Mouse Ears Pixie Bonnet

This sweet mouse pixie bonnet winter hat knitting pattern is perfect for making handmade gifts for your loved ones. It comes in sizes for newborns, babies and children. Perfect to wear year round and especially cute added to your little one’s Halloween costume.

Sizes: Newborn, 0-3 Months, 3-6 Months, 6-12 Months, 1-2 Years, 3-4 Years, 5+ Years. This pattern, from Fox and Pine Stitches, uses worsted weight yarn and is suitable for beginners. The body of the hat is worked flat and seamed up the back, then stitches are picked up for the ribbing, and the I-cord is worked on double-pointed knitting needles.

Pattern includes full details on the recommended head circumferences and final bonnet measurements for each size. Plenty of photos are included showing the steps to complete the bonnet and ties.

And of course once you have the process down, you can make the ears different shapes and use different colors and surface stitching to make different animals. How about a bear, a cat or a dog? The possibilities are nearly endless and all super cute.

Get the free pattern from Fox and Pine Stitches, linked above.

[Photo: Fox and Pine Stitches.]

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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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