Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,
The story on the Go Team! hat is kind of a good one. My older daughter, Peachy, is on the high school swim team for the first time as she is a freshman this year. We have had boys on the team at the high school but this is the first time we have had a girl swimming. The girls team is a lot different than the boys team as you might expect. The girls swim team assigns each swimmer a sister. The sisters are required to make inspirational signs and to give gifts throughout the season to each other. This is not something the boys partake in so it took some getting used to.
As the season progresses the gifts are to become increasingly nice so I planned on knitting a hat for my daughter’s sister toward the end of the season. I was a little unsure of how it would be received because, well, you never know. Much to my delight the reaction to the Go Team! hat has been absolutely incredible! The sister could not have been more excited about her team-inspired hat. I received emails from both the swimmer AND her mother telling me how the swimmer had yet to take the hat off her head and it had been days since she received it. She told my daughter the hat is the best thing to ever be on her head. When she opened the gift the team gathered around her in the locker room and went crazy about the hat. The sister has not stopped wearing her Go Team! hat ever since.
The conclusion is that the Go Team! hat is a hit! I felt really good about it because my daughter felt really good about it. I guess a new tradition has begun. Each year I will make a Go Team! hat for my daughter’s swimming sister and hopefully it will be as well-received as this first one has been.
At first I wasn’t even planning on writing up this pattern but after I saw the reaction to the hat by the team I thought you might like to have this pattern for your fans and athletes, too.
One quick note on the pattern, the hat is a take-off on the basic hat from the Heart on a String pattern. I started with this basic hat pattern because I wanted something super fast on big needles AND Sweater has the perfect assortment of colorways for many, many different teams. Click here to see all of your color choices in Sweater. Next, I added the stripes, earflaps, edging and ties to create this new and revamped version of the Heart on a String hat.
The sample is made in the largest size to fit a 20 to 22 inch head circumference.
Here is some information you might like to know:
Sizes: toddler (child, adult)
Finished hat circumference to fit head sizes: 16-18 (18-20, 20-22) inches
Note: The hat is stretchy and is designed to fit snuggly on the head.
Safety note: Ties are not recommended for babies and young children as they could pose a choking hazard.
Yarn: Sample worked in Spud & Chloë Sweater (55% superwash wool, 45% organic cotton; 100 grams/160 yards), 1 (1, 2) skein(s) in Turtle #7514 and 1 skein Ice Cream #7500
*Note that the yarn is held double for the hat, earflaps, edging and i-cord ties.
Needles: US size 11 sixteen inch circular and a set of 4 double-pointed needles for the hat OR size to obtain gauge
Gauge: 3 stitches per inch in stockinette stitch with Sweater worked with 2 strands together
Have fun making this quick and simple hat for your favorite teams this season. This project is a quick one and you can finish it in the blink of an eye.
Click here to download the free pattern for Go Team!
Click here for the Ravelry project page for the Go Team! Hat!
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So cozy and fun! Thanks Susan for never letting my knitting needles rest!
Do you think it would work up just as well in Outer?
Absolutely! 3 stitches per inch is the important part. Also, the Outer has much less yardage so you will need 2 or 3 skeins depending on the size.
Love the hat. I am going to make it this weekend.
I just made a “flap hat” that turned out so big, I could wear a football helmet and the hat would fit perfectly over it. I felted it, but, it didn’t shrink much. I am going to try and wash it again.
Love the poms! An ear flap hat is definitely in my queue this winter.
It is really adorable! I love the Swimming sisters idea, too.
Susan,
I just noticed this “witchy hat” lights around your mirror. How perfect for a hat knitter!!
Super cute team hat~ love the sister idea!
Love it!
I was looking for an earflap hat to knit for my grandkids and this popped into my mailbox. Perfect timing!
Everything you create would be a hit! How could you expect otherwise?
just made the toddler size hat-so cute and quick-wondering about
earflap directions for smaller size? seems like they would be smaller etc.
If you are concerned, pick up 10 stitches, work until there are 4 ridges and then decrease to 4 stitches. That would make them a bit smaller. Also you could measure back three inches or 3.5 inches from the front for placement.
I thought the original flaps would be okay and that’s why I didn’t write for a smaller size. Let me know how it works.
thanks for your reply. I went ahead with the 12 stitches and did 4 ridges, decreasing to 6 and bound off. Looks proportional and super cute. Thanks for the pattern!
Good. I am glad the 12 stitches worked. I thought it would.
As a knitter, I am so happy for you that the gift was recieved so wonderfully (because as you say, you never know), this hat certainly deserves to be loved, what a gift!!
As a swimmer, I have to say, good for you to have such marvelous children. I mean swimmers…that is the best! lol
Beautiful hat. All the girls will want to be your daughter’s sister swimmer.
Is that candy corn in the bowl? hmmmm, love candy corn.
I am new to knitting and have done a couple of projects (a poncho and a scarf). I want to try my hand at hats. I loved this pattern and want to have a go at it.
I am stumbled at the “yarn is held double” part.
What does that mean? Do I work with two strands instead of one.
Help.
Yes, work with two strands held together instead of one.
Yikes!!
How does that work further down.
Do I treat each double st as one or are they two st?
I hope I am making sense
When you hold two strands together and work as one strand, it counts as one stitch.
Thanks for the clarification.
I’m going to give it a shot.
Do you have a list of knitting abbreviations available for your OINK pattern? Which M1 (make 1) did you do, as the Vogue guide to knitting has several versions??? Thanks
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