Knit Holiday Hats with Fox and Pine Stitches

Fox and Pine Stitches has an array of holiday-themed knitting patterns for you to choose from, if you’re looking for Santa hats, stocking caps or other projects with a winter theme. I couldn’t decide which ones to share so here’s a whole bunch for you to look through. The best part? The patterns are all free and usually offer a range of sizes so you can stitch them up for the whole family.

We need to start with the super adorable Christmas tree hat, which would be perfect for a newborn photo shoot as shown but is sized for kids and up to adult women. It uses super bulky yarn and you can use little scraps to make the ornaments.

The Santa Pixie Bonnet is a super cute bonnet-style hat for kids aged newborn to 5+ years. It uses worsted weight yarn in two colors.

The Double Pompom Christmas hat is classic red and white, though you can work it in other colors, and uses chunky yarn for quick knitting. Of course the highlight is the pompoms at the top that give the pattern its name. It’s sized from newborns up to women’s size.

Make a Santa stocking cap in worsted weight yarn for everyone in the family (newborn through men), or make it an elf-styled stocking cap with stripes. (There’s a chunky weight version, a super bulky version and a worsted weight version of that one.)

And if you’re looking for holiday-themed beanies, there are lots of options. Check out the Santa hat pattern made in super bulky yarn, or the Santa belt pattern, also in super bulky. Or make a hat with a truck hauling a Christmas tree on it. It’s a worsted weight pattern made in all sizes through adult men, and the colorwork is added with duplicate stitch. (If you love the Christmas tree farm look, there’s a coordinating hot water bottle cover, too.)

There are also plain and striped beanies to give a bit of a holiday look without being too Christmasy. Find chunky and worsted weight versions, or a similar style with ear flaps. So many options!

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Sometimes I feel like knitters get intimidated to try new things because they think they need to start with a big project. Your first time working in the round doesn’t need to be a sock, and your first colorwork doesn’t need to be a sweater, for example. You can find little projects that use the skills you want to learn to build your confidence before you move on to something that requires more time commitment.

This adorable knit bunny, for example.

The colorwork bunny from Knit Picks was designed by Amy Munson and is a kind of bowling pin shaped bunny complete with a knit hat, contrasting inner ears and a little stranded colorwork on its body. Note that the ears are attached the the hat not the bunny, but you could stitch them to the bunny if you’d rather.

It’s worked from the bottom up and also has a tiny pompom tail you can’t see in the picture but it’s a really cute touch. There are a variety of little fair isle patterns to choose from to make the best bunny for you.

The bunny comes out about 8 inches tall (or just over 20 cm) and use several colors to complete the colorwork, depending on the design you choose.

You can purchase the pattern by itself from Knit Picks, or make a kit that includes sport weight yarn in all the colors you need for your creation. There are gray and brown options for the main body of the bunny, but of course if you’re using your own yarn you can make it whatever color you like.

Once you’ve tried colorwork (maybe also working in the round and shaping if those are skills you haven’t used before) in a little project like this you’ll be ready to take on something bigger in no time.

Check out the pattern on Knit Picks.

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