The Stars Hollow hat was originally designed in collaboration with Lady Dye Yarns for a Gilmore Girls-inspired club. The strands that weave through an otherwise simple rib pattern evoke the feelings of all that makes up our favorite on-screen town: connectivity, close-knit community, and unbreakable ties with family and friends. Beads knit into the fabric add a bit of flair and capture the magic of winter in Stars Hollow.

Sizes
Medium (Large)

Finished Measurements

• 15 (17)” / 37.5 (42.5) cm circumference at brim, unstretched
• 11” / 28 cm tall with brim unfolded
• 7¾–9” / 19.5–22.5 cm tall with brim folded to preferred depth

Hat is quite stretchy, and it is intended to be worn with up to 6” (15 cm) of negative ease to showcase the stitch pattern. Sample shown in size Medium on a 21¼” (54 cm) head. Pattern also includes instructions for resizing the hat by changing needle size or yarn weight.

Yarn
197 (230) yards / 180 (210) meters plied DK weight yarn

Hat shown in Lady Dye Yarns Cashmerino DK [DK weight, 80% superwash merino, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon] in colorway ‘Morticia’

Needles

• US 6 (4 mm) circular needle, 16” (40 cm), or needle size necessary to obtain correct gauge
• US 4 (3.5 mm) circular needle, 16” (40 cm), or needle size .5 mm smaller than gauge needle
• Appropriate needle(s) in the larger size for your preferred method of knitting small circumferences in the round

Gauge

• 25.5 sts and 37 rnds = 4” (10 cm) in smocked 3x3 rib worked in the round using larger needles, blocked
• Each 12-st increment is approximately 2” (5 cm) wide

Notions

• (1) Stitch marker for beginning of round

• 152 (171) 4 mm 6/0 Glass seed beads (optional)

• If using beads, 0.60–1 mm crochet hook OR 6” (15 cm) flexible, fine gauge wire, bent in half (both legs of bent wire should insert easily into beads)

• Tapestry needle