AMANO Gloria Hat Knitting Pattern

AMANO Gloria Hat

What Is Being Made

The Gloria Hat is a classic knitted winter hat designed by Martha Wissing for AMANO's Fall Winter 15/16 collection. This intermediate-level project creates a finished hat with a 20-inch circumference, suitable for adult wear. The design features a distinctive cable pattern worked throughout the crown, combined with a decorative pom pom accent at the top, making it both a functional and stylish cold-weather accessory.

Techniques Used

This hat is worked in the round, a fundamental technique in circular knitting that creates seamless fabric by knitting continuously in spiral rows. The pattern begins with cable work in the ribbed cuff section, then transitions to stockinette stitch for the main body before decreasing to close the crown. The designer incorporates cable techniques throughout, requiring the use of a cable needle to create the twisted, textured pattern that defines the hat's visual appeal. The construction also demonstrates proper gauge checking, needle transitions from circular to double-pointed needles as the circumference decreases, and finishing techniques including weaving in ends and securing a pom pom attachment.

Stitches Used

The Gloria Hat employs several essential knitting stitches:

• Stockinette Stitch (St st): The primary stitch used for the main body of the hat, created by alternating knit and purl rows (or in the round, knitting every round)
• Alternating Cable Rib Pattern: A repeating pattern worked over a multiple of 9 stitches that combines purl columns with cable crossings. The pattern includes two cable variations:
  • LC (Left Cable): Slip 2 stitches to cable needle and hold in front, knit 2, then knit 2 from cable needle
  • RC (Right Cable): Slip 2 stitches to cable needle and hold in back, knit 2, then knit 2 from cable needle
• Knit 2 Together (k2tog): A right-leaning decrease stitch used in the crown shaping to gradually reduce stitch count
• Ribbing: The alternating cable rib pattern creates vertical texture and elasticity in the cuff section

Materials and Tools

The Gloria Hat is constructed using AMANO PUYU yarn in colorway #3007 Silver, requiring 2 hanks of 50 grams each. The yarn is worked at a gauge of 12 stitches and 16 rounds per 4 inches in stockinette stitch using the larger needles. The project requires multiple needle sizes: a 16-inch circular knitting needle in size 11 (8 mm) for the initial cast-on and ribbed sections, a 16-inch circular needle in size 13 (9 mm) for the main body, and double-pointed needles in size 13 (9 mm) for the crown decreases when stitches become too few for the circular needle. Additional tools include a stitch marker to denote the beginning of each round, a cable needle for executing the cable crossings, and a large pom pom maker to create the 3-inch pom pom that finishes the hat's crown.