This hat will fit babies, children and adults. It is knitted in the round, shifting foreground (the design) and background motifs midway.
After binding off, with wrong sides together, you will fold the hat in half and then join the Cast On and Cast Off and begin your crown decreases. (You may use a Provisional Cast On if you like.(There are many videos online to show you this technique.)

You can also just make a headband if you like by knitting just the bigger motifs and ending with the kitchener stitch or three needle bind off.

Simply follow the directions below for your chosen size, referring to the charts on the next pages as you go.

There are short, helpful videos on our website: under the knitter at www.stonyhillfiberarts.com

Sizes: Circumference (cap edge at ears) x Depth (tip top of head to cap edge) Baby: 15.5” x 5.75”, Toddler 17” x 6”, Child/Small Adult 21” x 7.5”, Adult 23” x 8.5”

Materials : 2 contrasting colors of fingering weight yarn: Hat pictured uses our Pacolet Valley Fingerin
Baby - 1 oz/120 yd of each color (2 oz/240 yd total)
Toddle r-1 oz/120 yd of each color (2 oz/240 yd total)
Child - 1 oz/120 yd of each color + 1 oz/120 yd of
crown color (3 oz/360 yd total)
Adult - 2 oz/120 yd of each color, you can use 1 or both
crown colors (4 oz/420 yd total)

Needles: Size 2/ 16” circular (you will need 2 of these if
you do a provisional cast on)and Size 2 Double
Pointed (or however you do) crown decrease
(Size 1 needle will make a smaller circumference hat without affecting the depth. The difference is about 5%, so a 23” hat will come down to a 21.85” circumference)

Gauge: 8 stitches to the inch, 9 rounds per inch in stranded knitting. Drop down a needle size if necessary - use whatever it takes to get the gauge.

Know How: stranded knitting is good to know, check out videos on our site: stonyhillfiberarts.com
Tips: (take ’em or leave ‘em): removable highlighter tape will help to keep your place on the charts, “catching the floats” every 2-3 stitches helps with tension, as will stitch markers!