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Are you ready for Spring?! Then grab this sweet treat of a hat pattern and start knitting up some cute chicks and bunnies.

Sized for the entire family, get started on this seamless, in-the-round, stranded colorwork hat today.

Finished measurements: For a toddler (child/small adult, large adult). Please go by actual head circumference sizes not descriptive sizes, some small children have large heads, and some older folks have small ones. Approximately 15.5”(18”, 20.5”)/39(46cm, 52cm) circumference and 6.75”(8”, 9.75”) /17(20, 25)cm tall to fit a 17”-19”(19.5-21.5”, 22-24”)43-48(49.5-54.5, 55.5-61) cm head respectively.

Note that this pattern does have some longer floats, so this pattern is not recommended as a first colorwork pattern. (But if you really want to knit it you can always duplicate stitch the design on afterwards).

Getting gauge in colorwork is TRICKY because we need to worry both about stitch and row gauge - with single color projects we usually are told to knit so many inches so the row gauge doesn’t matter, but in colorwork it does matter since there is a fixed pattern you have to work. When you have tight floats, this will usually cause your stitch count to be higher than recommended and your row count to be lower than recommended (making your project narrower but HIGHER). Many knitters will go up needle sizes to get stitch gauge which will help the width, but make the project even HIGHER!!!

If you don’t want this, try to keep your original needle size (or even go down if your row gauge will make the project too high), and instead go up a pattern size or two if that is an option. This way, your project will now fit the desired width but not be extra, extra high.

The amounts needed per color are as follows:
Worsted weight yarn.
Approx. 60(75, 85) yds / 55(69, 78) m of main color.
Approx. 35(40, 45)yds / 32(37, 41) m of brim color.
Approx. 25(30, 35) yds / 23(27, 32) m of CC1 (chicks).
Approx. 30(35, 40) yds / 27(32, 37) m of CC2 (bunnies).
Optional: A small amount of dark yarn for the eyes and nose.

Pictured in Malabrigo Worsted colors Natural, Apple Green, Pollen, and Shocking Pink. For a little more contrast between the chicks and background try making the MC background Apple Green and the ribbing and accents either Natural or one of chick and bunny colors. Alternatively, you might want to try Simple Taupe as main color, or make the chicks a brighter color like Sauterne. See the Spring Treats Headbands for photos of some of these options.

While the sample is knit with four different colors , you can use two or any number of colors. This is great for using up leftovers.

Please enjoy this sweet treat!