The Madrigal Hat matches the Madrigal Mittens published in Pom Pom Quarterly 39.

Madrigal is knit from brim to crown using stranded knitting. Two colors are worked at a time, and the four colors are rotated in sequence and in dominance, so no single color dominates over the others. This is like the balance of voices in a madrigal, a type of vocal music where four or five voices weave together into a whole where no one voice dominates.

The inspiration for the small repeat colorwork comes from mittens from western Denmark, where knitters of the past produced such knitwear while walking long distances in the windswept, open landscape. The very small pattern repeats are possible descendants of patterns that were worked in twined knitting, a much older knitting style that may be the original type of knitting in western Denmark. The small pattern repeats give a fabric that is both thin and warm.

Adult size 1 (2) approx. 54 (58) cm / 21 1/4 (22 3/4) inches head circumference.
Finished measurements 50 (53.5) cm / 19 3/4 (21) inches circumference and approx. 19 (21) cm / 81⁄2 inches length.

The pattern uses 4 different colors of Rauma Finull, and does not use full skeins. With 4 skeins of Finull, you will have enough yarn to make a set of hat and mittens.

Gauge: Corrugated ribbing using 2.25 mm (US 1) needle: 28 sts x 8 rounds = 10 x 2.5 cm (4 x 1 inches).
Colorwork using 2.5 mm (US 1 1/2) needle: 28 sts x 30 rounds = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches).