Here is a version I made for Thing 2 to match her winter coat. Made from Malabrigo (two discontinued colors), it has a square top. I skipped the decreases and just knit straight ending with a 3 needle bind off. I'm really proud of the freestyle embroidered design that matches the snowflakes on her coat. The hat ended up a little big, so I added a turquoise fleece lining. I love it and now I incorporate some sort of lining in most hats I knit.
I like this pattern because of it's clever construction: you knit the earflaps first and then cast on stitches in between them to make the bottom of the hat. Very clever, Ms. Anderson!
The version from her book is this one:
Another earflap hat pattern I've used with great success is this one from Yarnsticks.
It calls for knitting the hat bottom up, folding the hat in half and picking up and knitting the earflaps on. I like this pattern because she includes instructions for both chunky and worsted yarns.
Are you knitting earflap hats? What are your favorite designs?
4 comments:
You are a hat girl!
Thanks for sharing, I love all of your hats. Well done. Plus I love the embroidery.
Take care,
susan
Oooh, the hat with the embroidered snowflake is gorgeous!
Lovely hat!
I love Itty Bitty Hats... it's one of my favorite knitting books!
Question. When people see these amazing creations of yours, do they REALIZE they are handmade? NO ONE makes stuff like this!
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