Berroco Goshen Hat Knitting Pattern

Berroco Goshen Knit Hat

What is Being Made

The Berroco Goshen is an easy-level knit hat featuring a classic design with earflaps. This seamless, worked-in-the-round hat is finished with approximately 20 inches around and 7 inches high, not including the earflaps. The pattern is sized as one size and is suitable for knitters seeking a straightforward project with functional design elements.

Techniques Used

This hat is constructed using bottom-up, seamless construction, meaning the knitter begins at the lower edge and works upward without seaming pieces together. The hat is worked in the round, which creates a continuous circular fabric and eliminates the need for joining seams. This technique is ideal for creating fitted, professional-looking garments with minimal finishing work.

The pattern includes shaping techniques to form the crown of the hat. Decreasing rounds are strategically placed to gradually reduce the stitch count from the body of the hat down to the top, creating a tapered crown. The earflaps are constructed separately using double-pointed needles and then incorporated into the design. The finishing involves threading yarn through remaining stitches and pulling tightly to close the crown opening securely.

Stitches Used

• Knit stitch (k) – the fundamental stitch forming the primary fabric texture
• Purl stitch (p) – used in specific rounds to create textural variation
• Knit two together (k2 tog) – a right-leaning decrease used throughout the crown shaping
• Knit three together (k3 tog) – a more aggressive decrease used in the first decrease round
• Purl two together (p2 tog) – a decrease worked in purl stitch during crown shaping

Materials and Tools

This pattern calls for 1 ball of Berroco Brio yarn (100 grams) in colorway #9435 Whirl. Berroco Brio is the recommended yarn for this design. The knitting tools required include a 16-inch circular knitting needle in size 15 (10.00 mm) for the main body and a set of four double-pointed knitting needles (dpn) in size 15 (10.00 mm) for working the earflaps and crown decreases. Additional notions include a size J (6.00 mm) crochet hook, a tapestry needle for weaving in ends and closing the crown, a stitch holder for temporarily securing stitches, and a stitch marker to track the beginning of rounds.

Gauge

The pattern specifies a gauge of 9 stitches and 16 rows over 4 inches in the pattern stitch of the hat. Checking gauge before beginning is essential to ensure the finished hat meets the intended dimensions and fits properly.