Flying Gulls Hat was inspired by the funny and cunning gulls flying at Easton’s Beach in Newport, RI. These gulls are acclimated to people eating on the beach and are experts in stealing food. They are excellent in timing their thefts of food out of hands or off blankets when people are not attentive. They even raid the snack bar.

The mosaic hat is knit from brim to crown and uses two skeins, one light and one dark colored, of DK yarn for a mosaic shadow pattern. The pattern is easy and uses only one color every two rows. You slip the stitch of the color that you are not using in the row.

The hat sizing will fit a toddler, child, teen and adult women and men. The green hat height has been shorten by not knitting the Stockinette section of the hat before the setup row. You may adjust hat height in the stockinette and brim sections of the hat to give the fit that you would like.

Finished size:
To fit head circumferences:

18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 in/45, 47.5, 50, 52.5, 55, 57.5, 60 cm

Finished circumferences:

16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 in/40, 42.5, 45, 47.5, 50, 52.5, 55 cm

Hat height for each head circumference:

6.75, 8, 8.5, 9.5, 9.5, 9.75, 9.75 in/16.88, 20, 21, 21.25, 23.75, 23.75, 24.38, 4.38 cm

Difficulty: Intermediate; skills include knitting in the round, simple color work – mosaic knitting, and decreases.

MATERIALS
Yarn: Most DK weight yarns may be used. You will need to select two skeins in different colors, a light and a dark, to complete the hat.

Needles:
US 6 (4 mm) Double Pointed Needles
US 6 (4 mm) short circular needles 16 in/ 41 cm or 24 in/60 cm or 32 in/81 cm for Magic Loop or size to obtain correct gauge.

Notions: 1 stitch marker, 5 different color split ring or removable markers, tapestry needle

Gauge:
24 sts and 32 rounds = 4 in/10 cm on US 6 (4 mm) needles over Stockinette St knit in the round, blocked.

Fit:
Gauge is crucial in this pattern to get the correct size hat. Please choose your hat size based on finished circumferences or your desired fit. When put on the head, hat should stretch at least 2 in or 5 cm negative ease to fit your head correctly.

Pattern Contents:
Written & charted instructions

Thank you to:

Test Knitters: whobeyoube, caitlinjocrafts, franeen, diamondsparkle

Technical Editor: Ashley Adkerson, Knitting to Infinity