Lana Grossa Hat Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Hat in Cool Air

What is Being Made

The Lana Grossa Hat in Cool Air is a seamless, worked-in-the-round knit hat designed to fit head circumferences of 51–53 cm, 55–57 cm, or 58–60 cm. This classic hat design comes from Filati About Berlin 06 and features a textured construction that creates visual interest and warmth through its specialized stitch pattern.

Techniques Used

This hat is constructed using a bottom-up seamless method, meaning the knitter begins at the lower edge and works upward in continuous rounds without requiring seaming. The worked-in-the-round technique is achieved using double-pointed needles, which allows the fabric to be created in a spiral without interruption. The hat features strategic decreases worked evenly around the crown to shape the top, including knit-two-together reductions and slip-knit-pass decreases that gradually taper the stitches until the opening is closed by drawing the yarn through remaining stitches.

Stitches Used

The primary stitch pattern is Fisherman's rib, a textured stitch that creates a thick, elastic fabric ideal for hat construction. The Fisherman's rib pattern works on a multiple of 2 stitches and is repeated continuously in rounds. The pattern combines knit and purl stitches with yarn overs, where each yarn over and the following slipped stitch are treated as a single stitch unit. The hat also incorporates 1x1 ribbing (alternating knit and purl stitches) in the crown shaping rounds, which provides structure and helps the hat conform to the head.

Materials and Specifications

The hat requires 100 grams of Lana Grossa Cool Air yarn in Dark Grey (color 3). This yarn is composed of 55% pure wool, 33% alpaca, and 12% polyamide, offering a blend of warmth, softness, and durability. The yardage is 125 meters per 50-gram ball, providing approximately 250 meters total for the project. Knitting is worked on size 4 mm double-pointed needles, and the recommended gauge is 16.5 stitches and 30 rounds measured over 10 x 10 centimeters in Fisherman's rib stitch. The pattern instructions include three size options with stitch counts of 72, 80, or 84 stitches at the cast-on, distributed evenly across four needles.

Construction Details

The hat begins with a cast-on of 72 (80, 84) stitches arranged evenly on four double-pointed needles. Stitches are joined in the round using a beginning-of-round marker. The main body is worked in Fisherman's rib pattern for 23 centimeters from the cast-on edge. Crown shaping then begins with a decrease round that reduces the stitch count by 8 stitches using knit-three-together decreases, resulting in 64 (72, 76) stitches. Three rounds of 1x1 ribbing follow, then a second decrease round using slip-knit-pass decreases reduces the stitches to 32 (36, 38). A single knit round follows, and a final decrease round brings the remaining stitches to 16 (18, 19). The yarn is then cut and drawn through the remaining stitches before being pulled tight to close the crown. All ends are woven in to finish the hat.