Free Pattern: Snow Bunny Winter Basic Knit Hat

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three hats, two different sizes - Kids and Toddler

Happy Winter!!! Although this year hasn’t been much of a winter here in Wisconsin. I’m still holding out for a little snow play and when it happens, I know these hats are gonna keep my girls nice and warm.

This hat is an inspiration to those fun vintage fur hats of the 50’s. But without the animal fur. Because the faux fur yarn can be a little difficult to tell the stitches I want to make the pattern as easy as possible to make it a quick and stress-free make for all you crafters.

Below is the free pattern version with pictures and details on how I worked the beginning of the hat. The pattern is written for the smallest size with changes for larger sizes in parentheses. When only one number is given, it applies to all sizes. To follow the pattern more easily, circle all numbers pertaining to the size you’ve chosen before beginning. Conversely, you can purchase an INEXPENSIVE AD & COMMENT FREE PDF version on my shop.

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Pattern Details

MATERIALS

Yarn

Lion Brand Thick & Quick® Go For Faux® (colors I used were Pink Poodle and Blue Bengal)
Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® (colors I used were Seashell and Artic Ice)

Knitting Needles

Notions

Gauge:

12 sts and 16 rows = 4” (10 cm) square on US 13 needles in Stockinette Stitch.

Abbreviations:

DPN: Double Pointed Needle
CO: Cast On
Sts: Stitches
K: Knit
P: Purl
K2TOG: Knit 2 together
P2TOG: Purl 2 together
PM: Place Marker

Notes:

The Snow Bunny Winter Basic Knit Hat worked bottom-up in the round.

The Pattern

Fuzzy Brim:

Starting with Lion Brand Thick & Quick® Go For Faux® and using Circular US 11 Needles or DPNs, CO 40 (44, 48, 52, 56) sts using the Long Tail Cast-On method.

See the video below for details.

PM. (Slip marker at the end of each round throughout.)

Join with a purl stitch, knitting in the round, being careful not to twist sts.

Continue with the purl stitch knitting in the round until the piece measures 2.5 (3, 3, 3.5, 3.5) inches from the CO edge.

Showing what the stitches look like with the faux fur yarn

The hat body:

Now we’re going to switch to the Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® and start the body of the hat. You will need to weave in the ends later (so leave a good-length tail with the Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® and the Lion Brand Thick & Quick® Go For Faux® to weave in later.

To change over, you will Knit around with the Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick®.

Continue working in the knit stitch around until the piece measures 8 (9, 10, 11, 12) inches from the CO edge.

show what the stitches look like with the wool-ease yarn

Begin Shaping Crown:

Once you have the length you want you’ll start to decrease your

Round 1: [K2, K2TOG] until the end of the round. 31 (33, 35, 39, 41) sts.

Round 2: [K3] until the end of the round.

Round 3: [K1, K2TOG] until the end of the round. 20 (22, 24, 26, 28) sts.

Round 4: [K2] until the end of the round.

Round 5: [K2TOG] until the end of the round. 10 (11, 12, 13, 14) sts

Round 6: [K2TOG] until the end of the round. (Toddlers and Adults S/M sizes will each have one extra stitch remaining. K1.) 5 (6, 6, 7, 7) sts.

Break Yarn leaving a 12-inch tail (or so). Pull the tail through the remaining stitches and secure. Weave in ends.

middle child in the snow bunny hat — My daughter MJ is in the kid size. Her hat uses Lion Brand Thick & Quick® Go For Faux® in Pink Poodle and Lion Brand Wool-Ease® Thick & Quick® in Seashell.

Of course, I made enough for all four of my girls (picture coming soon). I hope you found this pattern just as quick and easy as I did to make and you can enjoy it for any last winter play that you have.

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