Alba Chunky Knit Hat Pattern a Free Knitting Pattern

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The Alba is an easy, chunky knit hat pattern. Just one ball of #6 superbulky yarn knits this beginner friendly hat pattern.

I’ve been enjoying my Alba knit hat on my morning walks. It’s a comfy hat that keeps my ears warm.

I love knitting chunky hats for gifts. They’re quick and easy to customize.

And knitting with super bulky yarn means a fast knit. Super bulky yarn is great for beginning knitters because it’s so easy to see your stitches.

The Pom Pom Hat has been on trend for a while and seems to be staying. Poms pair perfectly with the Alba.

Yarn

This hat use a #6 super bulky weight yarn. For the hat in the picture I use Lion Brand’s Hometown USA.

The color is Napa Valley Pinot. I love how the Hometown USA yarns are shiny.

They come in so many colors. Plus it’s just enough yarn to crochet or knit a hat with.

You can use a different #6 weight yarn. I love how Wool Ease Thick and Quick works up.

One of my favorite color ways is Fossil. The Veneto Hat + Scarf Crochet Patterns use this yarn.

Stitch

The Alba is knit with the basic knit and purl stitches. The main hat pattern is a 4 row repeat of these two stitches.

There is one round of decreases at the crown. I use the k2tog stitch for this round.

To k2tog, knit two together, you knit like normal, but you go through two stitches at once. This joins them together into one stitch.

The Alba Hat shares the same stitch pattern as the Alba Scarflette. This scarflette is knit flat though.

Materials

• #6 super bulky weight yarn, pictured in Lion Brand’s Hometown USA Napa Valley Pinot color; see approximate yarn yardage by size below.
• 9mm + 10mm circular needles with 16”+ cables, or needles needed to meet gauge
• yarn needle, scissors, measuring tape

Yarn By Size

Baby 6 – 12 mos—40 yd (37 m)

Toddler 1 – 3 yrs—45 yd (41 m)

Child—55 yd (50 m)

Teen/Sm Adult—65 (59 m)

Med/Lg Adult—81 (74 m)

1. This hat is knit in the round. You may use your preferred method for joining and knitting in the round.
2. Pattern requires a stitch multiple of 2.

Stitches/Abbreviations (US Terms)

CO – Cast On

K – knit

K2tog – knit two together

P – purl

rep – repeat  

rnd – round

st(s) – stitch(es)

Gauge

This hat is worked bottom up in the round. We’ll start with a basic rib stitch for the brim.

The body of the hat is 4 rnd repeat. To close up the top we’ll do one round of decreases and finish off by threading the tail through the remaining live stitches.

Fit/Adjustment

Negative Ease = 2” (5 cm) where hat ribbing is intentionally smaller than head circumference and stretches to fit.

To fit age (head circumference): 

Baby 6-12 mos—16” (40.5 cm) 

Toddler—18” (45.5 cm)

Child—20” (51 cm)

Teen/Sm Adult—21” (53.5 cm)

Med/Lg Adult—22” (56 cm)

To adjust the pattern it’s often easiest to go up or down a size in the pattern. Changing the length is a simple matter of knitting more or less rounds. I suggest stopping after a round 4 rep.

If you need to customize the size further, you can add or subtract from my cast on in 2s. So CO 38, can become 36, 34, 32, etc. for a smaller hat. And likewise you can add in 2s for a larger size, i.e. CO 46, can become 48, 50, etc.

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