Materials
Q Cleckheaton Country
Wide 14 ply 50g balls:
two balls of Metal (0019)
Q One pair each of
6.00mm (UK 4/US 10)
and 5.50mm (UK 5/US 9)
knitting needles or
sizes needed to give
the correct tension
Q Scraps of pink, black
and white fabric for
the face and ears
Q Pink, white and black
embroidery thread
Q Sewing and wool
needlesFinished size:
To fi t child 2-5 years;
head circumference
52cm (20^1 ⁄ 2 in)Note: Read the instructions
before starting this project.
This is an easy skill-level
project. Use only the yarn
specified. Other yarns are
likely to produce diff erent
results. Quantities are
approximate as they can vary
between knitters. Check the
ball bands to ensure that they
are from the same dye lot.Abbreviations
beg = begin/ning; garter
st = knit all rows; st/s =
stitch/es; stocking st =
knit right side rows, purl
wrong side rows.Tension
16 sts and 20 rows to
10cm (4in) over stocking st,
using 6.00mm needles.
To work a tension square,
using 6.00mm needles,
cast on 24 sts.
Work 30 rows stocking st.Cast off loosely.
Check your tension
carefully.
If fewer sts to 10cm (4in)
use smaller needles, if more
sts use larger needles.Hat
Using 5.50mm needles,
cast on 36 sts.
Knit 7 rows (fi rst row is
wrong side).
Change to 6.00mm needles.
Work in stocking st (beg
with a knit row) until hat
measures about 34cm
(13^1 ⁄ 2 in) from beg, ending
with a knit row.
Change to 5.50mm needles.
Knit 7 rows.
Cast off loosely.Finishing
Do not press. We recommendusing mattress stitch for
sewing up your hat.
Fold the hat in half and
join the side seams,
matching the ridges of the
garter st rows. Using grey
thread, work running stitch
across the top two corners
to create the ears, gathering
the knitting slightly and
fastening the thread well.
Stitch the bottom edges of
the ears down to give them
a curved 3D shape.
Referring to the
photograph as a guide, cut
two scraps of pink fabric to
the shape of the inner ears
and use matching pink
thread to sew them to the
knitting. You can work three
fanned straight stitches at
the bottom of each one to
form the inner ear shaping.For the face, cut a rounded
triangle from pink fabric for
the nose, two rounded ovals
from black fabric for the
eyes and two tiny circles
from white fabric for the
eye highlights. Use black
embroidery thread to
backstitch three long
fanning whiskers each side
of the centre front just above
the garter st band as shown
in the photograph. Appliqué
the pink nose shape just
above them with matching
thread. Use the black thread
to sew a fl y stitch around the
base of the nose with the
holding stitch going down
to the centre of the whiskers.
Then appliqué the black eye
shapes above the nose with
the white highlights on top
in matching threads.02
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