With Open Heart is a simple colorwork hat, perfect for beginner colorwork knitters. There are just 2 colors, floats are no longer than 5 stitches, and no colorwork is incorporated in crown decreases.

Skill level: advanced beginner to intermediate
Finished dimensions: Sized for children (head circumference 20” / 50 cm) and adults (head circumference 22” / 55 cm)
Suggested Yarn: fingering weight yarn, 140 (185) yds / 128 (170) m of Color A and 32 (37) yds / 30 (33) m of Color B.
Needles: size US 3 (3.25 mm) and size US 5 (3.75 mm) double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Gauge: 13 st and 15 rows = 2 inches in colorwork.