Politics aside, the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is heartbreaking and the damage to the people, buildings, and infrastructure overwhelming. Like many, it’s hard to go about your everyday hum-drum life without feeling exceedingly grateful for that normality – and it’s impossible to comprehend having that turned upside down. Creating this pattern is a way to try and assist, in a very small way, in making things better. All proceeds from the sale of this pattern will go directly to humanitarian organizations doing that good work in Ukraine.

This unisex pattern is one size only. It is knit bottom-up in the round. It is a textured knit, with cables and stranded colorwork to create the flowers and at the bottom.

Finished size of hat = +/- 20” diameter and +/- 8” from CO edge to top of hat.

Materials:
• Main Color (MC) - blue: 1 skein worsted weight yarn (+/- 50g or 110 yds)
• Contrast Color (CC) - yellow: 1 skein worsted weight yarn (+/- 20g or 50 yds)
• US 5 (3.75 mm) and US 7 (4.5 mm) 16” circular needles and US 7 (4.5 mm) Double-pointed needles (or longer cord for Magic-loop knitters) to decrease at top of hat
• Removable stitch markers to mark beginning of round and charted section (6-8 markers)
• Cable needle
• Tapestry needle (for weaving in ends)

Gauge: 20 st & 24 rows = 4” on US 7 (4.5 mm) needles in stockinette stitch.