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Jayne Cobb Hat Pattern for Mugua (Dummies)

New! For crochet instructions: http://dryope.typepad.com/grove/2006/03/crocheting_jayn.html

Note: If you’re new to knitting, these instructions may be intimidating, but please be assured that this hat is very simple to make, and is a good project for beginning knitters. Please email me if you need any clarification (or encouragement), and please also let me know if you find any mistakes or obscurities in these instructions. Please also let me know if you’re having a hard time finding the exact shades from the TV show. My email address is info_dryope@yahoo.com.

Materials: orange yarn, yellow yarn, and red yarn, about 150 grams total (about one skein each for most yarns). Thick, virgin wool is the best.
4” of cardboard or sheet of plastic and scissors--or a 2” pom-pom mold.
8 ringed things to mark your place (optional; you can also just keep track in your head).

Gauge: 3 stitches per inch.

Recommended Needle size: This depends on your yarn and your own style of knitting. I used a size 10, but yours may be different. If you can’t get the gauge above no matter what you try (the stitches are very big), try knitting two strands of yarn together as if they were one—this will increase the bulk. You can also do an entirely different gauge if it looks okay, but you will need to change the number of stitches listed in the instructions below—please email me if you need help.

The basic hat.

1. Cast on 56 stitches using a circular needle (if your gauge is different, make sure the number of stitches you end up using is divisible by 7). Please note the hat will look unbelievably big at this stage, but be assured that it will tighten up as you go on.
2. Join the ends together, being careful not to end up with a Moebius strip.
3. Put a marker on your needle at the beginning of the row. Do a single rib (knit one, purl one) for
three rows.
4. Stop doing the rib. From here on, do a straight stocking stitch (knit stitches only). Knit for about 3.5 inches.
5. Cut off the orange yarn, leaving a tail of about 5 inches.
6. Pick up your yellow yarn, leaving a tail of about 5 inches.
7. Tie the two ends together loosely on the inside of the hat and weave in the ends. (You can also leave this step to do once you’ve finished the hat. Until you do it you’ll have a hole here, but don’t let it worry you.)
8. Knit another 3.5 inches with the yellow in stocking stitch.
9. Decreasing: knit one round, counting as you go. Place a marker every eighth stitch (If you have a different number of stitches than given here, just divide by seven and place the markers at those points). Knit another round. This time, knit two stitches together before each marker. Continue to knit two together before each marker until you have seven stitches left. Remove the markers.
10. Bind off: pull one stitch over the other, taking it off the needle. Do this to every stitch until one remains. Cut your yarn, leaving a tail of about seven inches or so, and pull it through this stitch.

Earflaps

1. Lay the hat flat. Measure it, and divide that measurement by two. (You can also just eyeball it.) This will give you the width of each earflap. For mine, it was five inches—fifteen stitches per earflap. (Best to mark them both out now so that they line up right.)
2. Pick up the stitches from the first row of the inside of the hat.
3. Do plain stocking stitch (so that the side facing out is all knitted stitches) for four inches—or to the bottom of the wearer’s nose. The sides of the earflaps should curl in.
4. Decrease: knit (purl for those on the back) two stitches together on each side of the earflap, each row. Stop when you have three stitches left on the needle.
5. Now we have to make the three danging strings. Knit one, then make a loop of about six inches—hold it with your thumb while you knit the second stitch. Bind off, leaving a tail of about three inches. Cut the loop in half. Tie all the hanging strings together so they don’t unravel and cut them off at about two or three inches.

Pom-Pom

If you know how to do a pom-pom, just skip this—I have nothing new to report. You can also buy a pom-pom maker in most craft stores.

1. Use a glass or compass or whatever to make two cardboard (or plastic) circles of 2 inches in diameter. Then make a one inch hole in the center of each.

2. Measure out about three yards of each color. Thread all three through a tapestry needle. (This is optional—it is possible to use only your fingers in the steps below, but it is easier with a tapestry needle.)

