This gender inclusive hat is available in four sizes Baby, Small, Medium, and Large. It is the perfect project to use single skeins, mini skeins or project scraps in heavy DK or light worsted weight yarn. Superwash wool or wool blend recommended. Solid colors and subtle tonal yarns make for a high contrast design, while variegated and speckled yarns create a dynamic and almost kinetic visual effect.

Two brim options: A stretchy, folded brim creates a modern Watch Cap look perfect for adding decorative patches. A standard stretchy brim design looks great with or without a pom pom as a classic winter hat.

Three colorwork designs for the main hat allow knitters to choose from three-, four- or five-color palettes. Charted instructions are also written out in full. Three unique crown designs are available for all sizes, offering many possibilities from one pattern. Make your hat unique or create a whole set of hats for friends or family from just one pattern!

Knitters building their colorwork skills will have an opportunity to practice three-color stranding for a few rounds in a rhythmic and easily memorized sequence, and the entire hat can be made without catching floats.

This pattern has been professionally tech edited. It offers additional tips about choosing a brim style and optimizing the colorwork motif around the jog as well as accommodating alternate gauges.

Yardage Requirements: 90-275 yards (80-250 meters) total for hat, including all contrast colors. Baby: 90-150 yards (80-140 meters); Small: 150-220 yards (140-200 meters); Medium: 170-250 yards (155-230 meters); Large: 190-275 yards (175-250 meters). Allow for at least 100-120 yards (95-110 meters) of main/brim color if working a folded brim in any size and as much as 190 yards (175 meters) if working a folded brim in a three-color, size Large. Contrast color amounts range from 5-60 yards (5-55 meters), depending on hat size and how many colors are used.