Lavish Fur Hat in Lion Brand Homespun and Fun Fur - 81036AD

Lavish Fur Hat in Lion Brand Homespun and Fun Fur – Free Knitting Pattern 81036AD

This free downloadable knitting pattern from Lion Brand Yarn guides you through creating the Lavish Fur Hat, a cozy, textured winter hat featuring built-in earflaps and a decorative pompom. Designed at an Easy skill level, it is an excellent project for knitters who are comfortable with basic techniques but looking to add a touch of luxurious flair to their accessories. The finished hat has a circumference of approximately 21 inches (53 cm) and is designed to stretch to fit a range of adult head sizes, making it a practical one-size knit.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a knitted fur hat with earflaps. The body of the hat is worked flat, beginning at the lower edge, and is then seamed. The crown is shaped through a series of structured decrease rows, and earflaps are picked up and worked directly from the sides of the hat. A pompom made using a cardboard template completes the finished look, adding a playful, voluminous topper to the hat.

Materials Used

• Lion Brand Homespun Yarn in colorway Edwardian (shade 790-312) – 1 ball, used as Yarn A
• Lion Brand Fun Fur Yarn in colorway Black (shade 320-153) – 1 ball, used as Yarn B
• Lion Brand Knitting Needles Size 11 (8 mm)
• Lion Brand Crochet Hook Size J-10 – used for finishing or edging details
• Lion Brand Split Ring Stitch Markers
• Large-Eye Blunt Needles (set of 6) for seaming and weaving in ends
• A 3½-inch (9 cm) piece of cardboard for forming the pompom

A key design feature of this hat is the held-together yarn technique: one strand each of Lion Brand Homespun and Lion Brand Fun Fur are worked simultaneously for the brim section, creating a richly textured, fur-trimmed edge. The Homespun yarn is a thick, chunky yarn with a woven, nubby texture, while Fun Fur is a novelty eyelash yarn that adds long, fluffy fibers resembling real fur. Together, they produce a dramatic, plush brim that gives this hat its "lavish" character.

Techniques Used

• Holding two strands together – Yarn A and Yarn B are worked as one for the brim rows, blending the textures of both yarns into a single, thick fabric
• Casting on – The hat begins with a cast-on of 44 stitches at the lower edge
• Flat knitting – The hat body is worked back and forth in rows rather than in the round
• Seaming – After the crown is gathered and closed, a vertical seam joins the hat into its cylindrical shape
• Crown shaping with decreases – Structured decrease rows using k2tog (knit two together) reduce the stitch count progressively to shape the top of the hat
• Picking up stitches – Earflaps are picked up directly from the sides of the finished hat body, positioned using stitch markers placed 2 inches (5 cm) and 6½ inches (16.5 cm) from the seam
• Gathering the crown – After the final decrease rows, the remaining 7 stitches are gathered by threading the yarn tail through them and pulling tight, a classic method for closing a knitted hat crown neatly
• Pompom making – A traditional cardboard-wrapped pompom is created and attached to the top of the hat

Stitches Used

• Garter Stitch (knit every row) – Used for the brim section, worked with both strands held together; the gauge for this pattern is set in Garter stitch at 8