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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I feel like I haven’t shared many knitting machine patterns lately, probably because I haven’t been using my knitting machines much lately. (I finally made space for them to live on the bookshelf in my office, and now that they have a “place” it’s almost like I forgot they existed for a while.)

But I did recently make a little cat bed, that surely would work for a small dog, too.

This one uses two different sizes of knitting machine: a larger one (it could be any in the 40-48 needle range) and a 22 pin.

The larger machine is used in flat panel mode to make the bottom pillow like part of the bed, while the smaller machine makes a long tube that is used around the edges as the sort of walls of the cat bed.

For stuffing I used a bit of leftover quilt batting for the pillow, and some cut up old T-shirts for the tube.

You can use any worsted weight yarn you like (I used two colors of Big Twist Pound+, which comes in huge skeins that weigh more than a pound). Acrylic or cotton yarn is nice for washablity, but you’ll be cranking for a while so make sure you use a yarn your machine likes so it’s not too much of a struggle.

You can grab the pattern for this cat bed over at Our Daily Craft. I’m sorry to report the pictured is as close as a cat has gotten to it so far, but maybe your cats like to be cozy more than mine do?

If you’re looking for more options for cute handmade places for your cats and little dogs to rest, check out this roundup of knit pet beds. I still want to knit one by hand but the machine version was definitely a faster option (especially good since my cats are ungrateful).

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