Firth was originally inspired by a photograph Gudrun Johnston posted to Instagram during Shetland Wool Week 2016. The colors on display struck me: the blue of the inlet, the gray of the rocks, the gold and black of the moss, and the green of the surrounding hills. I immediately wanted to turn it into a pattern.

This hat is knit in the round with stranded colorwork.

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Size Options
This hat can be knit from a child’s extra-small to an adult double-extra-large by changing gauge or the number of pattern repeats.

Gauge
This pattern can be worked anywhere from 19-26 stitches per 4 inches / 10cm in charted pattern. I highly recommend knitting a test colorwork swatch to get a handle on your gauge.

Materials Needed

• 16” / 40cm circular need in size required for gauge. Likely US 4-8 (3.5-5mm).
• DPNs in same size.
• Tapestry needle.
• Stitch Markers

Yarn
* Worsted Weight Yarn in 5 colors. Less than 1/2 skein (70yd) per color.