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My trick is to use the cliche "poom-tss poom-tss poom-tss poom-tss" pattern where your hats are exactly between beats, and then I fill in between that. I usually try to have a basic sample playing this basic 4/4 pattern and then add filler with shorter and different sounding hats. Try to experiment with delay effects, they can add alot to a hat line.
example:
( o = kick, | = main hat, . = smaller hat)
typical kick/hat line:
O____|____O____|____O____|____O____|
filled in kick/hat line:
O_.__|.__.O_._.|_.__O__._|_.__O.._.|
(filled it at random, but you get the idea  )
It helps to have different layers coming in at different times. The hat layers are vital to getting this feel of the track building up.
After it's been built up a bit, I like to add a sharp and short hat on the kick itself, like so;
O_.__|.__.O_._.|_.__O__._|_.__O.._.|
|________|________|________|___
and to fill in the empty sounding bits, you can try putting a hat on every 16th note, with a generally lower, pitched-down and/or lowpassed sample, like so;
O___|___O___|___O___|___O___|
._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Basicly, everything that's in the bassline thread can apply with hats. It's just a matter of playing around with it and figuring out what works and what doesn't.
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