Knit a Hat Like Archie’s

January 9, 2020 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

Prince Harry and Megan have been in the news a lot this week, but before that they were spotted in Canada and baby Archie was seen wearing an adorable hat with two pom-pom ears.

The company that made his hat, Make Give Live, said orders have gone through the roof since the pint-sized royal was seen sporting the hat.

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But since we are knitters, we know we can make our own.

The exact pattern is the Cocobear design, which you can also buy direct in a kit for $20, or the pattern alone for $8.

If you want to reverse engineer it, the hat has 2×2 ribbing and a Stockinette Stitch body and regular decreases at the top to give it a round shape.

Lion Brand Yarn recently sent a newsletter featuring the Royal Baby Beanie Bear Hat, which looks similar but has a shorter section of decreases.

Jessie Molzan has a design she’s calling the Archie Bear Hat that has no crown shaping, but is worked straight to the desired length and closed up with a three-needle bind off. If you prefer that look the pattern is $2 on Ravelry, with proceeds going to the Australian Red Cross and WIRES Emergency Wildlife Rescue.

Another good option is to take any baby hat pattern (maybe the Basic Baby Hat by Heather Tucker or my Super Speedy Bulky Hat) and add pom-poms to the sides.

Are you planning to make an Archie hat? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Make Give Live.]

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Learn All About Ribbing (+ a Free Pattern to Try)

It might sound weird to you, but one of my favorite knitting stitch patterns is ribbing. I find it kind of fun to knit, because it feels mechanical after a while and I don’t really have to think about it, but it makes a texture that’s more interesting than stockinette stitch.

Over at Our Daily Craft I recently wrote a giant post all about knitting ribbing that includes most of what I know on the subject. There’s a fun variation on the cable cast on that is perfect for using with ribbing, tips on how to follow the stitch pattern, binding off in pattern and more.

I even talk about everyone’s least favorite part of knitting ribbing, which is what to do when you have to increase or decrease in ribbing (short answer: it’s going to mess up your pattern but it will also be OK).

I also share a few of my favorite ribbing patterns, because of course it doesn’t have to be knit 1, purl 1 or knit 2, purl 2 all the time. (In fact my favorite is probably 3×3. I find it super fun and love the texture of the fabric.)

You can check out the post all about ribbing here.

And if you’re ready to try an allover ribbed project yourself, check out my ribbed cowl knitting pattern. This one is fun because it starts out being knit flat and ends up in the round, so it opens up over your shoulder for easy wearing but is snuggly as a turtleneck at the top.

This one uses worsted weight yarn and is pretty quick and easy to knit. It’s a good one to try if you’ve never done a project in the round because you don’t have to worry about twisting the cast on since you’ll have already knit flat for several inches before you join. (Of course you could work the whole thing flat and make a seam where you want it to be closed, but knitting in the round is easier.)

Do you have a favorite rib stitch? I’d love to hear about it!

Practice Ribbing with this Hat and Mitt Set

Have You Tried This? Ribbing with No Purling

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