 10 sts from center back. Sew brim to cap at underside of rib band between markers.
Sew button to top of hat, if desired.
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