A few years ago my son found a slouch beanie online that he loved. He wasn’t happy with the price and asked me to look at it and see if I could make something similar.
I played around with the pattern and proportion and finally came up with The Travis Hat.
That first hat started something. His friends started asking where he got the hat, my daughter wanted one and then her friends and before I knew it I’d knitted probably a dozen of them. I used a soft acrylic sport weight yarn in lighter colors to highlight the pattern.
I hope you like it too. ‘Static Happy Knitting!
Super Simple Travis Hat The Pattern:
1 Skein soft sport weight yarn
Gauge: 6 St / IN with # 4 circular
Row doesn’t matter as you’ll be measuring.
This is for a man’s size (24 in around)
K = Knit. P = Purl
Cast on 140 st. (I use magic loop method)
Join in round.
K2 P2 Rib until hat measures @ 1″ (or whatever looks good to you)
Pattern Row 1: *PKKP KPKPKP Repeat from * around.
Pattern Row 2: *PKKP PKPKPK. Repeat from * around.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until hat measures 11-12 inches tall.
(You will notice the PKKP produces a rib and the KPKPKP / PKPKPK section is a seed stitch pattern between the ribs.
Once the hat measures 11-12 in. You will begin reducing every other row by knitting two stitches together in the seed stitch section between the ribs.
After you’ve reduced away the seed pattern, purl together the purls in the rib until you have Only PKK repeat.
Cut a long tail and thread onto a yarn needle. Slip all remaining stitches onto the needle and pull tight. Turn hat inside out, knot. Weave in ends.
Tip: I put a stitch marker at the end of each pattern repeat to make things easier until the pattern becomes obvious.
You’re done!
‘Static Happy Knitting!
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