This is Jack’s first Halloween. I’m not much of a Halloween person. I’m over it. I don’t need to dress like a sexy fill-in-the-blank. I’m not out to impress anyone. I was going to put forth some sort of effort with Jack since I have to address every single milestone in his tiny little life.
I dressed him up as a garden gnome, with a bib fashioned out of white felt to look like a beard and a pointy red hat. Here’s a poor-quality iPhone photo:
The hat is just too cute. I discovered after dressing him in green footie pyjamas that he also looks like an elf (no photo, unfortunately). This means the hat can double up for the holidays while I parade Jack around like the little elf child that he is.
The hat is pretty simple if you know how to knit hats. Here’s how I made it.
Materials:
1 skein worsted weight yarn
size 9 circular and double pointed needles
darning needle
Abbreviations:
CO = cast on
k1,p1 = knit 1, purl 1 ribbing
k2tog = knit two stitches together
Directions:
With your ciruclar needle, CO 64 stitches. Knit the last stitch to the first stitch making sure the stitches aren’t twisted on the needles. K1,P1 in the round for 6 rounds.
Knit regularly for 27 more rounds. Place marker at beginning of round. Decrease as follows:
k2tog, K6, repeat till end of round
k 1 round regularly
K2tog, K5, repeat till end of round
k 2 rounds regularly
K2tog, k4, repeat till end of round. Transfer stitches to double points
K 3 rounds regularly
K2tog, k3, repeat till end of round
K 3 rounds regularly
K2tog, k2, repeat till end of round
K 3 rounds regularly
K2tog, k1, repeat till end of round
K2tog, repeat till end of round
Cut yarn leaving an 8-inch tail. With a darning needle, weave in all ends. You can alter the pointyness of the hat by knitting more or fewer rounds between the decrease rounds. I like the cupie-doll look.