I have been saving pictures of inspiration pieces for some time now, sticking them in a folder with the thought that I would one day sit down and work out a pattern for it. That is how this one came about. The picture was of an adult hat, and to be honest I don't even know where I found the original picture, which is why I am not sharing it.
Well, with all the baby hats I have been making I wanted to design one of my own. So I flipped through my inspiration album and chose this one. It should fit a newborn, but can easily be resized to fit just about anyone by adding multiples of 4 stitches. If you find a problem with the pattern, please let me know as it hasn't been tested.
That being said, here is the hat:
and here is the pattern:
Owl Newborn Hat
You
will need:
size
6 dpn
sports
weight yarn. example worked using Bernat
Baby Sport in colorway denim marl
cable
needle
stitch guide:
C4B = Cable Four Back; Worked
over 4 sts. Place the first 2 sts on cable needle, hold in back of work, K2,
then K2 from the cable needle.
C4F = Cable Four Front: Worked
over 4 sts. Place the first 2 sts on cable needle, hold in front of work, K2,
then K2 from the cable needle.
p2tog = purl next two stitches together
pattern begins here
co 58
r 1-2: k2, p2, k8, *p2, k2 repeat from * around ending with p2
r3: k2, p2, C4b, C4F, *p2, k2 repeat from *
around
r4-5: repeat r1 and r2
r6: p in the
front and back of next stitch, p3, k8, p in next 15, p in front and back of
next stitch, p in remaining stitches (60 stitches)
r7-10: p in
5, k8, p in remaining
r11: p5, C4B, C4F, p in remaining
r12: repeat
r7
r13-14: p5, K1, P2, K2, P2, K1, p
in remaining
r15-16: repeat r7
r17: p5, place 2
stitches in the cable needle and hold to back, k2, p the two stitches on the
cable needle, place 2 stitches on the cable needle and hold to front, p2, k the
two stitches on the cable needle, p remaining stitches
r18: p5, k2, p4, k2, p remaining
r 19: p around
repeat r19 until hat measures 4 inches from beginning
begin decreases
r1: *p8, p2tog repeat from * around
r2: p around and every even round
r3: *p7, p2tog repeat
from * around
r5: *p6, p2tog repeat
r7: *p5, p2tog repeat
r9: *p4, p2tog repeat
r11: *p3, p2tog
repeat
r13: *p2, p2tog
repeat
r15: *p1, p2tog repeat
r17 * p2tog repeat
break off leaving a long tail. weave
tail into live stitches and pull tight.
I would love for you to share pictures of your completed hats on my Facebook page. And if you have some extra yarn, please consider making an extra hat to donate to a charitable organization such as God's Tiny Angels
Until next time,
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11 comments:
I think the bottom ribbing pattern is all wrong. Just wanted to let you know.
@sagewitch, the ribbing on this includes the bottom of the owl, so the ribbing doesn't go completely around the hat. Perhaps that is what you are seeing as wrong. If you could give more detail I might be able to help a little more.
I love this pattern! Thanks for sharing it with us! I plan to make one with some lovely leftover sport weight yarn I have in my stash, but I'm worried it's not enough for the whole hat. How much of the skein do you think you used for this hat (approximately)? Many thanks! :D
@Tina I would say that it was probably about 200 yards of yarn or so, definitely not a full skein.
Thank you Ginny! :)
I LOVE THIS! I have been searching for owl things for babies as my niece will be having her first child in February, and everything will be owls. My question is - can I use the owl pattern on a cardigan/sweater also without the cabling pulling in? I would like to make a set all matching. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am finding very little out there.
Kim
I LOVE THIS! I am trying to find owl sweater/cardigans for babies also. My questions is - can I use this owl on a sweater without the cabling pulling in? My niece is having her first child & everything is in owls.
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. There doesn't seem to be a lot out there for this.
@Kim You absolutely can use this in a sweater and it shouldn't pull in to much. Check out www.Ravelry.com for some really cute free baby sweaters with cabled owls in the pattern. Congrats to your niece!
What a sweet pattern. I'm kinda thinking about lining three owls up in a row on the front. I can't tell how obvious just one would be and I have down the owl sleep sack on Ravelry and loved how it turned out. Thank you for the free pattern. Pansitoo on Ravelry :)
I LOVE this pattern and would truly love to make one for an adult. I know you said i can resize by adding stitches in multiples of 4. I am concerned about how to increase the size of the actual owl...if I increase my cast on to 74 stitches (increase of 4 sets of 4 stitches) how would i calculate the cable pattern?
any advice would be great appreciated!
thanks!
I have never made this in an adult size. That being said, I imagine you could change the C4B and C4F to something like C6B and C6F where 3 stitches move forward or backward depending on the stitch. You could also add several regular knit stitches between the cable stitches to widen the owl. Hope that helps!
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