Supporting St Mungo's Woolly Hat Day

Well as a complete deviation from cushions I've been busy with woolly hats lately...

No, it's not just the unseasonably chilly weather that's done it. St. Mungo's is a homelessness charity which hosts an annual fundraiser called Woolly Hat Day, which this year will be held on October 26th. Their aim is to get 4672 bright orange bobble hats knitted before then, one for each homeless person currently sleeping rough.
I was asked if I could design a pattern for a really basic bobble hat - which I've done, with the idea that so long as you can source 100g of bright orange yarn then you can knit it up - whatever the weight (DK, Aran or Chunky), in the round or flat with a seam, all off the one simple pattern.
It's quick and easy, and the pattern is FREE (so long as you knit an orange hat for St. Mungo's you can do what you want with it afterwards!) so please visit the website, download the pattern and make a woolly hat for St. Mungo's.
http://www.mungos.org/woollyhatday_2012/getinvolved

It was just plain weird knitting a woolly hat on one of the few really hot days we've had this year, but as you can see it makes for a stylish accessory(!) worn conventionally with the brim turned up, or, as one friend commented, Swallows and Amazons stylie.
And once you've made at least one bright orange hat for St. Mungo's, there's nothing to stop you making any more, in whatever colour you like...