Hand-Knit Hat Know-How

Everything you need to know about hand-knit Hats!

Woolly Wormhead is the world’s leading hand-knit Hat designer.

With a background in education, engineering, fine art and textile sculpture, these skills are brought together to create high-quality, professional knitting patterns and stunning, unique and wearable designs.

Woolly’s professional knit design career spans over 20 years, with their first self-published Hat designs launched in 2005. They are best known for pushing the boundaries of Hat construction, providing knitters with wearable art that is both fun to knit and practical to wear. They have been widely published in magazines and books over the last two decades, with their patterns and articles reaching a worldwide audience.

With over 400 Hat patterns and more than 20 books published to date, Woolly is happy to share their knowledge and help knitters gain a better understanding of Hat shaping and form, and to break beyond conventional Hat knitting methods.