Hats and Snood in Hayfield DK with wool - 9901 - Downloadable PDF

Hats and Snood in Hayfield DK with Wool – Pattern 9901: Complete Summary

This downloadable PDF knitting pattern from Hayfield presents four distinct designs worked in Hayfield DK with Wool (F046): a Pull On Hat, a T-Bag Hat, a Slouchy Hat, and a Snood. The collection is sized to fit a range of wearers from 4 years through to adult men and women, making it a versatile family-friendly pattern set. Each design has its own character, colourwork approach, and shaping method, yet all share the same yarn base and broadly the same needle requirements, keeping your toolkit simple.

About the Yarn: Hayfield DK with Wool

Hayfield DK with Wool (F046) is a double knitting weight yarn, a weight that strikes an ideal balance between speed of knitting and fine stitch definition. The wool content adds natural warmth, elasticity, and a pleasing drape that makes it particularly well suited to accessories worn close to the head and neck. Each ball is 100g, and for every design in this pattern only one ball per shade is required, keeping the project economical and stash-friendly.

Needles Required

• 3¼mm (UK10 / USA3) knitting needles – used for ribbed or tighter cast-on sections on the hats
• 4mm (UK8 / USA6) knitting needles – used for the main body of all hats and for the entire Snood

Working to the stated tension is emphasised as essential throughout the pattern. The Pull On Hat specifies a tension of 21 stitches and 38 rows to 10cm (4in) on 4mm needles over seed (moss) stitch pattern.

Design One: Pull On Hat

The Pull On Hat is a classic, close-fitting hat worked in a two-colour scheme using a main shade and a contrast shade. The recommended shades are shade 103 as the main colour and shade 090 as the contrast, each requiring one 100g ball across all sizes from 4–6 years through to adult man.

Techniques and Stitches

• Seed stitch (moss stitch) forms the primary fabric of the hat, created by alternating knit and purl stitches in a k1, p1 arrangement that offsets on every row to produce a pleasingly textured, non-curling surface
• The cast on is worked using the thumb method on 3¼mm needles, providing a neat, slightly elastic edge
• Stitches are then transferred to 4mm needles for the main body
• Crown shaping is achieved through structured decreases, including p2tog and evenly spaced decrease rows, reducing the stitch count progressively to draw the top of the hat closed
• Increases and decreases are distributed evenly across specific rows to accommodate different size requirements, demonstrating careful graded shaping across the five sizes

Design Two: T-Bag Hat

The T-Bag Hat is a playful, characterful design worked in three colours, labelled Shade A (096), Shade B (099), and Shade C (098). One 100g ball of each shade is used across all sizes. The name suggests a gathered or tied top, reminiscent of the shape of a tea bag, giving the hat a relaxed, slouchy-meets-structured silhouette that appeals across age groups.

Techniques and Stitches

• Working with three separate yarn colours introduces basic intarsia or stripe-based colourwork principles, requiring careful management of yarn strands
• The combination of knit and purl stitches is used to build the fabric, consistent with the DK tension and needle pairing used across the collection
• Shaping at the crown or gathered top creates the distinctive