This bold and beautiful hat is created using knit and slipped stitches so that you are only ever using one colour per round.

Fledgling is knit from the bottom up to the fancy crown.

This pattern has both charted and written instructions.

Materials:

DK weight yarn:
MC: 70 (85, 105)yds / 65 (80, 95)m
CC: 50 (60, 80)yds / 45 (55, 75)m
3.5mm / US 4 16” / 40cm circular needle
3.75mm / US 5 16” / 40cm circular needle plus DPNs

Finished Measurements:

Actual unstretched circumference: 15 (18, 21)” / 38 (46, 54)cm
To fit head: 17-19 (20-22, 23-24)” / 43-48 (51-56, 58-61)cm

Shown in Wool Decanted Vintage 20 DK shades Midnight Lagoon (MC) and Lazy Hazy (CC)