Snow Blossom Hat

Snow Blossom is a quick-to-knit hat featuring a simple Fair Isle flower border. Originally designed as a baby hat for my youngest daughter Emma, the pattern evolved to include five sizes: baby, toddler, child, women's small, and women's large. With straightforward decreases and a narrow Fair Isle border, this pattern is great for knitters new to stranded knitting. The hat is knit from the brim up using sport-weight yarn, starting on a circular needle and transitioning to double-pointed needles for shaping the top.

Size

Baby (Toddler, Child) (Women's Small, Women's Large).

Finished Measurements

• To fit a head circumference of 14 (16, 18) (19-20.5, 20.5-22) inches.
• Ribbed brim circumference: 13.5 (15, 17) (18.5, 20) inches, with 2 inches of stretch.

Gauge

18 sts/26 rows = 4 x 4 inches (10 x 10 cm) in stockinette stitch.

Materials Needed

• Sport weight yarn.
• Main color: 60 (100, 140) (180, 200) yds or 55 (90, 130) (165, 185) m.
• Contrasting color #1: 20 (22, 24) (26, 28) yds or 18 (20, 22) (24, 26) m.
• Scrap yarn for contrasting color #2.
• US #4/3.5mm circular needle (16-inch length) or size needed to obtain gauge.
• US #4/3.5mm double-pointed needles.
• 1 stitch marker.
• Darning needle.

Yarn Used

Dark Blue Hat (Women's Large): Knit Picks Telemark [100% wool; 103 yds/94 m per 50g]; main color: Delft Heather; 2 skeins, contrasting color #1: Carnation; 1 skein, contrasting color #2: Drift; 1 skein.

Light Blue Hat (Toddler): Knit Picks Telemark [100% wool; 103 yds/94 m per 50g]; main color: Fjord Heather; 1 skein, contrasting color #1: Passion Heather; 1 skein, contrasting color #2: Persimmon Heather; 1 skein.

Green Hat (Baby): Knit Picks Shine Sport [60% cotton, 40% rayon; 110 yds/101 m per 50g]; main color: Peapod; 1 skein. Contrasting colors: Nashua Creative Focus Cotton DK [100% cotton; 118 yds/108 m per 50g]; contrasting color #1: Light Blue, contrasting color #2: Coral.

Techniques

• Fair Isle knitting
• Knitting in the round
• Decreasing for crown shaping

Pattern Notes

The hat is worked in the round from the brim up, featuring a simple Fair Isle border. As the pattern progresses, decreases shape the crown, transitioning from circular to double-pointed needles. Snow Blossom is an ideal beginner Fair Isle project and a charming, warm accessory for all ages.