Excerpted from Susan B. Anderson’s Kids’ Knitting Workshop by Susan B. Anderson (Artisan Books). Copyright 2015. Photographs by Lauren Volo. Illustrations by Alison Kolesar.

Stripy Hat
Striping and mixing colors are some of the best things about knitting. You can choose your favorite colors, your team or school colors, or whatever you’d like! It’s fun and easy to make bright or pastel colors show up in your knits. The large pom-poms at the top of this hat are super fun, too. You may want to make two, or just one, or maybe none at all. Any way you go about it, you will end up with an adorable striped hat. Knitting is all about making your knits your own!

Size
One size to fit a large child, teen, or small adult

Yarn
Small amounts of Bulky weight in 7 colors (about 200 yards total).
Note: This is a great project to use up leftover yarns! Just make sure they are all Bulky weight.

Needles
US size 10½ / 6.5 mm, 16-inch circular needles

Gauge
3½ stitches per inch in stockinette stitch

Other things you’ll need
Stitch marker
Ruler or tape measure
Scissors
Yarn needle