The new beanie hat season has officially started, whoohoo! And Baby MiH is the first one to have a new hat - mine is being knitted at the moment. Not sure he feels lucky however, I have managed to take 3 pictures of him, but it has not been easy. I guess he does not feel that it is cold enough for a hat. But he looks so cute in it, so I keep trying to put it on. The inspiration for this pattern was this picture - just a bit less slouchier.
It is a really quick knit - knitted with yarn from stash, and unfortunately this means that I don't have the exact names of the yarn, so the yarns I mention are probably the right ones but I cannot be 100% sure.
Pattern: below
Knitting needles: 4.5 mm (circular and DPNs)
Yarns: for the body: Silver Grey Cascade 220 (3/4 of a skein)
for the pompom: I used Cascade Pure Alpaca Paints (1/4 skein)
Size: to fit a toddler (Baby MiH is a big 21 months-old,
and it is easily going to last him until next year)
Here is the pattern I drafted (let me know if you spot any mistakes)
- CO 90 stitches , I use the German cast on for hats
- you start with ribbing on 10 rows (Ktbl1, P1)
- knit in moss stitch for 45 rows
- decrease starts with (k2tog,k) row (60 stitches left)
- purl row
- decrease with a (k2tog) row (30 stitches left) - probably time to move to DPNs
- purl row
- decrease with a (k2tog) row (15 stitches left)
- purl row
- decrease with a (k2tog,k1) row (10 stitches left)
- purl row
- decrease with a (k2tog) row (5 stitches left)
- bind off in your usual way.
Make a pompom to the size you want.
I did not block it, but I guess you can do it, and you may actually achieve more slouch-iness, you could also have a bigger pompom (but I was really worried that Baby MiH would keep pulling at it - he is already quite taken by the pompom as it is).
It is a really simple beanie hat, but as I love moss stitch, this is one of my favourite ones. As always let me know if you make one using the pattern, I would love to know!
