A slough hat (fit for vegetarians too)

by Thelma Egberts  

Don’t worry if you are a vegetarian. You too can wear this hat. The name Rib Eye has nothing to do with that big lump of meat carnivores like to put on their plates. It just points at the used stitch pattern. It combines ribbing with a sort of eyelets.

Having that out of the way let me tell you about the hat shape. It’s a slouch hat that stays well on your head, thanks to the long ribbed brim. For an even better fit, in the first 5 rounds all knit stitches are knit through the back loop. If you still worry to lose this hat, you might even go down a needle size for these rounds. 

And did I already mention this hat looks harder than it is? Well, now I did.

SIZE
Ladies size M
For larger or smaller size, cast on amounts of 4 sts more or less. Knit amounts of 6 rounds in pattern sts more or less.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Ribbed brim: 8,5 cm high
Body of hat: 13 cm high / 44 cm wide
Ribbed top and crown: 7 cm

MATERIALS
Phildar Pegase+ [70% acrylic, 30% wool, 98 yd/90 m per 50g skein]; color: Ecru; 1,25 skein
1 set US #6/4 mm double-point needles
(1 set #4/3,5 mm double-point needles for extra tight brim)
1 marker

GAUGE
32 sts/30 rows = 10 cm/4" in pattern stitch unstretched 

PATTERN NOTES
CO: cast on
BO: bind off
K: knit
P: purl
Tbl: through back loop
K2tog: knit 2 stitches together
S1: slip 1 stitch
Psso: pass slipped stitch(es) over
P2sso: pass 2 slipped stitches over
P2tog: purl 2 sts together
Dec: decrease
Inc: increase

SPECIAL STITCHES
1 x 1 rib: k1, p1 (repeat till end)
Inc5: Knit 5 sts out of 1 like this: knit stitch, leave it on needle. Make a yarn over.  Repeat st and yo once. Make a final st and slip loop off.

Rib Eye stitch pattern over 4 sts, 6 rounds (or 12 rounds)
Round 1: *k1, p1, INC5, p1 (repeat till end)
Round 2 and all even rounds: work as sts show, knit yo’s and decs.
Round 3:  *k1, p1, (s1k1psso, k1, k2tog), p1 (repeat till end)
Round 5: *k1, p1, s2k1p2sso, p1 (repeat till end)
Round 7: *INC5, p1, k1, p1 (repeat till end)
Round 9: *(s1k1psso, k1, k2tog), p1 k1, p1, (repeat till end)
Round 11: * s2k1p2sso, p1, k1, p1, (repeat till end)