Knitting an elf hat is a fun and festive project that you can customize with your favorite colors and details for the holiday season.

This is an advanced beginner knitting pattern, and the techniques involved are casting on, knitting, and purl stitches, knitting in the round, K2tog, and changing colors.

This classic holiday hat can be knit in seven sizes: baby (little elf) to adult large.

Wear on Christmas Eve or give away as handmade gifts to friends and family to wear as a fun holiday accessory.

Yarn

You will need three colors of yarn (1 ball of each color or see the estimated yards below for each size);
Yarn A - Green
Yarn B - White
Yarn C - Red
The yarn weight is bulky weight yarn/chunky yarn/12 ply.

Estimated yards needed for each size…

Baby 0-3 months - 48 yds
Baby 3-12 months - 58 yds
1-2 years Toddler - 60 yds
3-12 years Child - 70 yds
Teen/Adult Small - 76 yds
Adult medium - 92 yds
Adult Large - 106 yds

Needles

Set of 6 mm (US 10) 40 cm/16” circular knitting needles.
You may need size US 10/6 mm double-pointed needles for the decreases or use the magic loop technique with a slightly larger cable size of 50 cm/20” or 60 cm/24”.

• SKILLS

Level – Easy

This is an easy-level knitting pattern, and the techniques involved are the knit stitch, purl stitch, increasing, decreasing, changing colors, and working in the round.

• SIZING

Baby 0-3 months - 13-15”
Baby 3-12 months - 15-18”
1-2 years Toddler - 18-19”
3-12 years Child - 19-21”
Teen/Adult Small - 21-22”
Adult medium - 22-24”
Adult Large - 24-26”

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