Put the two pieces of the pom-pom together, then wind the three colors around them (through the hole and around the outside of the cardboard pieces) until the hole is full. Cut the yarn between the two cardboard pieces. Wrap a piece of yarn between the pieces, making a firm knot—leave a long tail. Pull out the cardboard pieces, fluff the pom-pom, and attach it securely to the hat. (You may want to wobble the hat a bit to make sure the pom-pom is on tight.)

Finishing Up

Using a tapestry needle or a crochet needle (or your fingers if you’re really good), weave in all the ends and try on the hat. Cunnin’, ain’t it?

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Comments

In response to the previous poster - it is possible to knit a hat on 16" circular needles and end up with a circumfrence larger than 16". The stitches on the needle end up closer together than they will be once they're knit off the needle. This allows the hat to expand beyond the length of the 16" needle.

Regarding the number of stitches in each round, you're probably right that you'll need to add more stitches if you're knitting on size 8 needles. If you have enough yarn, the easiest thing to do would be to knit two strands together on size 10 or larger needles so that you can follow the pattern as written. Otherwise you can add more stitches to each round without altering the pattern, provided that the resulting number is both even and a multiple of 7. (The number must be even so that the ribbing in the first three rows works properly and it must be a multiple of 7 if you want to follow this pattern to make the top of the hat). That means you can try either 70 or 84 stitches. Knit a gauge swatch and see how many stitches per inch you have. If it's in the range of 3.75 to 4 stitches per inch, try 70 stitches per round. If it's 4 to 5 stitches per inch, use 84 stitches in each round instead.

Posted by: Kerry | Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 04:08 PM

HELP!
I tried to e-mail, but it came back undelieverable. I found your knitting instructions online; however, I am new to knitting. I will be making the hat for my husband. I am using 16" circular needles size 8 (as the yarn seems thin to me). I started casting on, and did 70 stitches...but this looks really small. I was wondering if you could help me by first telling me if I can knit on 16" circulars and end up with a hat bigger than 16" in diameter. Second, any idea of how many stitches I should try to start with (I know yours said 56, but I believe you're using much bigger needles). Any help would be MUCH appreciated! Please e-mail me @ cali2pu@aol.com

Posted by: Jenn | Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at 11:15 AM

Thanks so much for this pattern. My brother asked me to knit him a Jayne hat for Christmas and I was having problems finding a pattern for the hat.

Thanks again!
-Grace McCreight

Posted by: Grace | Monday, December 05, 2005 at 08:32 PM

Thanks! I was just thinking about this pattern, and here it is.

Posted by: Carrie | Friday, November 11, 2005 at 11:13 PM

thanks ive been looking for this pattern and this is a great hat

Posted by: Dominic Barajas | Monday, October 10, 2005 at 10:47 PM

My husband just request a Jayne hat, I am beginner (only scarves up to this point), but I am going to try this. Thanks for putting up the pattern.

Posted by: Ana | Monday, October 03, 2005 at 12:43 AM

I just finished my first Jayne hat. I used your pattern as a guide, but had to make some changes due to differences in the yarn I used. Still, it turned out to be a mighty fine hat! Thanks for posting this! :D

Posted by: lomara | Tuesday, September 06, 2005 at 03:16 AM

I just completed a hat with your pattern - it is on my blog - thanks!

Posted by: Sharon P | Tuesday, September 06, 2005 at 01:12 AM

This is so awsome. I made a hat like Mike's from the Monkees tv show for my friend for Chriamas, and I was so excited to find this pattern. Thanks a million! I can use the hat when my friends and I dress up for the Serenity premear in Sept.

Thanks again,
Amanda L.
(River Tam)

Posted by: Amanda | Friday, January 21, 2005 at 02:16 PM

I have boon looking for this pattern for a while now, thanks bunches. I had asked my mom for a hat like this for Christmas, and this will help tons. Thanks again.

Posted by: Chris | Monday, December 13, 2004 at 04:35 PM

New! For crochet instructions: http://dryope.typepad.com/grove/2006/03/crocheting_jayn.html

Note: If you’re new to knitting, these instructions may be intimidating, but please be assured that this hat is very simple to make, and is a good project for beginning knitters. Please email me if you need any clarification (or encouragement), and please also let me know if you find any mistakes or obscurities in these instructions. Please also let me know if you’re having a hard time finding the exact shades from the TV show. My email address is info_dryope@yahoo.com.

Materials: orange yarn, yellow yarn, and red yarn, about 150 grams total (about one skein each for most yarns). Thick, virgin wool is the best.
4” of cardboard or sheet of plastic and scissors--or a 2” pom-pom mold.
8 ringed things to mark your place (optional; you can also just keep track in your head).

Gauge: 3 stitches per inch.

Recommended Needle size: This depends on your yarn and your own style of knitting. I used a size 10, but yours may be different. If you can’t get the gauge above no matter what you try (the stitches are very big), try knitting two strands of yarn together as if they were one—this will increase the bulk. You can also do an entirely different gauge if it looks okay, but you will need to change the number of stitches listed in the instructions below—please email me if you need help.

The basic hat.

1. Cast on 56 stitches using a circular needle (if your gauge is different, make sure the number of stitches you end up using is divisible by 7). Please note the hat will look unbelievably big at this stage, but be assured that it will tighten up as you go on.
2. Join the ends together, being careful not to end up with a Moebius strip.
3. Put a marker on your needle at the beginning of the row. Do a single rib (knit one, purl one) for
three rows.
4. Stop doing the rib. From here on, do a straight stocking stitch (knit stitches only). Knit for about 3.5 inches.
5. Cut off the orange yarn, leaving a tail of about 5 inches.
6. Pick up your yellow yarn, leaving a tail of about 5 inches.
7. Tie the two ends together loosely on the inside of the hat and weave in the ends. (You can also leave this step to do once you’ve finished the hat. Until you do it you’ll have a hole here, but don’t let it worry you.)
8. Knit another 3.5 inches with the yellow in stocking stitch.
9. Decreasing: knit one round, counting as you go. Place a marker every eighth stitch (If you have a different number of stitches than given here, just divide by seven and place the markers at those points). Knit another round. This time, knit two stitches together before each marker. Continue to knit two together before each marker until you have seven stitches left. Remove the markers.
10. Bind off: pull one stitch over the other, taking it off the needle. Do this to every stitch until one remains. Cut your yarn, leaving a tail of about seven inches or so, and pull it through this stitch.

Earflaps

1. Lay the hat flat. Measure it, and divide that measurement by two. (You can also just eyeball it.) This will give you the width of each earflap. For mine, it was five inches—fifteen stitches per earflap. (Best to mark them both out now so that they line up right.)
2. Pick up the stitches from the first row of the inside of the hat.
3. Do plain stocking stitch (so that the side facing out is all knitted stitches) for four inches—or to the bottom of the wearer’s nose. The sides of the earflaps should curl in.
4. Decrease: knit (purl for those on the back) two stitches together on each side of the earflap, each row. Stop when you have three stitches left on the needle.
5. Now we have to make the three danging strings. Knit one, then make a loop of about six inches—hold it with your thumb while you knit the second stitch. Bind off, leaving a tail of about three inches. Cut the loop in half. Tie all the hanging strings together so they don’t unravel and cut them off at about two or three inches.

Pom-Pom

If you know how to do a pom-pom, just skip this—I have nothing new to report. You can also buy a pom-pom maker in most craft stores.

1. Use a glass or compass or whatever to make two cardboard (or plastic) circles of 2 inches in diameter. Then make a one inch hole in the center of each.

2. Measure out about three yards of each color. Thread all three through a tapestry needle. (This is optional—it is possible to use only your fingers in the steps below, but it is easier with a tapestry needle.)

Put the two pieces of the pom-pom together, then wind the three colors around them (through the hole and around the outside of the cardboard pieces) until the hole is full. Cut the yarn between the two cardboard pieces. Wrap a piece of yarn between the pieces, making a firm knot—leave a long tail. Pull out the cardboard pieces, fluff the pom-pom, and attach it securely to the hat. (You may want to wobble the hat a bit to make sure the pom-pom is on tight.)

