This fair isle hat pattern is the result of a collaboration between me and my son, Bailey, who is talented with pixel art and an accomplished artist. We were inspired by the crocus flower and antique wallpaper which resulted in creating a hexagonal textured pattern with purl stitches around each flower. The vertical lines are hidden as you knit, but evident once you place the hat on your head.

The chart features a “jogless join” for the flowers that overlap the beginning of the rounds. There are hints and tips for making the best looking Wallflowers Hat and instructions on how to do the Center Double Decreases as well.

I have used Rauma Finullgarn in my samples of this hat because they had the colors that I desired. This yarn is between a fingering and sport weight, so if you’d like to swap out for another favorite fingering weight wool like Jamieson & Smith, that should work fine as long as you use the correct needle size for your knitting style and technique to get the gauge. The hat uses over half a skein of the background color and minimal amounts of the other colors-- a great stash buster for those colors you have just enough of.

I’m excited to share this new design with all of you and to see your finished products on Ravelry or my Facebook page.