This is a simple ornament design that’s a lot of fun to create. The Hat is knitted flat on two needles and has two different styles - short & pointed or long & floppy. You can have lots of fun knitting different colours & lengths, adding stripes or pompoms. Whatever takes your fancy!

If you have children, these hats will fit little wooden peg dolls for a festive touch. Or knit one in solid grey for a wizard’s hat.

Originally worked in 4ply yarn, you could use 8ply or thicker if you wanted to create a bigger hat.

The finished hat measures approx. 4cm from base to tip on the Pointed version. Floppy-tailed version measures approx. 9cm

Skills Required:

The Mini Elf Hat is super quick to whip up - make several in an afternoon! Like all of my patterns, the instructions are written clearly in an easy-to-follow format. This pattern is beginner friendly.

You’ll need to knit, purl and decrease to make this hat. Worked flat on two needles.

What you’ll need:

This hat is great for using up little oddments of yarn from other projects. You’ll need less than 5g of each colour for your hat. Hats pictured are worked in WOOLganic Merino 4ply in Chilli Pepper, Grapefruit Moon & Gondwana. And also worked in Nettle Sock Yarn in Steel Grey.

Needles:
1 x set 3mm straight needles

Yarn used in this pattern is available to purchase in my shop here

The finished Mini Elf Hat is not recommended as a toy for children under the age of 4 years due to small parts.