Fab Five Hat - PDF knitting pattern

Luscious, squishy texture with just a bit of slouch. Plus you get a chance to work with five fabulous colours that take your mind off the grey clouds. Take that, winter!

Also available: matching mittens and cowl!

Skills Used
•knit and purl
•working in the round
•k2tog, p2tog

Sizes
newborn (baby, toddler/preschooler, child, adult small, adult medium, adult large)
To Fit: 14 (16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24)” / 35.5 (40.5, 43, 46, 51, 56, 61) cm
Height: 5.5 (7, 7, 8, 8, 9.25, 10.5)” / 14 (17, 18, 20, 20, 23.5, 26.5) cm

Materials
•Yarn
 1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2) mini skein pack (five 1 oz. / 28 g skeins) Mad Hatter DK, Frabjous Fibers (430 yd. / 391 m per 5 oz. /140 g);
colourway shown: Mice in the Tea

•Needles
 US 4 / 3.5 mm and 6 / 4 mm needles for working in the round (DPNs OR magic loop OR short circular + DPNs), or size needed to get gauge

•Notions: darning needle, stitch marker

Gauge
after light blocking (soaked and laid flat to dry)
22 sts and 30 rounds = 4” / 10 cm stockinette in the round
23 sts and 40 rounds = 4” / 10 cm in Waffle Rib pattern

Approximate Yardage (with a 15% buffer) 
•Colour 1: 14 (41, 45, 57, 64, 72, 105) yd. / 13 (37, 41, 54, 58, 66, 95) m
•Colour 2: 14 (21, 23, 57, 64, 72, 105) yd. / 13 (19, 21, 54, 58, 66, 95) m
•Colour 3: 14 (21, 23, 29, 32, 72, 105) yd. / 13 (19, 21, 26, 29, 66, 95) m
•Colour 4: 14 (21, 23, 29, 32, 36, 105) yd. / 13 (19, 21, 26, 29, 33, 95) m
•Colour 5: 14 (21, 23, 29, 32, 36, 53) yd. / 13 (19, 21, 26, 29, 33, 48) m


•Total yardage: 70 (125, 137, 201, 224, 288, 473) yd.
64 (114, 125, 183, 204, 262, 430) m

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.