Our local knitting guild, The Needlework Guild of Canada, very graciously invited me to attend their first Knit in the Park, so I whipped up a little kit for them, a Pumpkin Beanie. We figured it’s timely, what with harvest season approaching. Plus, there is no child ever who isn’t ADORABLE in a pumpkin hat. Since our guild knits for charity we wanted it to be something that was gender-neutral, and makes a great gift for anyone. We sized the hat from preemie to kids of all ages, and you should be able to get 2 pumpkin hats out of one kit (and probably a third green hat too). The yarn is the ever soft and Berroco Vintage, but if you want to upgrade go for the combo we assembled with Malabrigo Rios.

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner

The skill level to be accessible to knitters in the beginner spectrum, so there isn’t any colourwork or charts, you just need the following skills:

Read a knitting pattern
Cast on & Bind off
Knit & Purl in the same row
Work in the round on circular & double pointed needles
Weave in ends
See our curated list of knitting skills for tutorials

Size

• preemie (0-6 mos, 6-18mos, 18mos-4yrs, 4yrs-adult S)
• To fit head circumference: 14.5(16.75, 18, 20.5, 21.5)” or 36(42, 45, 51, 54) cm
• Note: Fabric is stretchy. If you want a tighter fit go down a needle size
• Photo is size 0-6mos: after blocking measures 7.75” wide

Gauge
20 sts & 26 rounds = 4”/10cm with 4.5mm/US7 circular needles after blocking

Materials

• Berroco Vintage (or Malabrigo Rios): 1 skein in each of 2 colours. - Our sample is made with Vintage (MC) 5176 Pumpkin & (CC) 51174 Spruce.
• Pattern
• 4.5mm/US7-16” circular needles
• 3.75mm/US5-16” circular needles (for brim)
• 4.5mm/US7 double pointed needles
• stitch markers
• darning needle