I would give "Knit Hats with Woolly Wormhead" by Woolly Wormhead five stars! As a knitter I am always on the lookout for knitting books that I would buy and this one is on that list. Hats are a great knitting gift and this book has so many great patterns. Almost every one of them made me want to find yarn & needles and to start knitting right away. I found ones that I would knit for me, ones I would make for my husband and so many that I thought other family and friends would love.

This is not my first knit with Wooly Wormhead, and I knew she would not disappoint! Another great book!
Patterns are well written, easy to follow with great hints (check out Hats and Glasses). A pattern for each one of your family and friends. Photography is great, very appealing so you want to find your needles and get knitting.
Thank you to NetGalley and Rowman & Littlefield for a early peak this book for my honest opinion.

This has some great new modern designs for hats and I would ware any of them in public. They are simple but have great patterns that are not for beginners. Easy to follow patterns.

My first knitterly attempt came in 1995, I found out I was pregnant and I wanted to knit a baby blanket. As a child I crocheted, how hard could knitting be. After all it is just two stitches a knit and a purl and they are mirror images of each other. Over the years I have been amazed at what can be done with those two little stitches. Woolly Wormhead takes this to a whole new level. With an expertise in textiles, she has created some innovative hat patterns. I am very enamored of Infilare (pintuck) and Azula (garter stitch sideways knit flames).

The patterns are well written and easy to understand. There is something here for all skill levels, from simple beanies to more elaborate patterns that will entertain and experienced knitter.

This is definitely a book that will be going into my knitting library at home.

I noticed in the beginning of the book that the original version was published in German. That was helpful because hardly any of the yarns used in the hat samples were known to me. Most of the yarn looks like it is from the UK; fortunately the yarn weight is noted in the pattern. There are a variety of patterns I have not seen before, so that is good. The patterns are definitely for the somewhat experienced and/or confident knitter who has exposure to (or wants to try) some of these methods: provisional cast-ons, German short rows, Kitchener stitch, grafting and cables. Fortunately, some of these techniques are illustrated in the back section of the book. Some patterns only have charts. Since none of the directions for hat sizing and other basics are in the front of the book, the reader needs to note the table of contents to see what is there. There are 12 patterns for “her,” five for “him” and five for children. I like the “blown up section” of the finished hat, along with the regular size photos of people. I liked the “Skills Required” section for each pattern but one time it missed stating that the “Kitchener stitch” was required.

My pet peeves about the book: the type for those of us older knitters appears too small, especially in the pattern sections that are not the “instructions” which appear a little larger. The chart numbers looks even smaller. There is plenty of white space around the text, so it seems that the font size could be increased a little. I didn’t know until the explanation later in the book whether they meant “German short rows” when they stated “short rows.” They did; maybe that is just my lack of knowledge of how this technique is referenced in patterns. I didn’t see a lot of variety in those modeling hats – no one older than 50 or a person of color. I am not a fan of mustard yellow which I saw variations of in a number of patterns.

I would probably start out with a few of the men or child patterns – they look like I could easily warm up with knitting them and then graduate to one of the more complex women’s patterns after that. This is my first introduction to Woolly Wormhead and I will definitely check out her website and see what else she is designing.

Great book!
Each pattern is well explained and easy to follow instructions.
It has beautiful pictures of each project and really inspires you to get to work on one.

Some fun patterns for sure. All have good detailed instructions and the charts are all clear. I liked the hints and the short list of skills needed is great as one browses either for something they already know or to learn a new skill. Overall, there is some good variety. The one issue for me is while the men's hats are also shown for boys, the women's hats are not shown for girls. Also, most of the men's hats were really unisex. So perhaps a small section of the more clearly feminine hats, but the rest could be a single section of just hats, equally for all ages and genders.