Long Winter Hat with Tassel - Free Knitting Pattern

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Long Winter Hat with Tassel
Free Knitting Pattern

Free Knitted Hat Pattern

This free Long Winter Hat with Tassel pattern is re-published by Eastman Publishing from a November 1966 publication issued by the Extension Service, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics and the United States Department of Agriculture.

This particular hat's style was popular in the 1960's and 1970's. Not only does this hat cover one's head and ears in the winter, but also can be wrapped around the neck and worn as a scarf at the same time.

Directions:

Hat

With main color cast on 182 sts, divide sts on 3 needles (61 sts on 1st needle, 61 sts on 2nd needle, 60 sts on 3rd needle), join.

1st round: * K 1, P 1, repeat from * to end of round.

Chart No. 1

2nd round: * P 1, K 1, repeat from * to end of round. Change to stockinette st (K each round) and following chart No. 1 repeat design on chart between arrows 12 times for pattern, cut contrasting yarn. Repeat 1st and 2nd rounds once.

Next round: Turn work inside out to reverse band. With wrong side of band toward you, K in rounds until work measures 5 inches from beginning.

Next round: K 14, K 2 tog, * K 13, K 2 tog, repeat from * 9 times ending with K 14, K 2 tog. Work even for 1½ inches.

Next round: * K around decreasing 10 sts evenly. Work even for 1½ inches. Repeat from * twice (140 sts).

Chart No. 2

Next round: * K around decreasing 20 sts evenly. Work even for 3 inches. Repeat from * twice (80 sts). Work even until work measures 36 inches from beginning.

Next round: K 2 tog all around, cut yarn leaving a length. Thread into tapestry needle and draw through remaining sts, fasten securely.

Tassel: Wind both colors used over a 9-inch cardboard about 125 times, tie one end. Cut other end. Tie again about 1^ inches from top. Sew to cap as illustrated. Run tubular elastic through last row of pattern on wrong side to fit head.

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