The Snow Flowers hat is a riff on my fun-to-work Seashell Tide hat, but with lots of upgrades! Snow Flowers uses an accent color to made the stitch pattern really pop, and has options for both beanie and slouchy versions, each with sizing from child through adult large, so you can knit this hat for the whole family.

Sizes: Child (adult S, M, L) with finished circumference of 17.5 (18.5, 20, 21.5)”/43 (46, 50, 53) cm, intended to be worn with approximately 2”/5 cm negative ease (hat circumference smaller than head circumference).

Difficulty: Beginner. The stitch pattern is easy to learn. This hat is worked in the round.

Yarn selection: Sport-weight yarn. The pattern will look best with a strong contrast between the hat’s background color and the accent color.

• Main color: approximately 40 (50, 55, 60) grams/110 (135, 150, 165) yards/100 (125, 140, 150) meters
• Contrast color: approximately 7 (9, 10, 11) grams/20 (25, 30, 35) yards/18 (23, 25, 28) meters

Gauge: 24 sts and 32 rows to 4”/10 cm in stockinette stitch, unblocked.

Needles: US 5/ 3.75 mm or size needed to achieve gauge. This hat is worked in the round. A 16”/40 cm circular needle will be comfortable for all but the child size, which will need to be worked either on double-pointed needles or a much longer circular needle, if you prefer the Magic Loop method. All sizes will need dpns/Magic Loop as the number of stitches decreases at the crown of the hat.

Questions? Designer email is included in the pattern.

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