Beanie Knitting Pattern for a unisex hat in 4 sizes "Lollipop Hat"

Evoking memories of those gluey candies that all children wanted to have.

The Lollipop Hat is worked in rounds from the bottom to the top in a fingering sock yarn. The stitch pattern creates a ruched effect and makes it a very stretchy hat to fit many heads. It is a lightweight hat for spring or fall.

There are two samples shown in the pictures. The white one was made out of Regia 4-ply, a commonly used sock yarn which possibly is available in Northern America as well (not quite sure about that). Similar yarns are certainly available all around the world. For the one in yellow I used a fingering weight no name acrylic yarn. Both are the same size (medium) and used exactly the same yardage.

The pattern has been tested in all sizes by several people who used a wide range of fingering yarns - from acrylic to pure wool. All of them showed great results.

What skills are you going to need and what will you get

Difficulty level: intermediate

Gauge: 27 stitches (9 pattern repeats)/40 rows in unstretched lollipop pattern = 10cm/4in.

• knit and purl
• double increases (knit, yarn over, knit, all in the same stitch)
• purl 2 stitches together
• knit 2 stitches together
• s2kp (slip 2 stitches as if to knit, knit 1, pass slipped stitches over).
• knitting in the round on DPNs or circular needles.

The pattern is written and includes a chart for the stitch pattern.

Size information

Child (teen, adult medium, adult large), 45 (50, 55, 60)cm or 18 (20, 22, 24)in in circumference, 17 (21, 22, 25)cm or 6 1/4 (7 1/2, 8 3/4, 10)in in length. The stitch pattern is very stretchy.

What material will you need

Yarn: Regia 4-ply (75% wool, 25% nylon; 210m/50g; 230yds/1.76oz), 1-2 balls. Sample in size medium used exactly 1 ball with nearly nothing remaining. The large size will use more than 1 ball.
(Please note: this yarn comes in 50 g and 100g balls. The sample was made using the 50g balls).
Any other fingering weight yarn will work as well.

Needles: 3mm/US 2 1/2 set of 5 DPNs or circular needles

Notions: yarn needle, stitch marker (optional, only needed when using circular needles)

Other information from the author

You may notice that I am not a native English speaker. All my patterns are tested or edited or both by native speakers. You will also find my contact info in each pattern. Please don't feel shy to ask questions if anything is unclear. I may be in another time zone than you, but will get back to you as soon as possible.

The pattern itself is copyrighted and may not be distributed. Feel free to do whatever you like with your finished items. Gift them, donate them to charity or sell them.