We both suffer from bowling ball head and we haven't found a style of knitted hat that stays put. I suggested that an earflap hat might be the ticket for us because the back on some is longer than the front, thinking that might be what we needed. The hat still rode up but not quite as badly. So I'm still on the hunt for a knitted hat pattern that works for our round heads.
I sent my sister to find yarn she liked and to Ravelry to find a pattern. She found Short & Sweet Earflap Hat Pattern. The yarn she found was Michaels Loops & Threads Charisma in Black Raspberry. The weight of the yarn was bulky. The hat took one skein of yarn. I cast on 5 stitches for each earflap on US #8s and increased every other row until I had 15 stitches and the earflaps were 2.5 " long. I then cast-on 19 stitches using a knitted cast-on and joined the second earflap knitting until the earflaps were 4" long and the back band was 1.5". Then I cast on an additional 23 stitches for the front for a total of 72 stitches. Knitting Garter stitch in the round for another 1.5", then I switched to Stockinet and knit until the length was 4.5". Did the decreases until the hat was finished.
Because she had bought 2 skeins of yarn I suggest a pair of fingerless mitts. And she was agreeable so long as I didn't get them too tight. She has had surgery on her hands and anything-tight makes them hurt. I used the same basic pattern I used for Sister Suzy's Helix Mitts except instead of ribbing I used Garter stitch. I cast on 30 and knit a Garter stitch band of 1". I used 1 x 1 ribbing for the thumbs so they wouldn't be too loose and get in the way. If I were to do these mitts again I would go back to Michaels and get DK weight yarn as I thought these mitts were too thick in the bulky weight yarn, although my sister likes them as is.
I hope everybody has a good day!
Judy
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