The Alpine Bloom hat is designed as a companion to my Alpine Bloom tee pattern. This Scandinavian-inspired floral design is a fun and striking knit! I used sport weight yarn, but you can play with fingering and DK as well (taking gauge into account) to make this a great pattern to knit again and again. This fun colorwork hat pattern is written for both child and adult sizes.

MATERIALS
Suggested Yarn:
MC
Moondrake Soft Sport
100% Superwash Merino wool
328 yards 300 m - 100 g
CC
Spincycle Dyed in the Wool
100% American Wool
200 yards 183 m per skein

Pink sample is knit in Moondrake Pink Salt and Spincycle Moonbeams.

Grey green sample is knit in Moondrake Kelp and Spincycle Nocturne- Dream On.

The black and white version is knit in Lamb & Kid Elmer Fingering in the colors Wayfairer and Cookie 2.0.

Notions: Stitch Marker, darning needle, scissors, balloon or bowl for blocking

GAUGE
24 sts and 30 rounds over 4” 10 cm in colorwork pattern on main needle, after blocking.

Note- You should always knit your swatch the same way that the pattern is knit—in this case, in the round. Block your swatch as you will your finished garment and allow it to dry fully before measuring.

Needles
Main: US 5 3.75 mm - 16” 40 cm circular needle and preferred needles for small circumference knitting.
Ribbing: US 3 3.25 mm - 16” 40 cm circular needle

Sizes:
1, 2, 3: To fit child, adult S/M, adult L/XL
Circumference: 16.75, 20, 23.5” 42.5, 49.5, 57 cm
Height: 9” 23 cm

Yardage:
 Please note that yardage is estimated, and can vary between knitters and yarn used.

MC: 110, 120, 130 yards 100.5, 110, 119 m

CC: 80, 90, 100 yards 73.5, 82.5, 91.5 m