Waves Bucket Hat

Ripples spread from a single point, and so does this hat. Little clusters of colour roll outward from a pink star at the crown, blue, orange and pink tumbling over mint, mustard and taupe, like rings on a painted pond after a stone has gone in. By the brim the rounds have loosened into a ruffle, edged with a bright green line that moves as you walk. The cluster stitch gives this bucket hat real texture, and the brim shapes itself without fuss. Wear it at the seaside, where it belongs. Crocheted round by round by hand, so each wave settles in its own way.