For some reason, this hat initially reminded the designer, Parna, of a beehive... which then reminded her of that old school beehive hairdo, which then led her to realize that not only are hats warm and comfy, but they can also be a great hairstyle fix on those days when you just don’t feel like having a hairstyle at all.

This hat is a great exploration of knits and purls in the round – the 1 x 1 ribbing transitions into Seed Stitch, demonstrating the different textures that can be accomplished with a very minor tweak in your stitch pattern. The texture looks great with either heavily or slightly variegated yarns.

Like all Malabrigo yarns, Malabrigo Worsted is kettle-dyed in small batches by artisan dyers and is full of subtle variation and beauty. Particularly for variegated colors, skeins will vary from one to the next even within the same dye lot and will vary, sometimes substantially, from what is pictured. While colors shown are accurate to the best of our ability, computer monitors and dye lots both vary so the skeins you receive may differ from what is shown.

This kit contains materials to make 1 hat in any of the four offered sizes: Baby [Child, Adult Small, Adult Large]. Finished hat approx: 13 [16, 19, 22]”/33 [40, 48, 56] cm after blocking. With one skein, the largest size may not have enough yarn for a pom pom depending on your row gauge.

Yarn

• 1 hank Malabrigo Worsted
• yarn comes unwound in the original hank unless you add winding above

Pattern

• PDF Download - After ordering this product you will be emailed a unique link to download a PDF of this pattern.
  
• Your pattern download link will be emailed when the physical part of your kit is packaged up. This lets us make sure everything is hunky-dory a-okay peachy-keen with the whole kit before finalizing the pattern sale. :)
• If you don't see the pattern download email soon after receiving the "a shipment from order is on the way" email, please check your spam folder. If you still don't see it, just drop us a line and we'll be happy to re-send it!
• Please save the PDF to your own device in a place where you'll be able to find it. You will be able to download the PDF a maximum of 3 times.

Packaging

• the kit will be packaged in eco-friendly kraft paper unless you add the optional drawstring project bag above

Needles

• Adult Sizes:
• US#6/4.0 mm (or size to get gauge) 16”/ 40 cm circular (for main body of hat)
• and same size double points (for crown)
• and one size larger 16”/40 cm circular (for ribbed brim)
• Baby and Child Sizes:
• US#6/4.0 mm (or size to get gauge) 12”/30 cm circular (for main body of hat)
  
• and same size double points (for crown)
• and one size larger 12”/30 cm circular (for ribbed brim)

Notions

• stitch marker
• darning needle
• pom pom maker