I have knit this hat several times in several ways. It is very easy to modify. I knit the first one, which this pattern is based off of, in a sock-weight yarn.
Pompette.
Invisibly or Provisionally Cast on 54 or enough stitches to make your hat the length you like best.
Row 1. Knit until 2 stitches remain, turn work.
Row2. Knit to the end of the row.
Row 3. Knit until 4 stitches remain, turn work.
Row 4. Knit to the end of the row.
Row 5. Knit until 6 stitches remain, turn work.
Row 6. Knit to the end of the row.
Continue working in this manner, leaving an additional 2 stitches on your left needle before turning the work to knit to the end of your row. Do this until you have turned the work a total of 10 times. If your hat is deeper than mine i.e. you cast on more stitches, you might want to do this a few more times depending on how snugly you like your hats to fit.
The following can be substituted for any other short row method that you prefer.
Knit until 20 stitches are on your left needle OR you arrive at the last place you turned. Do Not Turn Work!
1. Insert your left needle into the stitch from the row below on your right needle, catching the stitch on your left needle.
2. Knit this caught stitch together with the 20th stitch.
3. Knit 1 stitch, turn work.
4. Knit to end of row.
Repeat these 4 steps at each gap, incorporating 2 additional stitches back into the work at each gap.
When you have incorporated all 54 stitches back into your row, you have completed 1 wedge. Repeat this process an additional 7 times in order to complete your hat. You may require more or fewer wedges, depending on your particular row gauge and your head’s circumference.
I knit my first sideways hat following the ZeeBee pattern, but I didn’t like how loosely it fit and mine turned out kind of boxy with only four wedges, so I decided to refine it a bit and here is my own take on this concept. I found out about a book today called Going Straight: A New Generation Of Knitted Hats that is all about hats that are knitted sideways. I am really looking forward to it.
3 responses so far ↓
Kabira // January 15, 2008 at 9:25 am
Hey Rodger, congratulations on your first ‘published’ pattern (I think?) and thanks for your generosity in sharing the pattern and helping me make the version of this I knitted last summer.
Kabira // January 15, 2008 at 9:32 am
PS 1) interesting choice for a pattern name (!)
2) I love Woolly Wormhead’s hats - and am delighted there is a book - although some of her more outlandishly and delightfully creative patterns were not included - maybe because they are not made sideways? A trip through her website is a very fun journey.
shelly // January 16, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Very cool. Reminds me of a sand dollar.
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