I am really happy with my new knitting design. It is a really practical, cosy hat, but also pretty and quite unique. Working on the tulip motif took me some time, and I have ideas for some other patterns where I will use it.

The Tulip Hat is knitted in doubleknit wool, and takes a bit less that 100g of the main shade. You also need 12g of leaf colour and 12g of flowerhead colour. You also need needles of 4mm and 4.5 mm. The hat is knitted flat, with one seam to sew up.

I would call it medium difficulty, as each flower is knitted with two separate lengths of wool. It is explained in the pattern how to do this, but the main aim was so the wool did not need to be carried on the reverse side between the flowers, which would have made the hat too tight. An added advantage of knitting this way means that it takes less wool.

I will be putting my sample hats for sale on Etsy, and am knitting one more where each flower is a different colour, which I thought would be fun. I decided they will all be realistic tulips colours, but looking online at photos that really doesn’t seem to rule any colour out.