Candy’s Flower Hat and Easy Stay On Booties
The knitting patterns for the hat and booties are free in this post. Read on!
Skill Level → Adventurous Beginner for hat, beginner for booties
Skills to know ↓
Worsted or Aran weight yarn.
Project shown in Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn in Blossomopolis Print and Soft Yellow Solids.
Related Post → Bodie’s Hat and Easy Stay On Booties
Needles
Size 9 Circular Needles for the hat and size 6 for the booties. I like to knit the booties tightly so they stay on.
The needles I am using for this project are my absolute favorite for hat knitting. They are the Knitpicks Caspian Options Short Interchangeable Circular Set. With small tips and 16″ cords I can knit baby hats in the round.
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Candy’s Flower Hat
Gauge is 4 stitches per inch for a 12″ round newborn hat.
With size 9 needles cast on 48 stitches
Knit 6 rows and then join in the round. (The open seam will be sewn up at the end). This helps prevent rolling.
Knit until the hat reaches 4″ and begin decreases.
*knit 6 stitches, K2tog* til end of round
Knit
*knit 5 stitches, K2tog* til end of round
Knit
*knit 4 stitches, K2tog* til end of round
Knit
*knit 3 stitches, K2tog* til end of round
Knit
*knit 2 stitches, K2tog* til end of round
Knit
*knit 1 stitch, K2tog* til end of round
Knit
*K2tog*
Cut yarn and pull through stitches tightly and weave through on wrong side. Go back and close up the seam on the brim.
Optional:
Crochet a border. This adds a ton of fun to the look of the hat don’t you think? It’s worth a try… it’s easy and fun, trust me. Here is a book that explains how to do the simplest border.
Knit the flower. The pattern is here on Ravelry by the Createry Shop.
Easy Stay On Booties
Size 6 needles
Cast on 29 stitches.
Rows 1 through 10: Knit
Row 11: K12, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K12.
Row 12: P11, P2tog, P1, P2tog, P11.
Row 13: K10, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K10
Row 14: P9, P2tog, Purl 1, P2tog, P9.
Row 15: K8, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K8.
Row 16: P7, P2tog, P1, P2tog, P7.
Rows 17 through 24: Knit.
Bind off using the stretchy bind off, leaving 10′′ of yarn to sew up back seam. Turn booties inside out to sew seam. Make 2.
Rows 1 through 10: Knit
Row 11: K12, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K12.
Row 12: P11, P2tog, P1, P2tog, P11.
Row 13: K10, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K10
Row 14: P9, P2tog, Purl 1, P2tog, P9.
Row 15: K8, K2tog, K1, K2tog, K8.
Row 16: P7, P2tog, P1, P2tog, P7.
Rows 17 through 24: Knit.
Bind off using the stretchy bind off, leaving 10′′ of yarn to sew up back seam. Turn booties inside out to sew seam. Make 2.
Stretchy bind off:
Knit 2 then insert left needle into those 2 stitches and knit off.
Label the hat with Tag Mates™ Stick On Clothing Labels
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Candy’s Flower Hat and Easy Stay On Booties
A simple knit hat and booties for your next baby shower gift
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