Looking for a spring and summer knitting project? Look no further, you’ve just found it.

The Little Lifeguard Bucket Hat is a quick and fun project that will have your little guy or gal too cool for the pool. Pattern works up quickly with any medium weight cotton yarn, and provides stylish, breathable sun protection for your little beach bum.

Dislike working in intarsia? No worries! This hat features a very simple, straightforward medical cross design worked in with duplicate stitching at the end-no bobbins to contend with!

Hat is meant to be slightly larger than the head, therefore it has positive ease.

Sizes listed for this hat include instructions for an 18 month old-small child (Large), a 6-18 month old (Medium), 3-6 month old (Small), and a 0-3 month old (Newborn). Instructions are listed for the largest size, with the medium, small, and newborn hats in parentheses.

This hat is easily adaptable for either gender, and it gives you a blank canvas to substitute any simple picture or emblem in place of the cross. You can leave off the duplicate stitching altogether and add a bow or button, instead, if desired. The sky’s the limit.