At the beginning of the year, I encouraged our readers to “make with me“. In that post I shared a few of the many benefits that you may get from picking up a hobby, and I gave you a few simple suggestions for how to turn your hobby into a regular habit (that’s good for you!).
Previous posts in this series included:
- color-block lace scarf
- kid’s rainbow sweater
- textured yoke sweater
- large god’s eye
- 7th anniversary hat
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The list above contains a nice mix of projects, relatively simple sweaters for both kids and adults. A scarf, which is a great project because getting the right fit doesn’t matter! The god’s eye provides a no-knitting yarn project. And there’s an adult hat. To round out the mix, today I want to share one of my most favorite hats to knit for babies and toddlers.
I like this pattern because it’s super simple – you’re knitting rows, but for the first half of the hat, the rows will include simple stitch increases and for the second half of the hat, the rows will contain decreases. The combination creates a square-shaped hat that, when slipped onto a baby’s round head, creates the cutest little point.
Funny thing about this hat. I’ve knit it many times before. Once for each of my boys, and many other times as gift…. and when getting ready for this post, I could not find one photo of it on a head! So, I’m sharing this cute image from the pattern’s website.
Pattern & Materials
Pattern : Little Heaume, Ravelry page
Yarn : The pattern calls for a worsted weight yarn. I often prefer superwash merino yarns for my kid projects, but you could choose something even more special for this hat, especially if it’s for a new baby. Look for a worsted weight yarn made from merino wool or in combination with an alpaca, cashmere, and/or silk.
Button : You’ll also need one button. Pick out something simple that contrasts with the yarn. If you have your grandma’s button stash, now’s the time to use it.
Quick Tip
I love small projects like this because they’re super portable. In order to keep these projects even more streamlined, I never print out the patterns. Instead, I open the PDF on my phone’s browser, and then add it to my Kindle app.
Using Kindle for patterns is great for a couple of reasons. The most obvious being that I don’t have to use paper. The app is super easy to use, and I can jump from one pattern to the next without losing my place, which is super essential since I’m always working on multiple projects at once. It’s also nice to keep the patterns stored in my app so that if I want to make something again, I can easily look up its details when shopping for yarn.