Finishing Up

Using a tapestry needle or a crochet needle (or your fingers if you’re really good), weave in all the ends and try on the hat. Cunnin’, ain’t it?

New! For crochet instructions: http://dryope.typepad.com/grove/2006/03/crocheting_jayn.html

Note: If you’re new to knitting, these instructions may be intimidating, but please be assured that this hat is very simple to make, and is a good project for beginning knitters. Please email me if you need any clarification (or encouragement), and please also let me know if you find any mistakes or obscurities in these instructions. Please also let me know if you’re having a hard time finding the exact shades from the TV show. My email address is info_dryope@yahoo.com.

Materials: orange yarn, yellow yarn, and red yarn, about 150 grams total (about one skein each for most yarns). Thick, virgin wool is the best.
4” of cardboard or sheet of plastic and scissors--or a 2” pom-pom mold.
8 ringed things to mark your place (optional; you can also just keep track in your head).

Gauge: 3 stitches per inch.

Recommended Needle size: This depends on your yarn and your own style of knitting. I used a size 10, but yours may be different. If you can’t get the gauge above no matter what you try (the stitches are very big), try knitting two strands of yarn together as if they were one—this will increase the bulk. You can also do an entirely different gauge if it looks okay, but you will need to change the number of stitches listed in the instructions below—please email me if you need help.

The basic hat.

1. Cast on 56 stitches using a circular needle (if your gauge is different, make sure the number of stitches you end up using is divisible by 7). Please note the hat will look unbelievably big at this stage, but be assured that it will tighten up as you go on.
2. Join the ends together, being careful not to end up with a Moebius strip.
3. Put a marker on your needle at the beginning of the row. Do a single rib (knit one, purl one) for
three rows.
4. Stop doing the rib. From here on, do a straight stocking stitch (knit stitches only). Knit for about 3.5 inches.
5. Cut off the orange yarn, leaving a tail of about 5 inches.
6. Pick up your yellow yarn, leaving a tail of about 5 inches.
7. Tie the two ends together loosely on the inside of the hat and weave in the ends. (You can also leave this step to do once you’ve finished the hat. Until you do it you’ll have a hole here, but don’t let it worry you.)
8. Knit another 3.5 inches with the yellow in stocking stitch.
9. Decreasing: knit one round, counting as you go. Place a marker every eighth stitch (If you have a different number of stitches than given here, just divide by seven and place the markers at those points). Knit another round. This time, knit two stitches together before each marker. Continue to knit two together before each marker until you have seven stitches left. Remove the markers.
10. Bind off: pull one stitch over the other, taking it off the needle. Do this to every stitch until one remains. Cut your yarn, leaving a tail of about seven inches or so, and pull it through this stitch.

Earflaps

1. Lay the hat flat. Measure it, and divide that measurement by two. (You can also just eyeball it.) This will give you the width of each earflap. For mine, it was five inches—fifteen stitches per earflap. (Best to mark them both out now so that they line up right.)
2. Pick up the stitches from the first row of the inside of the hat.
3. Do plain stocking stitch (so that the side facing out is all knitted stitches) for four inches—or to the bottom of the wearer’s nose. The sides of the earflaps should curl in.
4. Decrease: knit (purl for those on the back) two stitches together on each side of the earflap, each row. Stop when you have three stitches left on the needle.
5. Now we have to make the three danging strings. Knit one, then make a loop of about six inches—hold it with your thumb while you knit the second stitch. Bind off, leaving a tail of about three inches. Cut the loop in half. Tie all the hanging strings together so they don’t unravel and cut them off at about two or three inches.

Pom-Pom

If you know how to do a pom-pom, just skip this—I have nothing new to report. You can also buy a pom-pom maker in most craft stores.

1. Use a glass or compass or whatever to make two cardboard (or plastic) circles of 2 inches in diameter. Then make a one inch hole in the center of each.

