This Retro styled cap with its slightly slouchy body and jaunty pom-pom is sure to make someone on your list smile. The Buffalo wandering across the prairie grass are worked in stranded colourwork. This stranding on the body of the cap helps to keep warm without adding a lot of bulk.

Materials: 50gr main colour (brown), 25gr, first contrast (beige), 15gr second contrast (light brown), 5 gr (10 yds) each highlight (red and green); 2.75mm (#2 US) 16in circs and 3.25mm (#3 US) 16in circ and dpn’s; plus the regular notions.

Gauge: 28 sts in 4 inches in stockinet stranding, working with 3.25mm needles, after a light blocking

Sizes: Small/Medium (sample shown) – 18 to 20 ins – ribbed band; Medium/Large – 20 to 22 ins – ribbed band.