I had several balls of different coloured merino wool in my stash. It was straight forward for me to crochet a child’s hat in periwinkle and an adult version in grey. I liked how the pattern of crosses separated by a row of single crochet stitches was defined in the mono-coloured merino.
I was up for a bit of experimentation and decided to make multi-coloured hats. I turned to paint chips from my local hardware store to mix and match before starting out. Pairing colours of different hue but similar saturation was the most pleasing to my eye. I chose simple patterns of half-double or double crochet to let colour be the main attraction.
The combination of highly saturated colours creates feelings of high energy and intensity. While the blue yarn is mostly merino wool, it contains 30% mulberry silk which gives the hat a shimmery quality, adding to the hat’s eye-catching appeal.
In contrast, the pastel colours in this infant hat evoke feelings of calm, softness and spring. The baby blue, mauve and pale yellow colours, reminiscent of an Easter egg, are grounded by a neutral grey.
Hats by Tracy J 