A Magical Wood Pixy Hat
The Leaf Hat is a practical yet whimsical design that will keep your (or your loved ones’) ears warm while looking cute and playful. You can customize the number of leaves on your hat, or even add ties to ensure it stays securely in place!
This pattern was born because I was looking for a hat pattern that would keep my little ones ears warm from the cold winds and I could not find what I was looking for. A lot of hats don’t seem to cover the ears enough. This one does!
About this Pattern
This pixy hat is knit in the round in st st with w&t short rows to shape the ear flaps and the back. The pattern is not overly complicated but the short row section might be challenging for beginners.
This is a written pattern, there are no charts provided.
Pattern Specifications
Sizes
The Leaf Hat comes in 5 sizes:
- Newborn (0-3 months, about 33-38cm)
- Baby (3-12 months, about 38-44cm)
- Small Kid (1-4 Years, about 46-52cm)
- Kid/Small Adult (from about 5 years, about 52-54cm)
- Large Adult (about 55-59cm)
For the two smaller sizes you will need one skein of yarn, the other versions need slightly more ( up to two skeins). But that also depends if you are going to knit a uni coloured hat or one with accent colour, with long i-cords and leaves or plain.
Variations
You can customize your Leaf Hat by adding leaves to the tip or the ear flaps. You can also add an i-cord to be able to tie the hat and secure it in place. Get creative
Yarn
These Leaf hats are knitted with Drops Lima, 50 g/ 100 m (1.8 oz / 109 yards).
Needle
US 6 / 4 mm or whatever needle fits your yarn and gauge.
Gauge
21 sts x 28 rows = 10 x 10 cm
Skill Level
Eager beginner to intermediate
You should know how to…
- Wrap & turn short rows
- Decreases such as k2tog and ssk
- Increases such as make one left (m1l) and yarn over (yo)
- knit and purl stitches (st st)
- knit in the round either with dpns or magic loop
- how to knit I-cord (this is explained in the pattern)
This does not mean, that you have to know all of these techniques. If you know most of them, see it as an opportunity to learn something new =)
You will need
- 30g (40g / 50g / 60g) 70g of yarn. Mostly in one colour (MC) and a few grams in a different colour for the brim and leaves (CC).
- 5 dpns size 4mm (or a 4mm circular needle, if you prefer magic loop)
- 5 st markers, one of them unique for your beginning of the round.
- a needle to weave in the ends.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me either on ravelry, via email or instagram.
A huge thanks to my Testing Team:
