Pumpkin Hat Patterns for Halloween and Beyond

September 13, 2013 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

It’s Friday the 13th, which means it must be time to start thinking about Halloween. Especially if you want to knit something for your Halloween or fall decor, it’s high time you got started. Here are a bunch of great pumpkin hat knitting patterns for kids and adults that you’re sure to love. Break out the orange yarn and get to stitching!

Looking for more Halloween Knitting patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

Over at About Knitting we have two cute little pumpkin hats. My ribbed pumpkin hat was actually my daughter’s first Halloween costume (she was an eight-week-old preemie at the time), and Eileen Casey designed a cute one as well with a stockinette base.

Hannah NeCamp’s cute Cable Me a Pumpkin Hat has a cute rustic look thanks to tweedy yarn. It’s free during the month of September.

A wee orange hat and booties for babies come from Lion Brand Yarn, and Jessamyn Faith has another pumpkin hat for newborns. If you happen to know someone in the 2T range or are up for a bit of alteration, check out the Pumpkin Spice Hat from Alyssa McCain.

Those are both Ravelry downloads, as is the Pumpkin Hat from Dorte Lyager, which is different from the others in that it’s a beret and its sized for 2 years up to adult men. I can see the cute family photos now.

And Billi-Jean’s Pumpkin Hat would serve as a great first hat pattern because it has a rolled brim and is all stockinette. Leave off the stem topper for a really cute baby hat suitable for any time of year.

Want a jack ‘o lantern instead of a pumpkin? Try Michelle Ruby’s Pumkinhead for Grownups pattern, another free Ravelry download.

And speaking of pumpkinheads, though this one isn’t really a hat, you’ve got to check out the Pumpkin Heads pattern from tangle. These are lined and stuffed, so not exactly for people to wear long-term, but they’re pretty creepy and cool nonetheless (and perfect for some Halloween yarn bombing of statues!).

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Christmas Stocking Knitting Patterns for Your Pets

I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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