2. Measure out about three yards of each color. Thread all three through a tapestry needle. (This is optional—it is possible to use only your fingers in the steps below, but it is easier with a tapestry needle.)

Put the two pieces of the pom-pom together, then wind the three colors around them (through the hole and around the outside of the cardboard pieces) until the hole is full. Cut the yarn between the two cardboard pieces. Wrap a piece of yarn between the pieces, making a firm knot—leave a long tail. Pull out the cardboard pieces, fluff the pom-pom, and attach it securely to the hat. (You may want to wobble the hat a bit to make sure the pom-pom is on tight.)

Finishing Up

Using a tapestry needle or a crochet needle (or your fingers if you’re really good), weave in all the ends and try on the hat. Cunnin’, ain’t it?

Comments

[Kerry]

In response to the previous poster - it is possible to knit a hat on 16" circular needles and end up with a circumfrence larger than 16". The stitches on the needle end up closer together than they will be once they're knit off the needle. This allows the hat to expand beyond the length of the 16" needle.

Regarding the number of stitches in each round, you're probably right that you'll need to add more stitches if you're knitting on size 8 needles. If you have enough yarn, the easiest thing to do would be to knit two strands together on size 10 or larger needles so that you can follow the pattern as written. Otherwise you can add more stitches to each round without altering the pattern, provided that the resulting number is both even and a multiple of 7. (The number must be even so that the ribbing in the first three rows works properly and it must be a multiple of 7 if you want to follow this pattern to make the top of the hat). That means you can try either 70 or 84 stitches. Knit a gauge swatch and see how many stitches per inch you have. If it's in the range of 3.75 to 4 stitches per inch, try 70 stitches per round. If it's 4 to 5 stitches per inch, use 84 stitches in each round instead.

[Jenn]

HELP!
I tried to e-mail, but it came back undelieverable. I found your knitting instructions online; however, I am new to knitting. I will be making the hat for my husband. I am using 16" circular needles size 8 (as the yarn seems thin to me). I started casting on, and did 70 stitches...but this looks really small. I was wondering if you could help me by first telling me if I can knit on 16" circulars and end up with a hat bigger than 16" in diameter. Second, any idea of how many stitches I should try to start with (I know yours said 56, but I believe you're using much bigger needles). Any help would be MUCH appreciated! Please e-mail me @ cali2pu@aol.com

[Grace]

Thanks so much for this pattern. My brother asked me to knit him a Jayne hat for Christmas and I was having problems finding a pattern for the hat.

Thanks again!
-Grace McCreight

[Carrie]

Thanks! I was just thinking about this pattern, and here it is.

[Dominic Barajas]

thanks ive been looking for this pattern and this is a great hat

[Ana]

My husband just request a Jayne hat, I am beginner (only scarves up to this point), but I am going to try this. Thanks for putting up the pattern.

[lomara]

I just finished my first Jayne hat. I used your pattern as a guide, but had to make some changes due to differences in the yarn I used. Still, it turned out to be a mighty fine hat! Thanks for posting this! :D

[Sharon P]

I just completed a hat with your pattern - it is on my blog - thanks!

[Amanda]

This is so awsome. I made a hat like Mike's from the Monkees tv show for my friend for Chriamas, and I was so excited to find this pattern. Thanks a million! I can use the hat when my friends and I dress up for the Serenity premear in Sept.

Thanks again,
Amanda L.
(River Tam)

[Chris]

I have boon looking for this pattern for a while now, thanks bunches. I had asked my mom for a hat like this for Christmas, and this will help tons. Thanks again.

[Jo]

I love this! Too bad I can't knit. . . know of a place where I can find these instructions in crochet? ;)

[robin]

Hi,
What does this hat look like? So far, I've only knitted one scarf. I've moved to a pretty cold area and need a new hat.
Thank you,
Robin

[Dryope]

Okay: I put up crochet instructions here--
http://dryope.typepad.com/grove/2006/03/crocheting_jayn.html

[Dryope]

And I put up a photo album so you can see all the Jayne hats! It's here:
http://dryope.typepad.com/photos/jayne_hats/index.html

[nina]

Hi do you have a pattern for crochet. I do not knit I crochet.

