Y.A.S. Hat

YAS! It’s time for **Y**et **A**nother **S**tockinette Hat! This simple pattern is worked top down so you can use every single yard of a special yarn - the sample uses a cashmere blend, but this would work well with any light fingering yarn. Perhaps you have a special skein of sock yarn you've been holding onto? Starting with DPNs, you’ll switch to circulars before finally using a tapestry needle to graft the live bottom stitches to the main body of the hat, forming a warm doubled-up brim. **Tutorial for Grafting Stitches** I made a little video tutorial for grafting the live stitches into the body of the stockinette hat here: https://youtu.be/DVo1LlKFUYs **Other Techniques Used** Casting on & knitting in the round with a small number of stitches: https://rebeccadanger.typepad.com/rebecca_danger/2012/03/tutorial-tuesday-casting-on-with-a-small-number-of-stitches-on-dpns.html Make one right (M1R) and make one left (M1L): https://blog.tincanknits.com/2013/10/03/m1/ **Errata** Round 4 instructions should be completed on each needle, increasing 8 stitches every other round. Pattern has been updated. **Adapting This Pattern** Here’s a fun tidbit I’ve learned about my own head: regardless of the weight of the yarn, once the “center square” reaches 4” per side, I can stop increasing and just knit straight until the hat is long enough for the brim. Now that I know that, I can use this same concept to make a hat from any weight of yarn.