I love Fair Isle knitting and deeply respect the historical designs we have available to knit today. The hat is my take on simple Fair Isle style motifs and bright colours mixed together to create the Funky Fair Isle hat.

The pattern has written instructions and a chart to follow.

Funky Fair Isle Hat is a jogless pattern where possible & knitted in the round.

Two Sizes:
To fit a child/small adult size of 52 - 56cm/20.5 - 22 inches circumference.
Large adult of 59 - 62cm/23 - 24 inches circumference.

Yarn:
7 colours of 8 ply/DK/light, 50gm balls of merino wool. I often use Debbie Bliss Rialto DK, Broadway Merino DK or Bellisimo DK super fine merino wool. Length of yarn is usually between 103 - 125 metres/112 - 137 yards per ball. Any wool of the same guage will be fine.

Suggested Needles:
3.25mm/US 3 circular needle for casting on & knitting rib.
4mm/US 6 circular needle for hat body.
4mm/US 6 DPNs for shaping the crown.

Techniques:
Knitting in the round, knit & purl stitches, decreasing, 2 stranded knitting, 3 stranded knitting.

Notions:
Stitch marker, tapestry needle.