Project Notebook: Bunny Ear Hat

It’s fun to knit hats for kids that have a bit of personality, and this time of year, while we’re thinking spring but it is sometimes still a little cold outside, it’s especially fun to have a hat that’s a little silly.

So I decided to knit my daughter a bunny ear hat, and you can find the full pattern over at CraftBits.

The hat is just a simple Stockinette hat, and because it’s worked in bulky yarn it takes very little time to stitch up.

Stitches are picked up from the top of the hat to work the white part of the ears, then the pink part is knit separately and stitched on.

You could totally add some embroidered embellishments to make a face if you wanted. I may still.

It’s a super simple and fast project, which is the best kind of thing for seasonal items that might not get worn very often. You can really do the knitting in an evening or two, and sewing the insides to the ears doesn’t take much time at all.

At first the girl refused to wear it, but now she loves it. Now, of course, it is also warm where we live, but I’ll bet we get another cold snap before the Easter bunny hops.

Looking for an even simpler bunny hat for little kids? Check out the flat-knit bunny hat from Mama in a Stitch. Super cute details!

What have you been knitting lately? I’d love to hear about it!

Looking for more Easter themed Knitting patterns? Check out these Knitting patterns we found over on Etsy.

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.

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