Rundle Park Ribbed Hat: A Simple & Fun Way to Machine Knit Hats

The joy of creating perfectly uniform knit stitches on a knitting machine is hard to beat. Before long, you find yourself stash diving and making scarves, stoles, and shawls with ease. At some point, a new question naturally comes up. What else can you do with a knitting machine? With a bit of imagination, the answer is: a lot!

Rundle Park
Rundle Park Ribbed Hat: design by Barb Barone

The Rundle Park Ribbed Hat

Barb Barone returns to the School of SweetGeorgia to take us further on the machine knitting journey. In this hat pattern, we explore several essential skills. Barb shows how to change colours while weaving in ends, making it easy to add stripes, colour blocking, or use up leftover scrap yarn.

She also teaches how to transform stockinette fabric into ribbing by creating purls on the Silver Reed LK 150 knitting machine. From there, Barb walks us through turning a flat piece of fabric into a finished hat using a mattress seam for a smooth, polished result.

Mattress seaming
Simple mattress seam to produce a flawless result!

The Rundle Park Ribbed Hat is knit with SweetGeorgia Merino DK in the Boreal and Fresh Air colourways. Machine knitting on the LK 150 pairs beautifully with this yarn, which glides smoothly through the carriage and creates a wonderfully squishy fabric.

This pattern is free with the School of SweetGeorgia membership, or you can purchase the pattern from our shop.

Merino DK
SweetGeorgia Merino DK in the Boreal and Fresh Air colourways.

Machine Knitting: Hats

This pattern is more than a set of instructions. It works as a recipe for designing hats of all kinds. Using the Rundle Park Ribbed Hat as a guide in the Machine Knitting: Hats course, Barb explains how to customize your own design by building a schematic and adjusting the fit for your head and style. You might choose a rolled brim, full ribbing, a long and slouchy shape, or a fitted beanie. The choice is yours. The skills taught with this hat pattern make it easy to move beyond a single pattern and start designing with confidence.

Rundle Park
Rundle Park Ribbed Hat: design by Barb Barone

Explore More in the School of SweetGeorgia

This course is the first of three that Barb teaches this year. In the spring, she dives into Machine Knitting: Lace. Later in the year, just in time for Socktober, she teaches the Machine Knitting: Socks course.

If you are not yet a member of the School of SweetGeorgia, we invite you to explore our courses. With more than 120 video-based classes covering knitting, crochet, dyeing, spinning, weaving, and more, there is something for every maker. Our community is supportive and encouraging, offering a welcoming space to share projects, learn new skills, and feel connected. We are happy to have you join us.

Rundle Park hat
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Rundle Park Ribbed Hat

Turn knit stitches into purls to create a ribbed brim for your machine-knit hat!

Equipment

Materials

Instructions

  • Download the pattern from the SweetGeorgia Shop or from the Knitting Machine: Hats materials page in the School of SweetGeorgia.
  • Set up the LK 150 according to the instructions in the pattern. Be sure to adjust the stitch size and tension guide to the recommended settings.
  • Make a swatch to make sure your fabric is the same gauge.
    Hat and swatch
  • Cast on using a cast-on rag and knit a row of ravel cord.
  • Following the pattern instructions, create the brim and reform the stitches.
    Ribbed brim
  • Continue knitting the hat until you reach the desired length.
  • Follow the pattern for crown shaping.
  • Remove the hat from the LK 150 and, using a long tail end, mattress seam the hat, creating a round shape.
  • Wash and block your hat. Immediately after it is blocked and dry, try it on and wear it out!
    Rundle Park hat

More About Barb Barone

Want to Learn More About the Fibre Arts?

Join the School of SweetGeorgia! One of the great perks of being an All-Access member is the opportunity to ask Barb Barone questions about their courses and connect with fellow members.

Explore our online courses and community of fibre arts makers at the School of SweetGeorgia! Use the code: EXPLORETHESCHOOL to save 15% on an All-Access monthly membership!

Find more of Barb’s patterns soon in our Machine Knitting Projects!

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