Ribbed Brim Hat & Mitts in Plymouth Yarn Mega Cakes & Encore Mega

Ribbed Brim Hat & Mitts in Plymouth Yarn Mega Cakes & Encore Mega

What is Being Made

This downloadable knitting pattern creates a coordinated set of accessories for ladies, including a fitted ribbed brim hat and a pair of matching mitts. The hat features a distinctive ribbed cuff trim with a stockinette stitch body, while the mitts include ribbed cuffs and stockinette stitch hands. Both pieces are designed to work together as a cohesive accessory ensemble.

Techniques Used

This intermediate-level knitting project employs several fundamental techniques suitable for knitters with basic experience. The pattern utilizes in-the-round knitting using circular needles and double-pointed needles, which creates seamless garments. Ribbing is used for the trim and cuff sections to create elasticity and a finished edge. Stockinette stitch forms the main body of both the hat and mitts, creating a smooth, classic fabric. The hat incorporates decreasing techniques using knit-two-together (k2tog) stitches to shape the crown, with seven progressive decrease rounds that gradually reduce stitches to a point. The pattern also demonstrates color work by changing between the main color and contrast color for visual definition between the trim and body sections.

Stitches Used

• Knit (k): The fundamental stitch used throughout the stockinette stitch sections
• Purl (p): Used in combination with knit stitches to create the k1/p1 ribbing pattern
• K1/p1 Ribbing: An alternating knit and purl pattern that creates vertical columns of texture, used for the hat brim and mitt cuffs to provide stretch and recovery
• Stockinette Stitch: Created by knitting every round in the round, producing a smooth V-patterned fabric on the right side
• K2tog (Knit Two Together): A right-leaning decrease stitch used in the hat crown shaping to gradually reduce stitches

Materials

The pattern calls for Plymouth Yarn Mega Cakes as the main color, with one 150-gram cake shown in color 101. The trim and cuff sections use Plymouth Yarn Encore Mega in color 217 as the contrast color, requiring one 100-gram ball. The hat is worked on US size 13 and US size 15 circular needles (16 inches) for the main sections, with US size 15 double-pointed needles for the crown decreases. The mitts are constructed using US size 13 and US size 15 double-pointed needles. The pattern specifies a gauge of 8 stitches over 4 inches in stockinette stitch on size US 15 needles. Additional notions include a stitch marker for round marking and a yarn needle for weaving in ends.

Pattern Specifications

The finished hat is sized for ladies medium with a total length of 7.5 inches from the cast-on edge to the crown shaping. The hat begins with 40 stitches cast on with the contrast color, worked in ribbing for 6 rounds before switching to the main color and stockinette stitch. The mitts are made as a pair, each with 16 stitches cast on loosely with the contrast color, featuring a 2.5-inch ribbed cuff followed by stockinette stitch sections in the main color.