I haven’t done a great job lately bringing you whimsical knitting patterns because there’s just so much to talk about in the knitting world this time of year, but I wanted to share this amazing hat that could be your Halloween costume for next year or the hat you wear when you need to be reminded that warm, sunny days actually do exist.
The Bloom Where You Are Planted Hat by Ainur Berkimbayeva has two options for petals so you can make a sunflower or zinnia style hat. The part that covers your head is the center of the flower with the petals radiating out around your head. You can choose to do one or two layers of petals depending on how much yarn you have and how full you want your flower to be.
The pattern has four sizes, to fit a baby, child, small/medium adult and large adult, so you can cover the whole family with flowers if you want. It calls for worsted weight yarn, and you will need three colors for either version.
Ainur says the idea behind the hat is that we shouldn’t be postponing joy until some magical future time when everything is right, because that’s not a time that’s really going to come. We need to hold onto the little bits of happy we can find in our current lives, even if we have to make them for ourselves. And knitting this hat will definitely give you some happy.
This would, of course, be an adorable hat for a baby or little kid, but you should knit one for yourself, too, and shine like the radiant flower you are.
You can get the pattern on Ravelry, and because everyone should be able to enjoy a little knitting joy, there are discount codes available if you’re not able to pay full price.
[Photo: Ainur Berkimbayeva]
