I had some leftover Loops and Threads Facets yarn from my failed sweater project and decided to try to make something out of it. Since I was limited to one-skein projects, I decided to go with hats – toques, to be exact.

I’m really fond of the moss stitch, so decided to go with that. I made two variations of the same hat concept. The first one (in plum) I did for me. One of the things about moss stitch is that you have to be extremely mindful of your tension or you will create something too snug. I was fairly, but not completely mindful while making my hat and it was a wee bit snug, but no overly so, since I have a small head. I concentrated more for the second hat, since I was making it for a friend, who has a normal-sized head.

This is fairly straight-forward: single-crochet back-loop stitches, to create ribbing, then join together at the edges with slip stitches. Then do the rest of the hat using moss stitch, in the round. Join at the top with slip stitches.

These were made with a 5.5 mm hook and use up most of a skein. The plum hat has wider ribbing at the bottom.