Scallop Brim Hat Knitting Pattern

Scallop Brim Hat in Plymouth Yarn Galway Roving

What is Being Made

This is an adult-sized knitted hat featuring a distinctive scalloped brim edge. The design uses a two-color construction with a black scalloped brim section and a natural white crown, creating visual contrast and textural interest. The hat is worked in the round from the bottom up, making it an ideal project for knitters learning to work with circular needles.

Techniques Used

The Scallop Brim Hat employs several fundamental knitting techniques suitable for beginner-level crafters. The project begins with a cast-on worked in black yarn, followed by a color change to transition from the scalloped brim to the main crown. The scalloped edge is created using a centered double decrease (CDD), which is a shaping technique that creates decorative decreases. The hat is worked in the round using circular needles and double-pointed needles, which allows for seamless construction. The crown shaping is accomplished through a series of graduated decreases that taper the hat to a fitted top, with k2tog (knit two together) decreases worked in established patterns across multiple rounds until only a small number of stitches remain. The final stitches are gathered and secured to close the crown.

Stitches Used

• Knit stitch (k) – the fundamental stitch used throughout the hat body
• Stockinette stitch (st st) – the primary fabric texture created by alternating knit rounds in circular knitting
• Knit two together (k2tog) – a right-leaning decrease used in the crown shaping rounds
• Centered double decrease (CDD) – a decorative decrease that creates the scalloped brim edge; worked by slipping 2 stitches together as if to knit, knitting 1 stitch, then passing the slipped stitches over the knit stitch

Materials

This hat is designed to be worked with Plymouth Yarn Galway Roving, a bulky-weight yarn that creates fabric quickly and is forgiving for beginner knitters. The pattern requires two 100-gram balls of yarn: one in natural color (color 1) for the main crown and one in black (color 9) for the scalloped brim. The needles required include US size 13 circular needles measuring 16 inches for the initial rounds and a double-pointed needle set in the same size for the crown decreases when the stitch count becomes too small for circular needles. A stitch marker is needed to mark the beginning of each round. The gauge is 2.75 stitches per 1 inch over stockinette stitch, which is typical for bulky-weight yarns and contributes to the quick completion time of this beginner project.