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Knit Gift Idea: Messy Bun Hat

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messy bun hat knitting patternIf you’ve been on the Internet at all in the past couple of weeks, you’ve probably seen patterns for the messy bun hat, which is basically a hat where you don’t do all the shaping or close up the top so that your giant messy bun (or a ponytail) can stick up out of the top.

Never ones to let crocheters have all the fun, it was only a matter of time before a knit messy bun hat appeared on the scene (I want to make one, but holiday knitting has had me in other projects).

Knits’ End has all the details on this easy-to-make hat, in a bulky version you might even still have time to knit before Christmas. It’s worked flat is Seed Stitch and is really quick and easy to do. And I won’t tell if you make it for yourself instead of gifting it.

Are you a fan of the messy bun? Would you wear a hat like this? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

[Photo via Knits’ End.]

Comments

  1. Yes! I love these hats. Long ago and far away, there was a “ponytail” hat, which I loved and now it’s being revisited with a vengeance. I’m delighted to have these hats once again. Great for wearing with ponytails and buns, warm, comfy and pretty to wear.

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Classic Dishcloth Knitting Patterns

Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use. 

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make. 

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!). 

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn. 

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart. 

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern. 

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.