Circular Knitting Machine Hat Knitting Patterns

A lot of people seem to make hats as their first projects when they get a new circular knitting machine. I did, too, though mine didn’t come out great because I didn’t really know what I was doing, I just knew that people knit hats.

If you’re looking for a hat for your first circular knitting machine project, or you want something different to add to your hat knitting routine, check out these patterns.

The most basic “pattern” most people use to start uses DK or worsted weight yarn and about 120 to 140 rounds of knitting, depending on how slouchy you want your hat to be. Then you basically fold the hat in on itself, cinch the ends and you’ve got a hat. (Check the pattern from Marching North if you need more details.)

Of course there are tons of ways to alter that simple pattern, from making the inside and the outside two different colors (see this one from Savlabot, which uses a solid color on one side and two strands held together on the other) to adding horizontal stripes like on these team spirit beanies from Calumet Knits on Etsy.

You can even stitch up a rainbow striped hat, like this one from Diana Levine Knits. This is a YouTube tutorial, which is great for visual learners.

From there you can try your hand at vertical stripes, like Alina Hera‘s Olympic hat pattern worked on the Addi (though you can also do it on the largest Sentro). Hats like this definitely take more patience because you have to go more slowly to ensure the correct color is used for each stitch, but the result is really cool.

Once you’ve managed vertical stripes maybe you’d like to try a swirl? This is another Alina Hera pattern but I wanted to share it, too, because it’s a fun idea to break up those stripes into swirls.

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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