Rossmita Hat

There is nothing like working with a rustic yarn such as the Ross Farm longwools. It's less forgiving than a springy commercial yarn, but I find the character of a yarn with such halo to create a great look that can't be achieved any other way. In order to get a nice, slouchy look it will take a nice strong blocking to relax the yarn. But if you don't have a farm nearby, a lovely commercial yarn will make a great hat, too.

This pattern requires the knitter to work knit, purl, and decrease stitches in the round for the basic hat shape. The hat begins with corrugated ribbing, which combines stranded work and 1x1 ribbing. Stranded knitting is represented in charts only.