I was helping my daughter to do some natural dyeing for her Textiles GCSE and there was left over onion skin dye. I had a skein of undyed yarn in my stash, so I decided to experiment with the dye, it seemed a pity to waste it.

I really loved the yarn when it was dyed and wanted to design some easy but with a nice texture. While knitting this hat I tried really hard to think of a new name but in my head, it was always the Onion Hat. It might not sound like a very glamourous name for a hat, but as Shrek says, an onion has layers. Onions add great flavour to food and make such pretty yarn, so the name has stuck. I hope you love your ONION hat :slightly_smiling_face:

Materials

Needles**
3mm / US 2.5 at least 100cm / 40” long or size to obtain gauge (for magic loop)
or 3mm / US 2.5 cable 40cm / 16” with dpns for crown decrease.
or DPNs in the correct size if you prefer.

Yarn
Sock weight weight yarn 100g; 400m / 437yds
Sample knitted in Elle Sock Wool 80% wool 20% nylon in Natural colourway which I dyed with onion skins

Yardage:
All sizes can be made with a single skein of sock yarn of 400m/100g, you may be able to get the baby sizes out of 50g depending on your gauge.

Notions
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Pom pom maker – optional

Gauge
32 stitches and 40 rows over 10cm/4” twisted rib in the round, blocked

Sizes
0-6 Months (6-12 Months, Child, Teen/Small Adult, Adult Medium, Large)
to fit: 35 (40, 45, 50, 55, 60)cm / 14 (16, 18, 20, 22, 24)”

Finished un-stretched dimensions:
Circumference
30.5 (33, 35.5, 38, 40, 43) cm / 12 (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)”

Length from crown to rib:
15 (15, 19, 20, 23, 23) cm / 6 (6, 8, 8, 9, 9)”