Besurt is the Catalan name for one of my favorite trees, the rowan, also called mountain-ash and rowan-berry. In my childhood, that patchwork of memories, there is a very special place for the hours spent on the small swing that hung from the branches of a rowan tree close to my grandma’s house. She would swing me, tell me stories or give me my first knitting lessons under the red berries and lighted foliage of that magnificent tree.

In the fall, her colorful bunches of red berries attracted a large number of guests: blackbirds and thrushes, robins and even goshawks were some of the birds that came to eat its berries.

This pattern was born in that swing, in those happy days with my granny’s tales and the robin’s trill… it is one hundred percent inspired by the rowan tree and its precious berries, without which my childhood would have been different.

Sizes 1 (2, 3)
A — Brim circumference of finished hat: approximately 45 (50, 54) cm / 17 ¾ (19 ¾ , 21 ¼ ) ‘’.
The finished hat will fit head sizes approximately: 50 (55, 59) cm / 19 ¾ (21 ¾ , 23 ¼ ) ” to be worn with 5 cm / 2” of negative ease.
B — Length (only folded brim): 6 cm / 2 ¼’’
C — Length (brim folded) 20 (21, 22) cm / 7 ¾ (8 ¼, 8 ¾ )’’

Yarn: Rios by Malabrigo 100% wool, 100 g — 190 m (or other worsted weight yarn)
Sample shown in Archangel color — 70 (90, 100) g

Gauge: 20 sts x 36 rows - 10 x 10 / 4 x 4’’ cm in the stockinette stitch in the round after blocking.
Note: Motive 1 = 12 sts = 5, 5 cm washed and blocked
Motive 2 + 8 sts (pattern repeat) = 12 sts = 6 cm washed and blocked

Needles: 3, 75 mm (US 5) circular needle for ribbing
4 mm (US 6) circular needle with a cable 40 cm length and dpns or circular needle with a cable 80 cm length for the magic loop technique.

Notions: 1 stitch marker, tapestry needle or crochet hook to weave in the ends, crochet hook 4 (for bobbles)

Notes: The hat is knitted in the round from the brim upwards on a short circular needle. Switch to double-pointed needles when needed or use the magic-loop technique using a longer cable.
This hat features a deep brim in 1x1 ribbing that is worn folded back.
Photo and video tutorials on how to crochet small bobbles and bobbles motives are also provided in the pattern.