Baby Tassels Hat
Baby Tassels Hat
Alexis Hoy
This hat was originally designed for my son's giant noggin. I was tired of constantly pulling hats down over his ears - he grew out of them so quickly! I wanted something quick to knit that would last longer than a month. The springy yarn in a forgiving rib/cable pattern makes for a nice stretchy hat that will expand with those fast-growing babies. You'll get a lot of use out of it, plus plenty of compliments too!
Materials:
Extrafine Merino Wool DK by Sublime: 100% Merino, 127 yards/50 grams, two skeins in 015 Clipper. Set of 4 dpn, size 6 (4 mm) Cableneedle Stitch marker (optional) Tapestry needle Gauge: 19 sts and 27 rows over 4"/10 cm in St st. Size: 0-9 mos (9-12 mos) to fit head circumference up to 40 cm/ 16" (up to 50 cm/ 20") Directions: CO 56 (64), divide evenly over 3 dpn, pm at beg of row and join to work in the round. Rounds 1 - 4: Work in k1, p1 rib Establish cable pattern: Round 5: [sl 1 st onto cn, hold in front, k2, k1 from cn, p1, k3, pl] rep around. Rounds 6 - 9: [k3, p1] rep around. Round 10: [k3, p1, sl 1 st onto cn, hold in front, k2,k1 from kn, p1] rep around. Rounds 11 - 14: [k3, p1] rep around.
Continue to work in cable pattern until piece measures 7"/17.5 cm (8.5\*"/21.5 cm) from CO edge. Binding off:
Cable Chart
Move stitches onto 2 dpn and hold parallel so that yarn is at one end of the needles. With 3rd dpn insert needle knitwise through the first stitch on each parallel needle and k2tog - 1 k stitch made. Rep for 2nd pair of stitches - 2 k sts made. Slip first k stitch over 2nd - 1 st bound off. Continue to k2tog and BO until 1 st remains. Break yarn and slip end through last stitch, pull tight. Make tassels: Hold yarn between forefinger and thumb, wrap around 3 fingers 18 times. Cut yarn, insert scissors through all wraps and cut. Cut another length of yarn and tie in a non-slip knot around middle of yarn wraps. Pull all the ends together tightly below the knot and secure with another knot 1/2" below the first. Trim tassel ends. Repeat for 2nd tassel. Finishing: With tapestry needle, securely sew a tassel to each corner of the hat's top. Weave in ends.
