HAT FOR BABY

SUPPLIES:
Worsted weight yarn, cotton/acrylic
Main color pink/red plus green for the leaves.
16” circular needles sizes 7 & 8
double-point needles size 8 ( a set of 5 needles)
stitch marker, yarn needle

THIS WILL MAKE THE INFANT HAT:

On size 7 circular needles, loosely cast on 64 stitches of pink. Make sure it’s not twisted,
and join. It will be very tight for the first round.

Knit in stockinet stitch (K all rounds) for
4 or 5 rounds, using the yarn tail as a guide for rounds.

The edge will curl as you knit more.
Switch to size 8 circular needles, (make sure you still have 64 sts. Now is when you can
add one or k2tog if you need to correct) and continue in st st until hat is at least 4 or 4 1/2
inches from edge.

You can make it deeper so it will pull down over ears. From this point,
it will be about 2” slanting inward for the crown.

The leaves:
They are worked in multiples of 8 sts and create a reverse triangle over 4 rows. Kind of
like a bowling pin setup. :-)
Join the green yarn leaving a longish tail, and K 1 green, then K 7 lilac. Repeat **
around. As you come around and are 1 st away from the first green st,
NOTE: The last set of each round of repeats will have 1 fewer sts lilacs before you K the
greens. The greens will be centered over the ones from the previous row.
K 3 green then K 5 lilac. Repeat ** around until you are 1 st away from the 3 greens.
K 5 green, then K 3 lilac. Repeat ** around until you are 1 st away from the 5 greens.
K 7 greens then K1 lilac. Repeat ** around to 1 st away from the green. You now
should have all green stitches on the needle except for 8 single lilacs.
Using the green yarn, K the single lilac stitch, then 2 greens. Place marker. Continue in
green for the round. Slip the marker. Cut the lilac yarn leaving a long tail.
Begin the decrease:
Round 1: K 2 tog. K 6. Repeat ** around. Slip the marker. (56 st remaining)
Round 2: K 2 tog. K 5. Repeat ** around. Slip the marker. (48 st remaining)
(You’ll probably need to transfer to the dp needles after this row. You can put 2 sets each
on 4 needles and have the 5th to knit onto. Try to keep the marker between 2 sets on a
single needle.)
Row 3: K 2 tog. K 4. Repeat ** around. Slip the marker. (40 st remaining)
Row 4: K 2 tog. K 3. Repeat ** around. Slip the marker. (32 st remaining)
Row 5: K 2 tog. K 2. Repeat ** around. Slip the marker. (24 st remaining)
Row 6: K 2 tog. K 1. Repeat ** around. Slip the marker. (16 st remaining)
Row 7: K 2 tog. Repeat ** around. Slip the marker. (8 st remaining)
Row 8: K 2 tog. Repeat ** around. Slip the marker. (4 st remaining)
Top knot:
Slip the remaining 4 st onto a single dp needle and make i-cord (see below) for about 4
inches. Bind off the 4 sts. Tie the final loop off and cut a long tail. Thread onto the yarn
needle and insert the needle into the tube, so it pokes out into the center of the inside of
the hat. Pull far enough that the i-cord bunches up a bit and then cut the yarn off. When
you release, the free yarn will be hidden inside the i-cord. Tie to i-cord into a knot close
to the body of the hat.
Weave the remaining loose yarn ends into the work invisibly.
If you don’t know i-cord:
With 4 sts on one dp needle, knit onto another dp needle. DO NOT TURN THE NEEDLE
AFTER THE ROW. Slide the sts to the other end and knit again, pulling the yarn across
the back of the work to begin the next row. As you continue, a tube will form.
Make the larger size for toddler on 72 stitches and K the main part for 5 or 5 1/2 inches
before starting the leaves. The leaves are done the same way on multiples of 8 sts, but
you’ll get 9 leaves instead of 8. I guess you could make an adult hat with 80 stitches, but
you might want to do 8 leaves on multiples of 10 using the same idea to get a longer
crown section.

Leaf from robinhill

The pattern: CO 3 stitches & purl one row.

Leaf bottom: Working stockinette st, on all knit rows: knit to center st, yo, knit 1, yo, knit to end. Purl backside. Do this until leaf is as wide as you would like it (about 7 increase rows).

Leaf tip: Continuing in st st, on next knit rows: ssk, knit to last 2 sts, k2tog. Purl backside. When 3 sts remain, slip first 2 sts knitwise - knit 1 - pass 2 slipped stitches over the knit one.

Note: an alternate decrease for the tip is to k2tog for the first 2sts, knit to last 2 and ssk. This is the leaf in the second to the bottom photo.

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