This quick-knit hat is perfect for the quirky babies and
kids in your life. Choose colors close to each other for a more understated look, or go for opposite ends of the color spectrum for a hat that’s impossible to miss!

The bottom of the hat is worked in a slipped-stitch colorwork pattern, and then the top decreases are worked with the stranded colorwork technique. The top of the hat is finished with a little I-cord for maximum cuteness.

SIZES
Newborn (Baby, Toddler, Child)

To fit heads measuring: 14 (16, 18, 20)“ or 35.5 [40.5, 45.5, 51] cm

Actual finished circumference: 12 (14, 16, 18)“ or 30.5 [35.5, 40.5, 45.5] cm

MATERIALS NEEDED
Yarn:
Malabrigo Yarn Merino Worsted (100% merino; 210yds/192m per 100g skein):

About 60 (70, 85, 95) yds or 55 [65, 80, 85] meters Azul Profundo for Color A

About 15 (20, 25, 30) yds or 14 [18, 23, 28] meters Lettuce for Color B

Recommended needles:
US #8 [5.0 mm] double-pointed needles, set of 4 or 5 (or preferred type of needles for small diameter knitting in the round)

Notions:
Stitch marker, yarn needle, size US #8 [5.0 mm] double-pointed needles for working I-cord (if not using for rest of hat)

GAUGE
20 sts/ 28 rows = 4 in/10 cm in Bubble Pattern
19 sts/28 rows = 4 in/10 cm in stockinette stitch