Pete

My brother, Peter, is one who never asks for anything. A few years ago he let me knit him a simple hat with a few stripes and he loved it. I jotted down the pattern on a scrap of paper and pinned it to my studio bulletin board just in case he ever wanted another. Recently at Thanksgiving Pete asked if I would knit him a new hat just like the one from years ago. I jumped at the chance, quickly unpinned that waiting scrap of paper from my bulletin board and got to knitting. His only request was that the hat be a smidgen longer in length to cover his ears better which I did on this version.

My brother is an understated guy. He’s handsome, kind, quiet and humble. This hat suits him to a tee. I bet you might have men just like my beloved Peter in your life so I decided to share this simple pattern with you.

The original hat was made with Cascade 220. The sample uses two strands of fingering weight held together. You could easily substitute with a worsted yarn. A suggested yarn is shown below.