Last Christmas

Johanne made these last year as a Christmas present for one of the children´s
nursery teachers. The pattern is one she made up as she went along,
but of course it is a very traditional Swedish/Norwegian one with the star.

Now, nearly a year later she can´t remember if she has already shown them
on her blog, or not.
But if she can´t remember the blog readers won´t remember either,
she reasons. Hehe.

Right now she´s busy knitting more Christmas presents for other recipients.
Though if you´d like to see them unwrapped you´ll have to come back
after Christmas.

In the meantime, here´s an early Christmas present for all Ye Faithful Blogreaders.

It´s a Free Hatpattern.

The yarn is pure cashmere bought at the Hipknits stand at Ally Pally.
But you can probably use Malabrigo, too.

Gauge: 18 stitches= 10 centimetres (about 4 inches) using needles 4-4,5
The hat measures 56 centimeters and fits Elise, who is nine years old.
And she specifically requested the ear flaps.

Start by making the earflaps.
Cast on three stitches.
Purl the first row (wrong side)
Increase two stitches at each side on every knit row until there are 25 stitches in all.

Cast on 20 stitches between the two earflaps = 70 stitches. This will be the neck.
Knit back and forth and increase two stitches on each side three times = 76 stitches

Cast on 24 stitches for the front = 100 stitches

Knit until it measures 12 centimeters at the back, from the cast on edge between the earflaps.
Now start decreasing 10 stitches evenly on the next row.
Knit two rows.
Continue to decrease 10 stitches on every third row until you have 30 stitches left.
Decrease 6 stitches on every third row three times = 12 stitches
Decrease 3 stitches, knit two rows.
Decrease 3 stitches and pull the yarn through the last three stitches and it´s nearly done!
Now it just needs a simple crochet edge.

Elise wants you all to know that she loves this hat and that it would
make a great last minute knitted Christmas gift for someone who
suffers from cold ears.

Comments

[Cina]

Är inte 10 cm = 4 inches?

Cool mössa och jösses vad gosig den skulle bli i Malabrigo eller Manos....

[Bim H-D]

oj, nä... jag minns inte det muddarna - nej. Anar något om att jag har dåligt minne, ja. För du har det nog inte ;)
Hm, den mössan du... DEN vore något för äldsta dottern - med mycket liten hjärna... :) Ja, eller så är skallen full av hjärna, för det HAR hon en, ja... rätt så klok sådan också... och sparar just nu pengar till handpenning till hus i Kiruna. Ja, och DÄR är det kallt och snö... Och mössa behöver hon, annat än sina egna virkade. Denna vore ju toppenbra...
Må så gott... värmländskan... kramis Bim, som dock inte lär hitta lämpligt garn, nej... Försökte få tag i Silke Alpaca här, fanns inte. Butiksägaren ansåg det inte nödvändigt att ha inne, ingen hade frågat efter det, öhhh.. De kanske inte visste om att det fanns??? Så basker till yngre dottern blev det inte, nej...

[Wendy]

I love the wristwarmers and the hat -- I bet Elise looks very cute in it!

[Marina]

The wristwarmer looks fabulous. One of my favourites! Do you string the beads before knitting?

Thanks for the gift. I'm not sure anyone I know deserves cashmere ;-)

[Familjen Uppman]

En riktigt god jul önskar vi hela familjen!

Varma jultankar från familjen Uppman

[Sock Knitter]

Holy Guacamole -- that is a gorgeous hat -- and I want to EAT the yarn :) LOVELY!!

Thank you very much for sharing the pattern!