With the weather getting colder, our attention turns to cute accessories we can make for our loved ones. Dare I say it, gift knitting (you know you should have started it by now, if you want to avoid a repeat of the Christmas gone, when you swore you would never knit another insert expletive gift again.

This cute piggy hat is sure to delight the wearer almost as must as the wearer’s audience, with its big friendly eyes and its comedic snout.

jane burns piggy hat knit

The pattern is written for three sizes to fit head circumference 40 (45, 50) cm.

Skills:
•knitting in the round
•decreasing

Kit needed:
•Sublime Baby Cashmere Merino Silk DK (it is a posh piggy hat)
•3.25mm double pointed needles
•4mm double pointed needles
•two leather shanked buttons 2.5mm diameter
•toy stuffing
•stitch markers

You can find the pattern inside issue 98 of Let’s Knit magazine.