Thanks, Nina

[dryope]

I'm not sure how much more clear I can be about the crochet directions. They're here:
http://dryope.typepad.com/grove/2006/03/crocheting_jayn.html

[Betsy]

I'm so excited that I found this site! I jokingly typed "Jayne's Hat Pattern" into Google, and screamed when I found this. I'm glad to know I'm not the only insane person, and that I don't have to make up my own knitting pattern...thank you so much for the very clear instructions!

[Rachel]

I am new to knitting and this is my first hat. I wanted to say thanks, the directions were really easy for a new knitter like me to follow. It really made making a hat seem like something that was within my reach. Thank you so much!

[Kristen]

Thank you so much for making this pattern available to everyone. My husband recently started running the Serenity role playing game for our gaming group and asked me if I could make him a hat like Jayne's for during the game. You made the pattern easy to understand and make. It's going to make his day when he comes home to find this hat ready for him for tomorrow's gaming session. Thanks again.

[Cait]

Just a question about the yarn used for this hat pattern, what weight class would it be considered? A 5 or 6?

[Laura]

I have a question: when you say size 10 needles, are you talking British size 10, American, or what? Sorry if this seems obvious, I'm new to this.

Thanks,
Laura.

[Dryope]

I'm using US size 10, but that really shouldn't matter for you--you should use any size needle that gets the gauge with the yarn you're using and with you're own style of knitting. Even if we used identical needles and yarn, there'd likely still be a difference in our stitches, since everyone is different, and this isn't a science. So start with a big chunky yarn and needles around US10, but if you're getting a different gauge, play around with needle sizes until you find one that works.

Have you read Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting without tears? I love that book, and it has a very useful section on gauge. She recommends, for example, always knitting with one size needle down so that you can knit looser and give your hands a rest. I did that and also used very chunky yarn, so you may need a different needle size altogether.

[Laura]

Thanks, that clears it up.

I haven't read it, but I'll keep an eye out for it. Right now, I'm at the 'chunk of wool on a needle' stage of knitting, and I can only really do a knit stitch. But, someday I'll have a hat done. Hopefully.

Thanks again,
Laura

[Mike Donato]

i love knitting to make for my mom for christmas knitting hat i need finshed top
without double point needle please help me
just e-mail me any time ok

[Zyban]

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[Rich Holmes]

The email link given above (info_dryope@yahoo.com) doesn't work.

I am thinking of making a Jayne hat, but I've never knit in the round and was wondering one thing. Toward the end when you're reducing down to 7 stitches is it still possible to work with a circular needle? Or do you need to switch to double pointed needles at some point?

[Dryope]

Try the magic loop method--it's far easier than double-pointed needles and cheaper than switching to smaller circulars. Instructions are here: http://www.az.com/~andrade/knit/mloop.html

[rayfreester]

Do you actualy bind-off?, I would think you would pull the yarn throught the stitchs beacause it's a hat.

[Dryope]

This appears to be the way they've done it on the show, but I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the end of the world to do it a different way. :)

[Janel]

Thanks for posting pattern, my husband wants me to make it for him. He is excited he's not the only Firefly fan.

[Dryope]

Hi--great to hear it. I've even heard rumors of a second movie!

[Jennifer]

Thanks for this pattern! I have to admit that I've never seen the show (sorry) but I have a friend who really wants me to make this for him. Is there a particular brand/line of yarn you like for this hat?

[Arousycrure]

hey !!
its very unconventional point of view.
Good post.
realy gj

thx :-)

[Selkiskin]

Do you knit the orange yarn for 3.5" including or excluding the 3 rows of rib?

[Debt Advice]

Regretfully, the result is oftentimes an thought that is so basic it would only require a brief instance of time to get into place, but is ofttimes omitted.