The Design

“Borrow it back!”

Knit this cozy, deeply cuffed cap for him—and then borrow it back! It’s handsome worn turned up in a traditional nautical style, but we love it uncuffed and slouchy, too. We’ve made the ribbed cuff nice and deep so you can fold it a long way up without the wrong side of the stockinette stitch showing. Plus, this cap is a quick, satisfying knit!

For this Boyfriend Watch Cap, we marled two colors of Rowan Felted Tweed together. One of our favorite yarns of all time, Felted Tweed is on the finer side of a DK-weight. It blends merino wool for softness and spring, with alpaca and viscose for drape, luster, and subtle stitch definition. And there are so many colors to play with!

The Details

FINISHED SIZE
To fit 20-23"/51-58cm head. Approx. 18"/46cm around ribbing, not stretched.

YARN
2 skeins Rowan Felted Tweed (191yds/175m each); one each of two colors. Yarn held double-stranded (one strand of each color) throughout.
Or approx. 140yds/128m each of two equivalent sport/dk-weight wool-blend yarns, held double throughout.
Shown in 205 Lotus Leaf and 158 Pine.

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
US 8 (5mm) 16" circular and double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.
US 7 (4.5mm) 16" circular needle (or one size smaller than gauge needle).
3 stitch markers ( 1 in a different color to designate beginning of round).
Darning needle to finish.

GAUGE
Approx. 16 sts/18 rounds = 4" in stockinette stitch, after blocking.