A few years ago, I saw a breathtaking picture of a completed Field of Wildflowers hat on Malabrigo's Instagram account. I loved everything about this hat - the pattern, the yarn, and how they both worked so well together to create a bright, but not-too-bright winter hat. I not only bookmarked this hat, but also immediately ordered the Malabrigo Rios yarn that the hat featured.
Years later, during a global pandemic no less, I finally saw the need to make this hat - with increasingly long winter walks outside and no concerns about "hat hair" during work or social events.
While the hat knit up fairly quickly, and the squishy Malabrigo Rios was a true pleasure to work with, the initial hat I produced was too long for my tastes. The length meant that the hat had a fair amount of "slouch" at the top, which is not a style I like. So I frogged the top part of the hat and remade it to only have 4 pattern repeats. I also skipped decrease rows 13-15 and 17-19. If I make this hat again, I will probably just concentrate the length cutting on the border rows to have more of the pattern appear across the length of the hat.
Here are some pictures of the original, longer hat, including compared to a previously knit hat that fits me quite well.
Field of Wildflowers - for Me!
Pattern: Field of Wildflowers by Joji Locatelli, size small
Yarn: Malabrigo Rios, maybe 2/3 skein, in Arco Iris
Needles: Two US3 and two US 4 circulars
Measurements: Pre-blocking measurements of 8 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide at the bottom; post-blocking measurements of 7.75 inches tall by 9.25 inches wide at its widest point at the brim
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