Retro Cloche Stash Hat

By Just call me Ruby

Materials

Jo Sharp Classic DK Wool (Double Knit/Worsted yarn 50g/98m approx)
100% Pure Wool

2 x 50gm balls - shade Orient (347)
1 pair 5mm (US #8) needles
1 set 5mm(US #8) double pointed needles (DPN's)
1 metre (39 inches) of 1cm (quarter inch) wide ribbon

Tension

18sts = 10cm (4 inches) using 5mm (US #8)needles over garter stitch.

Pattern Notes

The hat is knitted flat from the crown down in one piece in garter stitch (every row knit), then in rounds for the brim. It only takes 2 balls of DK yarn, so is perfect for using up your stash.

Abbreviations
yo - Yarn over. Carry yarn over needle, then work next stitch. This leaves a strand over the needle that you pattern into on the next row, creating a decorative eyelet and an increase.
DPN - double pointed needles.

Pattern

Using 5mm (US #8) needles cast on 4sts.
Row 1: Knit into front and back of each st. (8sts)
Row 2: (k1, yo) rep to last st, k1. (15sts)
Row 3 and each alt row: Knit.
Row 4: k1, * yo, k2, rep from * to end.
Row 6: k1, * yo, k3, rep from * to end.
Row 8: k1, * yo, k4, rep from * to end.
Row 10: k1 * yo, k5, rep from * to end.

Continue working as above, increasing every other row, and increasing number of knit stitches between each yo by 1 st on each increase row, until there are 15sts between yo's.
Work 1 row. Place marker at either end of row.
Still knitting every row, dec 1 st at each end of next and every alt row 8 times.
Work without shaping for 2.5cm (1 inch).
Commencing with a knit row, work 6 rows in stocking stitch.

Join back seam from top of crown to markers at beginning of decreases.
Change to 5mm DPN's by knitting across 48sts on first DPN, and the next 48sts with second, pick up and knit 20sts down open back seam of hat, then 20 up other side of open back seam with third DPN. (136sts).

Continue working in stocking stitch in rounds from this point.
Round 1: Knit 96sts, * yfwd, k2tog, k2, rep from * 5 times, ** k2, yfwd, k2tog, rep from ** 5 times.
Next and all foll rounds:knit.
Repeat until 10 cm (2.5 inches) has been worked from commencement of rounds. Cast off.

Making Up

Curl stocking stitch edging and steam by holding iron slightly above work without touching. Thread ribbon through one side of eyelets, round hat, then through the other side of eyelets, adjust to fit and tie in bow.

Just call me Ruby is the design name of Susan Crawford, co-author of A Stitch in Time, Vintage Knitting and Crochet patterns 1920-1949 : Vol.1 and Vintage Gifts to Knit. You can read more at www.justcallmeruby.com