Meadow of Buds

**Launch Discount ** To celebrate the launch, the pattern is available at 20% off for a limited time! Use code BUDS at checkout to receive your discount. **Blooming Buds Beanie** A cozy, textured beanie designed to celebrate the beauty of variegated yarn! Blooming Buds combines a solid fingering-weight yarn with a variegated DK-weight yarn to create rich, dimensional colorwork. The textured stitch pattern provides the perfect canvas for the variegated yarn, allowing its shifting shades to shine while bringing the colors together into a playful floral effect. As the variegated yarn moves through its beautiful range of colors, little “blooms” seem to come to life across the beanie. Each section develops its own unique combination of shades, making every finished hat wonderfully individual. The result is a cozy, richly textured beanie that celebrates both the beauty of the stitch pattern and the vibrant, ever-changing nature of variegated yarn. **Yarn Requirements** Main Color: Fingering weight, solid — approx. 42 g / 176 m (192 yds) Contrast Color: DK weight, variegated — approx. 43 g / 90 m (98 yds) **Needles & Notions** 2.25 mm (US 1) circular needle 3.5 mm (US 4) circular needle 40" (100 cm) circular needle for Magic Loop, or double-pointed needles as preferred Tapestry needle for weaving in ends and closing the top 1 stitch marker to mark the beginning of the round Substitute needle sizes as necessary to obtain gauge. **Special Technique** The brim is knitted using the Double Thick Hat Cuff Method, creating a wonderfully cozy and substantial brim. I hope you enjoy watching your own little buds bloom as you knit!