Call

Call Hat by Carolyn MacPherson

What is Being Made

The Call hat is a versatile, reversible beanie and slouch style hat designed for all ages and genders. This knitting pattern offers four different sizes to accommodate children, teens, adult small/medium, and adult medium/large wearers. The reversible construction means the hat can be worn with either side facing outward, providing two distinct looks from a single project.

Techniques Used

This intermediate-level knitting project features a modified brioche stitch as the primary construction technique. The brioche stitch creates a distinctive bas-relief effect on the fabric, giving the hat dimensional texture and visual interest. The reversible nature of the hat is achieved through this stitch construction, allowing crafters to showcase different sides of the work. The pattern includes standard knitting techniques such as casting on, knitting, purling, and various decreases to shape the hat.

Stitches Used

• Knit (K) — the fundamental stitch
• Purl (P) — creating reverse stockinette texture
• Purl 2 Together (P2tog) — a single stitch decrease
• Slip (Sl) — moving stitches without working them
• Slip, Slip, Knit (Ssk) — a left-leaning decrease worked by slipping two stitches knitwise, transferring them back to the left needle, and knitting through the back loops
• Brk (Brioche Knit) — knitting a slipped stitch together with the yarn carried behind it from the previous row, creating the signature brioche texture
• Yarn Back, Slip (Yb sl1) — bringing yarn to the back and slipping the next stitch purlwise for brioche construction

Materials

This pattern requires one skein of The Fiber Seed Sprout DK yarn, which is a dk (double knit) weight yarn suitable for quick projects. The intermediate difficulty level and the use of a single skein make this an accessible project for knitters looking to expand their skills with brioche techniques. Appropriate needles for dk weight yarn and the specified gauge are required to complete this hat.