I originally designed this little baby hat to show the way the sample yarns in my tutorial on spinning handpainted slivers and rovings knit up. It turned out so cute that I decided to include the pattern as well! These hats only take me an hour to knit (and I’m a notoriously slow knitter), so they make great last minute baby gifts.
I used handspun wool but you can use any commercial 12 ply yarn.
Size
To fit 40cm head (approximately 3-6 month size)
Materials
Yarn: Approx 70m of 12 ply wool. I used 35gm of merino wool that I dyed and hand spun.
Suitable commercial substitutes include:
50gm of Cleckheaton Country 12 ply which has 71m per skein,
Panda Magnum 12 ply (if you like acrylic). 1 x 100gm skein will make 2 1/2 hats.
Needles: 40cm long circular needle in sizes 4.5mm and 5mm
Set of 5mm dpns
Tension
17sts to 10cm on 5mm needles
Pattern
Using 4.5mm needle cast on 72sts and work 2.5cm k1, p1 rib.
Change to 5mm needles and continue in stocking stitch (knit every round) until your knitting measures 9.25cm from the cast on edge.
Decrease for top as follows:
1st round: (K10, k2tog); repeat to end of round
Knit 2 rounds
4th round: (K9, k2tog); repeat to end of round
Knit 1 round
6th round: (K8, k2tog); repeat to end of round
Knit 1 round
8th round: (K7, k2tog); repeat to end of round
Knit 1 round
10th round: (K6, k2tog); repeat to end of round
Knit 1 round
12th round: (K5, k2tog); repeat to end of round
13th round: (K4, k2tog); repeat to end of round
14th round: (K3, k2tog); repeat to end of round
15th round: (K2, k2tog); repeat to end of round
16th round: (K1, k2tog); repeat to end of round
17th round: K2tog six times
18th round: K2tog three times
Knit icord on these 3 stitches for 5cm.
Knit 3 together and fasten off.
Finishing
Darn in ends. Wash and block.
Note: Make sure you have enough yarn to knit more than one of these hats before you start as they’re quite addictive!
See?
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