As you can see, I'm using up a cone of wool for my charity knitting. Here's another really easy midgauge pattern for you. Once again, I hope you donate to the cause of your choice.
Machine: LK 150, KX 350, or SR 860
Yarn: Lt worsted abt 3.5 ounces
Tension: 5 st x 7 rows at T 7
Sizes: child’s sm (med, lg)
Note: when making the ear flaps, don’t wrap the end needles. Unwrap those that wrap ---the yarn will be on top. You will make little holes that aid in folding the doubled flap so that it lies flat.
Directions:
Cast on over 71 (81,91) needles with waste yarn and knit a few rows. With main yarn T7 knit to RC 12 (14,16).
Make earflaps- Put 7(9,9) needles on right in holding position, next 17 (19,22) in working position and the rest in holding position. Cut yarn, set carriage for hold. Knit 2 rows. *put one stitch in holding position both sides, K2 rows*. As the flap starts to make a pouch, wt down with your hand or use claw wts and move them up every 2 rows. Continue from * to * until 3 st are left, K2rows. ^Put one stitch both sides back into work, K 2 rows.^ Continue from ^ to ^ until all ear flap st are back in work. Cut yarn, put carriage on other side and knit the other ear flap the same way.
Take machine off hold. Knit 12(14,16) rows on all Needles. Hang hem. T 10 knit one row to seal hem. RC 000. T 7 knit to RC 36 (40, 44). Decrease for top- transfer every other stitch to neighbor and put emptied N out of work. T 3 knit two rows. Take stitches off machine one by one, cinch up tight and sew side seam. Hide yarn tails.
I cord ties: with inside of flap facing you, hang 3 stitches from end of ear flap. Set machine to knit one way, slip the other. At T4, knit 64 rows. Bind off by putting outer stitches on center N, cut yarn leaving a 6” yarn tail to sew the tassel onto the tie, pull through. Make a tassel for the end and use the 6” yarn tail to attach it to the tie. Repeat for other tie.
Optional---pom pom or I cords for the top. If you pull the yarn tight, the hole closes enough that you don’t need anything. This is a very cute, fast and warm hat for charitable or gift giving. You can add a fairisle pattern or stripes if you wish
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Hi! Thank you for your pattern - I chose the directions for a med child - but it came out "doll" sized - still very cute - I'm new to machine knitting - love your blog and now a follower - please keep posting - I feel like I learned a lot just from this project! I hope you had a great Christmas and wish you the very best for a great 2010.
ReplyDeleteYikes! Doll sized? Are you sure you used a midgauge machine? I'm glad you learned something from it anyway, so all was not lost. I hope you had a nice Christmas too. Hard to believe it will be 2010 soon.
ReplyDeleteHow can I make this on a Bond 8mm gauge machine? My 18yr DGD would love it!!
ReplyDeleteHi kckid68---If you can knit a swatch and get the same gauge you'll end up with a hat that fits a 7-9 year old. If you need larger, you'd have to add stitches and rows. Maybe just try it and see about the size.
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Es muy lindo! gracias por darnos la idea del i-cord.
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ReplyDeleteThank you very much for this tutorial! I made my first cup without a problem and they are great!
ReplyDeleteI cant send this to my email even after I tried to print the pattern out......it printed nothing.Very disappointing or is there something I'm not doing right?
ReplyDeleteIf you send me your email address (mine is on my home page) I can send you the pattern. What I do is left click, hold and drag down what I want to save so that it's highlighted. Then right click and choose copy. Open a word processing program, like MICROSOFT wORD, open a new file and paste in the info. Let me know if you're still having trouble.
ReplyDeletecan this be made using knitting needles?.Am not a great knitter and a machine would be out of the question I would need needle size,guage,type of yar,how much and all of that good stuff. the hat looks cute .
ReplyDeleteI think it would be better to find a similar one that is hand knit. sorry....
ReplyDeleteI made this on my standard gauge machine 2 years ago. I made two caps back then and used your pattern as a guide so I could still get a good fitting hat. It was great and I was very new to machine knitting but managed to pull it off. Thanks so much for your pattern. Its winter again and I realised my 3 year old would be needing a hat so I came back to the pattern :) absolutely lovely pattern and very well written.
ReplyDeleteGlad you could use it!
ReplyDeleteThis little hat looks so cute and cozy with it's ear flaps. Thank you for sharing the pattern. I do have a question. When making the large size starting with 22 working needles for the flap and placing 2 needles in holding position with each repeat I can't end with 3 stitches. Am I reading that part of the pattern incorrectly?
ReplyDeleteHi Kaitlin, probably a typo. Just make sure you do the same thing on both flaps. 1 extra or less stitch shouldn't matter.
ReplyDeleteHi, I've just come across your pattern for toddlers hats for mid gauge machines, I have an kx395 convertible, with either 4.5mm /9mm gauge, which would be the better one to use, with double knitting,
ReplyDeleteI would first try it with your bulky (9mm) setting. If you can get the same gauge as I did, that would be good. It doesn't take long to knit, so maybe try one and see if you like the size. If not, adjust from there.
ReplyDeleteHi! Is this pattern doable without a machine? Would someone know how to "translate"it to hand knitting? Or maybe you know where I could find such a pattern?
ReplyDeleteI hope so, it's beautiful! Thank you!
Do you belong to Ravelry? It's free and they have all sorts of free hand knitting patterns. I would check there.
ReplyDeleteMar
I had this in mind ordering a knitting machine, I have a Brother kx350 coming in the mail! Do you think this will be a good first project for me to begin with?
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ReplyDeleteunless you know how to shortrow, I would do one of the plain hat patterns first. you will get good results fairly quickly. It's a good idea to just fool around with swatches at first to practice different skills and get comfortable with the machine.
I had a KX350 early on and loved it. I now also have a LK 350 and I think the Brother machine is so much better in terms of engineering, ease of use, dependability. I think you will really like it. good luck!