This fantastic rainbow stripe hat is designed to brighten your day and use up leftover bits of wool.

This pattern includes both circular and flat knitting instructions and is written for both 4ply and 8ply yarns. It is a great basic pattern that you can adjust however you like.

Sized for head measurements of 32.5cm-61cm/ 12.8-24inches, Premature babies through to large adult.

Yarn Requirements
4ply/fingering weight yarn

• 3-12m per contrast colour stripe
• 70-160m for main colour

8ply/DK weight yarn

• 3-9m per contrast colour stripe
• 50-140m for main colour

Gauge
4ply/fingering weight yarn: 28 sts by 34 rows per 10cm.
8ply/DK weight yarn: 22 sts by 30 rows per 10cm.

Needles and notions
Hat sizes 32.5cm to 40cm will need to be knit using your preferred small circumference method of knitting such as 30cm needles, DPN’s, Crazy trios or Magic Loop. All other sizes can be knit on 40cm/ 16” circular needles until the crown decreases.

4ply/fingering weight yarn:
• 2.75mm and 3.25mm circular needles
(or a needle size required to achieve gauge, plus a second needle two sizes smaller than this)

8ply/DK weight yarn:
• 3.5mm and 4mm circular needles
(or a needle size required to achieve gauge, plus a second needle two sizes smaller than this)

Both yarn weights:
• For the crown decreases, one set of needles in the larger size to perform your preferred small circumference method (DPN’s, Crazy trios, Magic loop)
• 1 x stitch marker
• Scissors
• Measuring tape
• Darning needle
• Balloon for blocking

You may knit and sell as many items from this pattern as you wish with the provisio that you please acknowledge myself as the pattern creator when selling.