This pattern is designed for advanced beginner knitters and assumes that the knitter has knowledge of knit and purl stitches, knitting in the round, and increasing and decreasing. Some new techniques might be 2-color knitting and corrugated rib.

The sample was knit with Feederbrook Farm Entropy DK and The Fibre Co Cumbria, but any yarn that measures 14-16 wraps per inch will knit up nicely in this pattern.

To make your hat really stunning, consider using a gradient or variegated yarn with long sections of color. Each horizontal pattern repeat will incorporate different colors.

Be sure to check your gauge, as everyone knits with different tension.