I made these hats for Dulaan. It’s a basic tube with tapered ends, and when you fold it in half, you have a double thick hat. It’s super quick to knit, reversible and very warm. What you get is a double knit hat without having to purl or slip stitches. You can vary the length of the hat - Make it longer to enable folding over at the bottom to expose the inner side of this hat. On one hat, I used two colors to complete one side and a handpainted yarn for the other side.

-     *PM, kf&b* 8 times

        (Place marker. Knit front and back of next stitch or use any increase method you like, knit one, Repeat 7                  

         more times. . You now have 16 stitches)

 

Two row repeat:     Row 1:    Knit to end.

                               Row 2    *Slip marker, Kf&b, knit to next marker* 8 times.

                               Repeat these two rows until you have 88 stitches.

 

-    Knit straight until desired length. (You might want to keep a count of the rows knit because you have to knit the same            

     number of rows for the other side.)  

 

OPTIONAL: After knitting to the top of the forehead, evenly decrease 8 stitches around. If you keep the stitch markers on the work, then you can decrease when you reach each marker. I decrease for bit of snugness to keep the hat on the head. After this decrease row, knit until desire length.

 

-    Purl one row. This purl row creates a nice crease when the hat is folded in half.

 

-    Break off yarn. Join new color yarn and knit to match the other side. (IF you did the optional decrease row around

    the forehead, then remember to increase at the same point on the new side.)

 

-    At the crown, you decrease every other row (instead of increasing) after slipping each marker until 8 stitches remain.

 

-    Break off yarn. Using a darning needle, run the yarn through the remaining stitches and remove them from the

     needles. Pull the hole closed and weave in yarn to secure and then hide the yarn inside the hat.