This hat, knitted in traditional Fair Isle designs, is an ideal introduction to two-colour knitting and working in the round, and is suitable for those with a little experience. The colour pattern is worked from a chart. Fits an average head, approx 56cm (22 inches) in diameter.

The hat can be knitted in 2 x 20g/80m mini-skeins of our handpainted 100% British Blue Faced Leicester wool 4-ply yarn, or our British Alpaca/Silk 4-ply, both of which are soft and lustrous. Kits are available from our website here.

Alternatively it can be made in any of our standard 4-ply yarns. It’s a great way of using small quantities of yarn - particularly a variegated one which can give the effect of a much more complicated design than is actually the case!

Note - there is an error in older versions of the pattern, corrected in v1.3 Dec 2016. The decrease round that takes you from 42 to 24 sts should read:
(k1, k2tog x 3) to end. 24 sts
This round should also appear before the last two-colour round, not after it.