A knit cap having a generally domed knitted crown and a sweatband having front and back arcuate portions attached to an interior surface of the knitted cap by stitching the front arcuate portion of the sweatband to a front portion of the crown, and by further stitching the back arcuate portion of the sweatband to a back portion of the crown, the sweatband having no stitching or other attachment to the crown at first and second side portions of the knitted cap.