Boy Meets Girl Hats Knitting Pattern

Boy Meets Girl Hats by Spud and Chloë

What is Being Made

The Boy Meets Girl Hats pattern includes two coordinating hat designs: a women's hat and a men's hat. Both hats feature a classic silhouette with integrated earflaps and button accents. The women's hat is shown in the colorway Sequoia, while the pattern accommodates multiple color options including Soapstone and Flannel. These are one-size-fits-all hats with finished measurements of 21" circumference and 8¼" length, not including the earflaps.

Techniques Used

This knitting pattern employs several intermediate-level techniques to create structured, well-fitted hats. The hats are worked in the round using circular needles and double-pointed needles, which eliminates the need for seaming and creates a seamless construction. The pattern utilizes stranded colorwork, allowing knitters to incorporate multiple yarn colors in a single design. The hats are constructed bottom-up, beginning with the earflaps and building upward to the crown. Increases are worked using the make-one (M1) technique to shape the earflaps, while decreases using knit-two-together (K2tog) help shape the hat crown. The pattern includes detailed instructions for joining earflaps to the main hat body, demonstrating intermediate shaping and construction methods.

Stitches Used

The primary stitch throughout the Boy Meets Girl Hats is stockinette stitch, which creates a smooth, classic fabric with a knit side and purl side. Stockinette stitch is achieved by knitting all stitches on right-side rows and purling all stitches on wrong-side rows when working flat, or knitting every round when working in the round. The pattern also incorporates basic shaping stitches including make-one increases (M1) for gradual shaping of the earflaps and knit-two-together decreases (K2tog) for crown shaping. Purl rows are worked strategically, particularly in the earflap sections, to create definition and structure.

Materials and Yarn

The Boy Meets Girl Hats are designed to be knitted with Spud and Chloë Outer yarn, a worsted-weight yarn that comes in 100-gram skeins with 60 yards per skein. The pattern requires one hank each of three coordinating colors (labeled A, B, and C), allowing for the stranded colorwork design. The yarn is worked on size 11 (8mm) double-pointed needles and a size 11 (8mm) 16-inch circular needle, or needles sized as needed to obtain the correct gauge. The recommended gauge is 9½ stitches and 13 rounds per 4 inches in stockinette stitch. Additionally, a size M (9mm) crochet hook is included in the materials list, along with a tapestry needle for weaving in ends, one stitch marker for tracking the beginning of rounds, and two 1-inch buttons for the men's hat finishing.

Pattern Structure and Construction

The pattern provides instructions for both the women's hat and men's hat, with the women's hat given as the primary instructions and the men's hat measurements noted in parentheses. Knitters begin by casting on 6 stitches using double-pointed needles and working the earflaps flat in stockinette stitch, increasing one stitch on each side every other row until reaching the desired earflap width. Once the earflaps are complete, stitches are transferred to a circular needle and additional stitches are cast on at the beginning of rows to create the main hat body, eventually reaching 50 stitches for the join in the round. The earflaps are then joined to the body, and the hat is completed by working in stockinette stitch in the round. The pattern includes detailed abbreviations and special instructions for managing stitches across needles and maintaining proper tension throughout the seamless construction.