This pattern uses small amounts of four colors of sport-weight yarn: two blues, a cloud-white, and a soft beige. Together, they put me in mind of mud season here in Maine, where we experience the bluest skies, the whitest clouds, and, unfortunately, the soupiest mud imaginable. Still, after our long frozen season, even mud is not going to slow most of us down. It’s still chilly, though, and a snug-fitting cap and pair of fingerless mitts help take the sting out of those capricious early-spring winds.

The four colors can be worked in a simple stripe pattern or, for the more adventurous, in a zigzag pattern of stranded colorwork. There are hat sizes to fit baby-to-grandpa-sized heads and fingerless mitts in almost as wide a range, plus bonus instructions for thumbless baby mittens.

So, forage around your basket or drawer of colorful, sport-weight yarn, and knit up a quick spring hat or pair of mitts for an intrepid outdoorsperson in your clan!

Circumference: 6 (6½, 7¼, 8½)”
Length: 5¾ (7, 8, 9½)”
To fit: toddler (child, adult, large adult)

MC: (40, 50, 70, 90) yards / 11 (14, 20, 25) grams in River
CC1: (15, 15, 25, 30) yards / 5 (5, 7, 9) grams in Bird’s Egg
CC2: (15, 15, 25, 30) yards / 5 (5, 7, 9) grams in Egret
CC3: (15, 15, 25, 30) yards / 5 (5, 7, 9) grams in Twig

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