Happy Friday, everyone! I'm just going to post the hat pattern in this post, and maybe sometime in the future I'll figure out how to put it as a file on the sidebar. The following is the pattern for the baby hat:
Earflap hat
This pattern is adapted from two different patterns, the first from Julie over at http://heyjulie.wordpress.com/ (check out the comments on the different patterns to get tips and tricks) and Knitchicks http://www.knitchicks.co.uk/.
Size: 6-12 months
Gauge: 19 sts=4” in stockinette stitch.
Materials: * 100 yds of DK or worsted weight yarn.
* Double point or circular needles of the size that gets gauge (the author of the pattern uses US6, I used US8).
* Stitch marker
* Tapestry/yarn needle for weaving in ends
Abbreviations:
CO=cast on
K=knit
P=purl
Kfb=Knit front and back (increase)
st=stitch
k2tog=knit two stitches together
Ear Flaps:
CO 7 stitches.
Row 1: K1, P to last stitch, K1.
Row 2: K1, Kfb, K to last 2 stitches, Kfb, K1.
Repeat these two rows until there are 15 stitches on the needles.
Knit in stockinette stitch until piece measures 3.25”.
Cut the yarn, leaving a long tail (12 inches is long enough), and leave the earflap on the needle. If using double point needles, just put that needle to the side and use another one from your set, if you’re using a circular needle, move the earflap to the middle of your cable, and work back and forth for the second earflap on your needles at the end of the cable.
Repeat these instructions for the second earflap.
Hat:
Using the cable cast on, CO 10 st on an empty dpn or your circular needle. Knit 15 st from one earflap right after your tenth cast on stitch. CO 26 st, knit 15 st from second earflap, CO 10 st. You should have 76 stitches.
Join, being VERY careful not to twist any of your stitches. If you are using a circular needle, place a marker before joining, right after your last cast on st.
Row 1: K9, k2tog, k13, k2tog, k24, k2tog, k13, k2tog, k9. This will leave 72 st.
Knit every st in the round for 25 rounds.
Leaves:
Round 26: *K1 green, K7 red, repeat from *.
Round 27: *K3 green, K5 red, repeat from *.
Round 28: *K5 green, K3 red, repeat from *.
Round 29: *K7 green, K1 red, repeat from *.
Round 30: *K7 green, K1 red, repeat from *.
Decrease for crown:
Use only the green yarn, leave the red tail hanging.
Round 31: *K6, k2tog, repeat from * (63 st left).
Round 32: *K5, k2tog, repeat from * (54 st left).
Round 33: *K4, k2tog, repeat from * (45 st left).
Round 34: *K3, k2tog, repeat from * (36 st left).
Round 35: *K2, k2tog, repeat from * (27 st left).
Round 36: *K1, k2tog, repeat from * (16 st left).
Round 37: *k2tog, repeat from * (9 st left).
Rounds 38-43: Knit every stitch (this creates the stem).
Round 44: K2tog 4 times, K1.
To finish, cut a tail from the green yarn (6 inches should do). Thread the tail into your tapestry needle, and draw the tail through the remaining 5 stitches. Pull the tail to the inside of the stem. Tie a knot around a couple of stitches to secure, and weave the tail through a few stitches. Weave in the ends, and you’re done!
There is also a link to an adult sized earflap hat on Julie's blog, here. It would appear that all she did to get an adult sized hat was go up a few needle sizes, so that's easy enough. If you want to use the needles you picked out for the yarn you bought, all you'll need to do is take the number of stitches you got per inch on your gauge swatch and cast on the number of stitches needed to get your hat circumference. You want your hat to be slightly smaller than the head you're making the hat for, so it won't fall off. For example, if you are making the hat for a head measuring 14 inches, you'll want to make the hat around 13 inches in circumference. This means that if you got 5 stitches per inch on your gauge swatch, you'll need to cast on 5 x 13 stitches, or 65 stitches. Knitting can get very mathematical, but not to worry, we can get through it! :) If you are looking at this pattern and are freaking out a little because there are a million abbreviations and words you don't know, don't worry. We'll go through them step by step. I'll be working on my earflaps today and posting about them soon, so we can get this hat going! If you want to start working on your earflaps too, here is a link to videos explaining the "kfb" stitch, which is an increase stitch. Scroll down this window until you see "KFB" on the right side of the knitted piece, and watch the video for whichever knitting style you're doing. It helps to watch the video more than once, or to do one step, pause the video, do another step, pause the video, etc.
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