AMANO Sahua Hat Knitting Pattern

AMANO Sahua Hat

What Is Being Made

The AMANO Sahua Hat is a seamless, worked-in-the-round knit hat designed by Martha Wissing for the Fall Winter 16/17 collection. This downloadable knitting pattern produces a finished hat featuring a distinctive textured crown and a folded hem detail that creates a professional, polished appearance.

Techniques Used

This hat is constructed using seamless knitting techniques, worked entirely in the round on circular needles. The pattern employs several key construction methods:

• Circular needle knitting for the main body, transitioning to double-pointed needles (dpns) during crown decreases when stitches become too few for comfortable circular needle work
• Stitch pickup and grafting for the hem, where stitches are picked up from the cast-on edge and knit together with live stitches to create a neat, finished fold
• Strategic increases and decreases to shape the crown, including knit-together decreases and purl-together decreases that integrate seamlessly with the stitch pattern
• Turning ridge technique created by purling one round to establish a fold line for the hem
• Blocking as a finishing technique to enhance the final appearance

Stitches Used

The Sahua Hat features a Waffle Stitch pattern as its primary textural element. This pattern is worked over four rounds and repeated as follows:

• Round 1: *Knit 2, purl 1, repeat from * around
• Round 2: *Knit 2, purl 1, repeat from * around
• Round 3: Purl evenly around
• Round 4: *Knit 2, purl 1, repeat from * around

The waffle stitch pattern creates a subtle, dimensional texture that distinguishes this hat from basic stockinette designs. Additional stitches incorporated throughout the pattern include knit stitches, purl stitches, knit-together decreases (k2tog), purl-together decreases (p2tog), and make-one increases (m1) for shaping.

Materials and Construction Details

The pattern calls for yarn from AMANO Yarns and requires both smaller and larger circular needles to accommodate the gauge changes and stitch count throughout the hat. Double-pointed needles are also necessary for completing the crown shaping when the stitch count decreases significantly.

The hat begins with 110 stitches cast on using the smaller circular needle, with careful attention paid to avoid twisting stitches during the join. After the initial knit rounds and turning ridge, the stitch count is increased to 114 stitches before the waffle stitch pattern begins. The crown shaping progresses through multiple decrease rounds, reducing stitches from 76 to 38 to 19 before final closure. The finished hat measures 9 inches from the turning row to the crown shaping section.

For more information about AMANO Yarns and yarn selections suitable for this pattern, visit amanoyarns.com or contact info@amanoyarns.com.