When YouTube’s Mr Beast decided to clean up the oceans, I jumped straight on board. Next week I will be posting easy ways to make sure that our knitting isn’t harming the planet, but for today, I would like to offer you this pattern for free. If you wish to throw a donation towards Team Seas and help to remove rubbish from our oceans, brilliant and awesome.

You will need:
– DK yarn in blue, dark blue and white
– 4mm circular knitting needles
– Darning needle
– Pom-pom

Cast on 100 stitches in the darker blue yarn and join these in the round.

Knit 2, Purl 2 rib over 20 rows.

Knit 5 full rows in the dark blue. Begin working the colour chart below, including the colour changes over the following 30 rows. The chart is a repeat of 20 stitches – so you will need to knit this chart 5 times per row.
Knit 5 full rows in the paler blue yarn.

Then begins the decreasing of the top of the hat.
Knit 3, Knit 2 together – repeat over the whole row.
Knit 1 row.
Knit 2, Knit 2 together – repeat over the whole row.
Knit 1 row.
Knit 1 Knit 2 together – repeat over the whole row.
Knit 1 row.
Knit 2 together – repeat over the whole row.
Knit 1 row.
Knit 2 together – repeat over the whole row.

Cut yarn with 30 cm remaining. Thread onto the darning needle, slip all the remaining stitches onto this yarn and pull tight to close the top of the hat. Attach a pom pom to the top, and darn in your yarn tails.