Here’s a hat for you if you’ve ever gone for a walk in the woods and said to yourself, here are some nice mushrooms!

The Forager Hat is knit in two contrasting colors of DK weight yarn with a folded brim and a textured slip-stitch pattern reminiscent of mushroom caps and stems. Only one color is used at a time.

Yarn
Miss Babs Yowza Mini 
100% superwash Merino wool (200 yd/2.8 oz (182 m/80 g) skeins)
One skein in each of two colors, shown in Plover (MC) and Londontowne (CC)

Or approximately 100 yards/92 meters of DK weight yarn in main color and 120 yards/110 meters in contrasting color.

Finished Measurements
Sizes S (M, L)
17 (19, 21)“ / 42.5 (47.5, 52.5) cm circumference
8” / 20 cm deep, after folding brim
Shown in Size M

Needles
US 5 [3.75 mm] circular needle, 16”/40 cm long, and double-pointed needles, or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
Blocked: 29 stitches and 36 rounds = 4”/10 cm square in mushroom pattern
2 mushrooms are just under 4”/10 cm wide

Notions
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle