Floral Morning Hat

Floral Morning Hat by Julia Schwartz

What Is Being Made

The Floral Morning Hat is a knitted adult-sized hat designed by Julia Schwartz and available through Designs By Diligence. This intermediate-level knitting project creates a finished hat with a 19-inch circumference that stretches to fit a standard adult head. The design incorporates floral elements through colorwork, utilizing two contrasting yarn colors to create visual interest and pattern definition.

Knitting Techniques Used

This hat employs several fundamental and intermediate knitting techniques to construct the finished garment. The pattern uses circular knitting with both circular needles and double-pointed needles to work in the round, which creates a seamless construction. Colorwork techniques are incorporated to develop the floral design, requiring the knitter to manage two colors (Color A and Color B) throughout sections of the pattern. The hat also employs shaping techniques including increases and decreases to form the crown and achieve proper fit.

Stitches and Stitch Techniques

The Floral Morning Hat pattern utilizes the following stitches and techniques:

• k (knit stitch) – the fundamental stitch forming the fabric base
• p (purl stitch) – creates texture and pattern variation
• PM (place marker) – marks the beginning of rounds and pattern sections
• SM (slip marker) – advances markers as rounds progress
• Kbf (knit through the front and back of stitch) – an increase stitch that adds stitches for shaping
• k2tog (knit 2 stitches together) – a decrease stitch used for crown shaping
• tbl (through back loop) – a variation technique that twists stitches for textural or structural effects

Materials: Yarn and Needles

The Floral Morning Hat pattern specifies Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in worsted weight yarn. This yarn is composed of 100% Peruvian highland wool, offering warmth and durability. Each color requires one ball of yarn, with each ball containing 110 yards of yarn per 50 grams. The pattern calls for two colors (Color A and Color B) to create the floral design.

Needles required include US size 5 (3.75mm) 16-inch circular needles for the main body of the hat and double-pointed needles in the same size for working the crown decreases when stitches become too few for circular needles. A yarn needle is needed for weaving in ends after completion.

Gauge and Sizing

The pattern is worked to a gauge of 10 stitches and 12 rows over 2 inches in stockinette stitch. The finished hat measures 19 inches in circumference and stretches to accommodate a standard adult head size. The pattern begins by casting on 90 stitches with Color B.