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A great project for using up those precious leftover bit of yarn, this hat uses knit and purl stitches and a k2tog decrease. It works up quick enough to make it a good option for gift knitting.

‘The loose end cascaded to the ground with the final snip that finished their project. They held the completed sock up to the light to admire their handiwork with satisfaction and laid it atop the matching one beside them. The scraps were pooled on the floor by their foot. They wrapped them up like a neat little bow and dropped them into the scrap’s basket. With each new colourful scrap, the tower grew and grew towards some mystery project they would collect together to create. When the daunting task of weaving in the ends loomed, they knelt by the basket and rooted through the remnants of projects past to find the perfect few for their newest endeavour. And it shall be a gleaming magpie.’
 
Yarn
Main colour, 50 grams /165.5m (181yds) of Sport weight yarn
Various small sock yarn scraps approx. 20 grams in total and the same in mohair lace weight.
Folded brim sample was knit using Quince and co chickadee in the Iceland colourway and ribbed brim sample in the Birds Egg colourway.
A Pom Pom.
Needles
3 mm (US 2.5) circular needle 40cm (16inch) 0r 100cm (39inch) for magic loop and 3mm (US 2.5) set of DPN’s or size needed to get gauge.
Notions
Stitch markers and a tapestry needle.
Size
Finished Hat circumference 49cm (19 inches), length of hat 23cm (9 inch)
Model has a 22-inch head circumference.
Gauge
26sts and 37 rows per 10cm (4 inches) in stocking stitch.
Notes
Adding your yarn scraps: I used a magic knot ball for the grey hat and on the blue hat I just added my scraps as I wanted them and wove in the ends after. Approx 2-3 m of yarn scrap gave me a 2-3 round stripe. I found both methods worked well.
If you do not have a sport weight yarn you could hold fingering and mohair throughout.
The hat length is easily adjustable just increase or decrease the number of rounds worked in the body of the hat.