How To Knit A Gnome Hat

Conspicuously my presence here has been kind of spotty lately.  I thought about doing a "where I've been" blazon post, but then I figured I'd never get around to it, so how's about a beautiful free knitting pattern instead?

These ii are just light-headed!

Though the dizzy hats aren't actually for them, they are for these trivial guys…

This blueprint is pretty much as easy as knitting gets.  Information technology's the perfect keeping-your-hands-busy-while-doing-something-else kind of knitting, in 2 sizes, that every bit it turns out, fit simply nigh everyone.  Information technology also happens to be the ideal stash busting projection.  In fact, that's the whole idea behind it!  It likewise knits upwardly extremely quick.  Like, need a gift for tomorrow?  This is the mode to become, quick.

So this is what you're going to need:

A set of size 13 double bespeak needles

and

A pocketbook, handbasket, pile, any (!) of scrap yarns,  both worsted and beefy weight, in colors that complement each other.

that'southward information technology.

Scrappy Gnome Lid

For the pattern in an piece of cake to print PDF version, click here.

The chapeau comes in two sizes.  The baby/toddler size is start, fitting around 6 months-2.5 years (Information technology'due south shown here on both a one year old and a two year onetime), with directions for the kid/developed version following in parenthesis (shown here on a 3 yr old, a 5 year quondam and a 31 yr one-time).  The entire chapeau is worked in the round while belongings both a strand of worsted and a strand of bulky yarn.  As you run out of one yarn, supplant information technology with another like weight yarn.  The 2 dissimilar colored yarns are what requite the chapeau it's heathered appearance.  Switching one yarn at a time means that one section kind of blends and fades into the next.

CO 42 (52) sts, pm, join in the round

1000 iii rounds

Round 4: K2tog, K 20 (25), K2tog, 1000 to end

Continue fifty-fifty until chapeau measures four 3/4″ (5 1/2″)

On the next circular: *K8, K2tog* 4 times (*K8, K2tog* 5 times)

Thousand iii (4) rounds

On the side by side circular: *K7, K2tog* 4 times (*K7, K2tog* 5 times)

Yard 3 (iv) rounds

On the side by side round: *K6, K2tog* iv times (*K6, K2tog* five times)

K3 (4) rounds

On the next round: *K5, K2tog* 4 times (*K5, K2tog* v times)

K 3 (four) rounds

On the side by side round: *K4, K2tog* 4 times (*K4, K2tog* 5 times)

K 3 (4) rounds

On the side by side round: *K3, K2tog* 4 times (*K3, K2tog* 5 times)

K 3 (4) rounds

On the side by side circular: *K2, K2tog* 4 times (*K2, K2tog* v times)

Thousand 1 round

K1, K2tog around

Larger size only:

(Grand one round

K2tog around)

Both sizes:

K v rounds

K2tog around

switch to knitting a i-string for effectually 6 repeats

bind off and work in ends

If you knit it, let me know how information technology turns out!  And, as ever, I'd honey to meet pictures!

Y'all tin can cheque out other people's gnome hats and post your ain here on Ravelry.

Hee-hee!  He looks like a little garden gnome, doesn't he?

And who knows?  Maybe someday I'll even get effectually to posting well-nigh that sweater.

Source: http://www.littlehomeblessings.com/?p=3263

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