This hat looks complicated but as long as you can cast on, knit, purl, slip stitches, and decrease, it’s for you!

You will need at least 2 colors for this pattern, but it can be done with more if you choose (this pattern can be a good use of those small skeins). Most of the sample hats use two colors but the Child’s hat has 4 colors. You can add more colors whenever and wherever you wish.

It can be knit with either sport weight or DK weight—you will need to change your needle size depending on which you choose—and comes in toddler, child, and adult sizes.

Needles:
Sport weight: Size 4 and 6
DK weight: Size 2 and 3

Gauge for both yarn weights: Ribbing: 6 stitches per inch
Slip pattern: 6.5 stitches per inch

Accessibility Statement
The main PDF uses black text on a white background and does not rely on color.

This pattern is a print disability and screen reader friendly version and has 24pt Verdana font, no italics are used, with written instructions. It has been tested with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Abbreviations and symbols have been removed from the pattern. If you use a screen reader with this pattern and find any issues, please let me know.