Buggiflooer Beanie

The Buggiflooer Beanie pattern uses either six or three colours, the latter of which I hope will encourage knitters new to Fair Isle colourwork. I originally designed the Buggiflooer Beanie to be the Shetland Wool Week hat for 2023, the year I was the Patron.

The design is offered in the original five colour ways using 2 ply jumper weight from five different yarn producers. I would recommend using 100% Shetland wool for best results.

The pattern is one size adult but the actual size can be changed using larger or smaller needle sizes. Please pay particular attention to the required tension as my knitting is close. Many people have used 2.75mm needles to obtain a matching tension.

Buggiflooer is the Shetland word for sea campion which, growing in abundance around the Shetland coast, is the inspiration behind this design.