This pattern is a great introduction to colorwork for beginner knitters. It uses mosaic techniques to create a faux-brioche piece of fabric. The pattern explains how to do all of this, so give it a try!

Because the hat is knit using mosaic knitting techniques you never have to carry two colors at once, instead you just alternate colors every row. When you finish one row, just drop the yarn you just used and pick up the yarn from the previous row. Perfect for anyone who wants to try colorwork but hasn’t mastered fair isle. Additionally, this pattern is a great introduction to my more complicated mosaic inspired hats Skenoto Hat and Palisaides Hat.

Make sure you read the knitting notes before starting and don’t forget always slip purlwise with the yarn in the back.

The pattern comes with three sizes - adult small/medium/large and the pattern itself results in a pretty stretchy fabric, so there is some forgiveness with regards to size. You’ll want to be comfortable with knit/purl/slip stitch/K2tog as well as knitting in the round. You’ll need around 75-100y of each color you decide to use.