Lang PTO47-04 Hat Knitting Pattern

Lang PTO47-04 Snowflake Hat

What is Being Made

The Lang PTO47-04 is a knitted hat featuring a snowflake motif design. This downloadable pattern from Lang Yarns produces a finished garment with a classic winter aesthetic, combining structural shaping with decorative cable and textured elements that create visual interest throughout the piece.

Construction Method

This hat is worked using a bottom-up construction, meaning knitting begins at the brim and progresses upward toward the crown. The pattern is worked flat on straight needles rather than in the round, requiring seaming to join the edges together once all pieces are completed. This flat-working approach allows for easier stitch manipulation and cable placement across the fabric.

Techniques Used

The primary decorative technique featured in this design is cable knitting, which creates raised, twisted rope-like patterns across the surface of the hat. Cable work involves crossing groups of stitches over one another using auxiliary needles (cable needles) to shift their working order, producing the characteristic three-dimensional texture. The snowflake motif is achieved through strategic cable placement and stitch manipulation, creating a cohesive winter-themed design.

Stitches and Stitch Patterns

• Knit stitch (garter and stockinette) – The foundational stitches forming the base fabric
• Purl stitch – Used in combination with knits to create texture and definition
• Cable crosses – Multiple cable variations including 2-over-2 cables and 3-over-1 configurations that form the snowflake pattern
• Twisted increases – Both right-leaning and left-leaning twisted increases for shaping
• Decreases – Including slip-slip-knit (SSK) and knit-two-together (K2tog) for crown shaping
• Purl decreases – Two-purl-together decreases for structured shaping

The pattern employs a 6-stitch repeat for the main motif and a 15-stitch repeat for the overall snowflake design, allowing the pattern to scale across different hat sizes while maintaining design integrity.

Materials

While specific yarn weight and needle size recommendations are not detailed in the provided pattern excerpt, this knitted hat would typically require yarn suitable for winter headwear and knitting needles appropriate to the chosen yarn weight. The cable-heavy construction benefits from needles that provide good stitch definition and control during cable manipulation. All measurements in this pattern are provided in metric (centimeters), following Lang Yarns' standard sizing conventions.

Pattern Format

This is a downloadable PDF pattern from Lang Yarns, presented in both German and French instructions, making it accessible to European knitters. The pattern includes detailed stitch charts with visual representations of cable crosses and other techniques, enabling knitters to follow the snowflake design row by row.