How to Knit a Fishermans Hat--Short Beanie--Watchmans cap

I've seen this hat everywhere the last few years but for some reason it has a million names. I decided on the Fisherman hat as the final option because I saw that name more often than not. I made this hat in only one size, which is a small, 20" head but you can easily make it bigger. I said 4 sts in the video but I realised it should be 8 added stitches for every extra inch. Pattern is in multiples of 8. The hat stretches a lot so bigger isn't always better. Happy knitting :)

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If you want a nicer more in depth copy that covers sizing issues and with better math skills feel free to check that out here.

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Old Pattern
-Cast on 100 sts onto a 16" 4mm circular needle with worsted weight yarn
-knit 7 inches in k1p1 ribbing
-knit 21,k2tog, ssk, repeat until end of row
-knit20, k2tog, ssk, knit 19, k2tog, ssk, etc
-once it gets tight, switch to 4 4mm double pointed needles
-When you can't decrease anymore (10 st) cut your yarn and pull the end through the remaining stitches, tie off the tail on the inside and weave in all ends.

2023 EDIT I realised that my math was off lol and I legit did it wrong in the video. The other pattern is fine, it's just not what I intended. I can't believe I never noticed until now.

-Cast on 104 sts onto a 16" 4.5mm circular needle with worsted weight yarn
-knit 7 inches in k1, p1 ribbing with you first St of the round being a knit.
-knit 21, k2tog, p1, SSk, repeat until end of row Move stitch marker one stitch to the left every decrease round or take off entirely. Up to you. The extra St at the beginning of the round is needed for the last SSk at the end of the round which is why you need to move the marker or take it off.
-knit 19, k2tog, p1, SSK repeat until end of round
-Continue decreasing in this manner every round with two Sts less between "corners"
-once it gets tight, switch to 4 4.5mm double pointed needles
-When you have 16 Sts left, K2tog all around
-When you can't decrease anymore (8 Sts) cut your yarn and pull the end through the remaining stitches, tie off the tail on the inside and weave in all ends.