Birthdays are a time for whimsy and fun. Now your whole family can celebrate their birthdays in style with our birthday cupcake hat. This adorable hat features a ribbed “cake” and a textured piped “frosting”, topped off with a lit candle. Makes a great birthday gift. Perfect for the kid in all of us.

Gauge:
18 sts/26 rows = 4” (10 cm) in stockinette stitch
21 sts/26 rows = 4” in 1X1 rib
Note on gauge:
Rib has a fair amount of stretch. The gauge given above is completely unstretched. I did this because I think unstretched ribbing looks more like a paper cupcake liner. If you would like your hat to be stretched out a bit more when worn, stretch your swatch before measuring your gauge. This will cause the hat to be a bit smaller, so the rib will be stretch out a bit to fit the wearer’s head.

Required Skills:
Knit in the round
Increases and decreases
1x1 Rib (instructions included)
I-cord/ I-cord bind off (instructions included)
Picking up stitches

Materials:
22-70 yds (20-64 m) Worsted weight yarn for “cake”
37-109 yds (34-100 m) Worsted weight yarn for “frosting”
2 yds (2 m) Worsted weight yarn for candle
2 yds (2 m) Worsted weight yarn for flame
1 set US #6/4mm double-point needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
1 24-inch US #6 /4mm circular needle (optional), or size needed to obtain gauge
G/ 4mm Crochet hook (optional)
Stitch marker
Darning Needle