I designed the Scraptacular Extra Lite as an awesome stash-busting project for all of those worsted weight yarn scraps you have on hand. You can make a totally scrappy hat by using up to 14 colors for this Fair Isle pattern, although you only ever knit with two colors at a time. You can experiment by using six different colors for the zig zags or just two or three. You can use a single color or multiple colors for the dots near the crown. So many scraptacular possibilities—each beanie you make will be one of a kind! Have fun knitting up the perfect one for you!

Materials needed:

Worsted/size 4 yarn in at least two (up to 14) contrasting colors—approximately 128 yards (117 m) total
Color A—30 yards (27.5 m)
Colors B, C, D, E, F & G—8 yards (7 m) each
Color H—41 yards (37.5 m)
Colors I, J, K, L, M & N—roughly 1.5 yards (1.5 m) each

US 6 (4 mm) 16” (41 cm) circular knitting needles

US 8 (5 mm) 16” (41 cm) circular knitting needles

US 8 (5 mm) Double Pointed Needles (DPNs) or US 8 (5 mm) circular knitting needles with a longer cord for Magic Loop Method

Stitch marker

Scissors

Tapestry needle

Additional gauge information:

18.5 sts and 21 rows per 4” square knit in the Fair Isle pattern (main body of the beanie) using US 8 (5.0 mm) needles with Wool-Ease