Flames Hat

The inspiration behind this hat's stitch pattern was a book on weaving—Twill Thrills, to be precise. The weaving patterns in that book grabbed my attention for much of a weekend, until I had worked out a stitch pattern of a scale appropriate for knitting. Here, no more than three stitches of any color are worked consecutively, and though the pattern is 30 rows tall, it's just 12 easy-to-memorize stitches wide.

After a rolled brim of reverse stockinette stitch, the hat is worked as a simple, unshaped tube.

The tube is folded flat and sewn shut, then the ends of the seam are gathered at the center and finished with a tassel.

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