Bare branches and grey skies remind us that it’s still winter, while melting snow hints at warmer temperatures to come.

This simple project has a hung hem, and an eyelet row with an i-cord drawstring at the top. It can be worn as a hat with a gathered top, or untied and worn as a neckwarmer.

This machine knitting pattern adaptation is possible by the kind permission of Hilary Latimer, designer of the original handknitting pattern, “Pirate’s Cove”.