Wild roses is an e-book of four patterns: a cardigan, a cowl, a hat and fingerless mitts with stranded colorwork featuring delicate branches and flowers.

Included are some tips on colorwork and fair isle and a tutorial on how to use Jenny’s cast on as a provisional cast on in a separate pdf: Wild rose tips.

Wild rose hat is worked bottom up starting with Jenny’s magic cast on used as as a provisional cast on to work the double brim. It comes in three sizes: small, medium and large. The sample is the medium size. It is perfect to work up some little rests. I used three different green tints for the flowers blending them together to get a smooth transition. The colorwork is charted only.

Tech edited by Sue-Cat

Sizes
S, M and L
Finished measurement hat circumference: 49, 51, 53 cm (19¾”, 20”, 20¾)
to fit head circumference: 52 to 56 cm, 55 to 59 cm, 57 to 63 cm (20½ to 22“, 21½ to 23¼“ , 22½ to 24¾“)

What you’ll need
fingering weight
Main color: ± 140 to 160 m / 155 to 175 yards
Contrasting color: ± 80 to 95 m / 90 to 105 yards
two 2.5 mm (US 1½) circular needles
3 mm (US 2½) circular needle
1 marker (or 7 markers if you want to place
a marker between repeats)
tapestry needle

Gauge
32 sts and 36 rows in stranded pattern with the larger needle = 10 x 10 cm / 4” x 4”