Reversible Tin Foil Hat by Michelle Miller

Frustrated by plain wool hats?

Want to join the ranks of the Tin Hat Brigade?

Make your own Tin Foil Hat using this simple and free knitting pattern!
download free PDF or follow instructions below.

Description
Reversible Tin Foil Hat, pictured with garter side facing out.

Needles US 15/10 mm Circular Knitting Needles and DPNs, or size needed to get gauge.

Yarn Making Materials
Rotary cutter or scissors.
One 56” x 84” MPI SPACE Emergency Blanket cut into 1.5” strips.
Scotch Tape.

Gauge
8 stitches and 11 rows over 4inches

Pattern Measurements
23” around and 7” tall. Stretches to fit most adult human heads.

Abbreviations
k = knit
k2tog = knit 2 together

Make your Yarn

Using one 56” x 84” MPI SPACE Emergency Blanket cut 1.5” strips using fold lines as a cutting guide. Keep cutting until
A. Your hand falls off
B. All of the blanket is used up.
C. All of the above.

After strips are cut, tape each piece together.

Continue taping until
A. All the strips are taped together.
B. All your fingers are taped together.
C. All of the above.

After all that cutting and taping you should have approximately this much yarn.

Now you’re ready to knit!

Pattern
Cast on 36 stitches using long tail cast on and join in round. Knit all stitches. Continue in stockinette stitch until hat measures 6 inches from cast on edge.

Decreases
Switch to DPNs before starting decreases. Repeat instructions in asterisks 3 times each row.

Bind off remaining stitches and weave in ends if desired. Bind off will lay flat and requires no extra treatment.

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Copyright 2009 Michelle Miller, all rights reserved. No part of pattern or other material may be distributed without written permission of Michelle Miller. Pattern is for personal use only and is not for commercial use or to create items for commercial sale. Please send correspondence to Michelle Miller at cassiopeiamgm@yahoo.com.