Slouch Hat Knitting Pattern "Oidaa"

Young people sometimes have their own language. Oidaa is a word used around here. The meaning is grammatically not quite precise, as it originally means an older male person, but is nowadays also used among young females. However, young people who use this word quite often also wear slouchy hats.

Oidaa is worked from the bottom to the top. The pattern is written for the use of sport weight yarn, but works very well in a fingering as well. Instructions are for sizes teen, medium adult and large adult. It is a versatile pattern though and can be made in a variety of lengths to suit the prospective wearer … a short beany to a relaxed slouchy hat.

Difficulty level: Advanced beginner (working in the round on DPNs or circulars, increases, decreases, easy lace stitches)

Gauge: 24 stitches/34 rows in stockinette stitch and larger needles = 10cm/4in

• knit and purl
• yo: yarn over
• skp: slip 1 stitch, knit 1 stitch, pass slipped stitch over the knit stitch
• k2tog: knit 2 stitches together
• m1: make 1: pick up and knit a stitch from the strand between the stitch just worked and the next stitch on the left hand needle

The pattern is written for sizes teen/adult-medium/adult-large, 50/55/61cm (20/22/24in) in circumference, 23/25/27cm (9/10/11in) in length

Yarn: Steinbach Strapaz (80% wool/20% nylon; 150m/50g; 164yds/1.76oz), 1-2 balls. Sample in size medium used exactly 150m/164yds. The pink one was made out of a heavy fingering (380m/100g; 416yds/3.53oz), has the same dimensions and used 183m (200yds).

Needles: 3.5mm/US 4 for the hatband, 4mm/US 6, set of 5 DPNs or circular needle

Notions: Yarn needle, stitch marker (optional)