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Knit Up a Blooming Good Hat

November 20, 2024 by Sarah White

I haven’t done a great job lately bringing you whimsical knitting patterns because there’s just so much to talk about in the knitting world this time of year, but I wanted to share this amazing hat that could be your Halloween costume for next year or the hat you wear when you need to be reminded that warm, sunny days actually do exist.

The Bloom Where You Are Planted Hat by Ainur Berkimbayeva has two options for petals so you can make a sunflower or zinnia style hat. The part that covers your head is the center of the flower with the petals radiating out around your head. You can choose to do one or two layers of petals depending on how much yarn you have and how full you want your flower to be.

The pattern has four sizes, to fit a baby, child, small/medium adult and large adult, so you can cover the whole family with flowers if you want. It calls for worsted weight yarn, and you will need three colors for either version.

Ainur says the idea behind the hat is that we shouldn’t be postponing joy until some magical future time when everything is right, because that’s not a time that’s really going to come. We need to hold onto the little bits of happy we can find in our current lives, even if we have to make them for ourselves. And knitting this hat will definitely give you some happy.

This would, of course, be an adorable hat for a baby or little kid, but you should knit one for yourself, too, and shine like the radiant flower you are.

You can get the pattern on Ravelry, and because everyone should be able to enjoy a little knitting joy, there are discount codes available if you’re not able to pay full price.

[Photo: Ainur Berkimbayeva]

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Knit a Garter Stitch Blanket with a Twist

When I first started knitting again after a long absence from the craft (which has now been almost 25 years ago!) I really didn’t like garter stitch that much. I found it super boring, somehow even more boring than knitting stockinette stitch in the round, even though it’s exactly the same thing.

Over the years I’ve softened my opinion, and even grown to like garter stitch. There’s nothing wrong with being plain, and actually the texture of garter stitch is more interesting than stockinette.

Also there are fun things you can do with garter stitch to make it more interesting if you want to, such as adding stripes, working on the bias, or doing fun effects to change the look.

That’s the way with the Bernat Twist My Way Garter Knit Blanket. Using combinations of casting on and binding off creates what they call a Swiss cheese effect along two sides of the blanket. This is a lot of fun in the self-striping ombre yarn they chose for the pattern, but it would also be fun in a solid color or making your own stripes.

Despite the dramatic effect, this pattern is rated easy. It’s worked from side to side (if you consider the “cheesy” edges the top and bottom) and has an eight-row repeat that involves binding off and then casting on again to make the holes. They’re kind of like giant buttonholes.

Once you get the hang of it it’s a pretty easy repeat to remember, and it will be smooth knitting as big as you want to make it.

You can download this pattern from the Yarnspirations website for free, or you can buy a kit direct from them that includes the yarn you need (and knitting needles if you need those, too). Bernat Sport Ombre Twist, which is what is used in the pattern, comes in 12 self patterning colors and is a DK weight acrylic yarn.

[Photo: Yarnspirations]

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