Simple Charity Hat

Back in 2010, I wrote and published The Minimalist Knitter's Handbook. While I am far from being a minimalist knitter right now (something I'm working back towards, though), I love that people still find the e-book on Ravelry and want to not only pare down their knitting lives, but knit from the patterns in the book!

It would appear that one of the original patterns from the book, the Simple Charity Hat, was left out of the update I did about a year ago! To remedy this, I'm going to include the free pattern here, so anyone and everyone can use it.

I do not presume to imagine this is a unique pattern. It is a simple size formula, with a few inches of ribbing followed by knitting until you're ready to bind off. That said, I loved making hats like this for many years, and it is a formula I still recommend to beginning knitters who want to learn to knit in the round, but aren't quite ready for decreases.

YARN

One skein I Love This Yarn! (100% acrylic; 355 yards/325 meters per 198 grams)
 Note: You will need between 50 and 150 yards of yarn for this hat.

NEEDLES

US 9 / 5.5 mm 16" circular needle
TWO size US 9 / 5.5 mm double-pointed needle (for three-needle bind off)

NOTIONS

Darning needle for weaving in ends
Stitch Marker

GAUGE

16 sts = 4" in stockinette (row gauge unimportant)

SIZES

baby (toddler, child, adult) = 14 (16, 18, 20) inches wide, un-stretched.

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