How many ways can you cover a head with knitting? This course will look into the history of hand knitted head coverings and study the architecture and structure of knitted hats over time and in various cultures and climes. Each participant will be encouraged to knit a hat and is asked to supply yarn and needles for the project. The study leader will provide a raft of patterns – simple watch cap to complex Tam O’Shanter beret, high fashion pillbox to high function balaclava, cloche to helmet – from a wide range of sources. All knitters, beginners and seasoned, will find something to knit and learn new ways of knitting.