Noro Alternating Rib Hat Knitting Pattern

Noro Alternating Rib Hat

What Is Being Made

The Noro Alternating Rib Hat is an intermediate-level knitted hat designed for adult women. This seamless, crown-to-brim construction hat features a finished head circumference of 20 inches (51 centimeters) and a length of 8½ inches (21.5 centimeters). The hat is measured with slight stretching to accommodate comfortable wear. This classic hat design combines textural interest with wearability, making it suitable for everyday use.

Techniques Used

This hat is constructed using several key knitting techniques that create both structure and visual appeal. The hat is worked in the round using double-pointed needles, eliminating the need for seaming and creating a seamless, professional finish. The construction is bottom-up, meaning knitting begins at the brim and progresses upward toward the crown. Cable techniques are incorporated into the design, adding dimensional texture and visual interest to the finished hat. The seamless, in-the-round construction method ensures even tension and a polished final product.

Stitches Used

The primary stitch pattern used throughout this hat is an alternating rib pattern, which creates vertical lines of texture and elasticity. Ribbed stitches alternate between knit and purl stitches to form the characteristic raised columns. Additional stitch techniques employed include:

• Yarn overs to create new stitches and add texture
• Slip, slip, knit (ssk) decreases for shaping the crown
• Purl stitches worked as part of the alternating rib pattern
• Slip stitches for edge finishing
• Cable stitches for dimensional texture work

The pattern uses a gauge of 24 stitches and 30 rounds to 4 inches (10 centimeters) over the alternating rib pattern, which is essential for achieving the correct finished measurements.

Materials

This hat is designed to be knitted with Noro Tabi yarn in colorway #05, using one 150-gram cake of yarn. The project requires one set of five size US 6/4mm double-pointed needles, which are ideal for seamless, in-the-round knitting. Additional notions include a cable needle for working the cable stitches and a clip-on stitch marker for tracking pattern repeats and shaping points throughout the construction.