Easy Pixie Bonnet Hat

This sweet solid pixie bonnet winter hat knitting pattern from Fox and Pine Stitches is perfect for making handmade gifts for your little loved ones.

This bonnet pattern that is available in various sizes, including newborn, baby, and children. The specific sizes included in the pattern are Newborn (0-3 months), 3-6 months, 6-12 months, 1-2 years, 3-4 years, and 5+ years. It calls for worsted weight yarn in a solid color, but of course you can choose to use self striping yarn, multicolored yarn or make your own stripes by turning it into a stash busting project.

The pattern includes full details on the recommended head circumferences and final bonnet measurements for each size, so that you can ensure that the bonnet will fit correctly. This is particularly important for babies and young children, as a poorly-fitting bonnet can be uncomfortable or even dangerous.

The pattern also includes plenty of photos to help guide you through the process of completing the bonnet and ties. These photos can be very helpful in understanding the instructions, and can also serve as a reference if you get stuck or need to check your progress. Additionally, the photos show all the finished bonnet in different sizes and stages, so you can have a good idea of the final outcome.

And there’s something extra cute about a bonnet compared to a regular winter hat, so if you need an adorable way to keep a little one warm, check out this sweet pattern.

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Tif Neilan is a known fan of herringbone stitch as a design element in her patterns. I love it, too, and have written a couple of posts about herringbone stitch and other ways to make herringbone designs in knitting.

Tif uses a herringbone stitch on the cuffs of her Ebbs & Flows sweater, a top down raglan design that also features a bit of mosaic colorwork at the hem and on the sleeves.

The herringbone bit is optional, as the pattern also includes instructions for working twisted ribbing instead, but the herringbone gives such a different textured look that I think it’s worth the effort of learning how to do it for this design.

It is worked in the round except for some German short rows for shaping after the neckline. It’s meant to hit at the high hip but you could make it longer or more cropped as you like.

The pattern comes in 10 sizes, with a finished chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 80 to 170 cm. It is designed to be worn with around 4 inches/10 cm of positive ease at the chest.

It calls for three colors of DK or worsted weight yarn, though you’ll need a relatively small amount of the contrasting colors since most of the body is worked in a solid color. Because of the different stitches used you’ll need a variety of knitting needle sizes and the pattern notes recommend having a set of interchangeable knitting needles to make this easier, but you can always use what you have.

You can find out more about this pattern and grab a copy on Ravelry. There are already a good number of finished projects in the gallery there so you can see how it works with different colors and different body and sleeve lengths (they’re meant to be long but I spy a couple that look like three quarters).

[Photo: Tif Neilan]

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