The playful Frosted Crocus Hat features a striking stranded chevron pattern and is topped with a speckled pom-pom! This hat starts with a tubular cast-on, and the brim is worked in 1x1 ribbing and folded. Made with three colors of superwash Merino yarn, this hat is perfect for someone with a bold style.

Difficulty Easy

Yarn Weight 2

Finished Size 18 (19½, 21)“ brim circumference and 8½” tall (with brim folded), not including pom-pom. Hat shown measures 19½“.

Yarn Fibra Natura Donnina (100% superwash extrafine Merino; 180 yd 165 m/1¾ oz 50 g): #233 Glacier (MC), 1 (1, 2) ball(s) (see Notes); #232 Blue Hint (A) and #226 Real Teal (B), 1 ball each. Yarn distributed by Universal Yarn.

Needles Sizes 1 ( 2.25 mm), 3 (3.25 mm), and 5 (3.75 mm): 16” circular (cir). Size 5 (3.75 mm): set of double-pointed (dpn). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Markers (m); tapestry needle.

Gauge 34 sts and 28 rnds = 4” in charted patt on largest needle.

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NOTES

• The 19½“ sample hat used almost all of one ball of the main color (MC). Consider purchasing an extra ball as insurance.

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