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Review: Knit Hats for Babies

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Knit Hats for Babies by Lee Ann Garrett book review.I review a lot of books over at About.com, but I’m never anywhere near caught up. There’s always more to read and write about than I make time to.

So in that spirit I thought I would start trying to do a book review over here every week, on Tuesdays, to spread the knitting book love around a bit.

This also seems to be Leisure Arts week here at Craft Gossip, because I picked out another one of their books to tell you about. Knit Hats for Babies by Lee Ann Garrett is a really cute book full of seasonal hat patterns for little ones.

From a football to a Santa hat, a hat inspired by an Easter egg to a square hat adorned with hearts, these nine patterns are sized to fir babies up to a year of age. They’re sweet, fun to knit and adorable on their own, but even cuter with a wee head inside.

My favorites are the Santa hat and the two Halloween hats: one that looks like a ghost and one a witch hat. The scale is just so cute, they’re hard to resist!

You can see all the patterns on Ravelry, and it’s highly likely I’ll be giving this one away soon, so stay tuned for that.

Do you knit themed hats for babies? I’d love to hear about your favorites.

Looking for more knitted beanie patterns for Babies? Check these out on Etsy.

Comments

  1. I bought this book in the fall and have made several of the hats, including the baseball, football and ghost. I made the hats for my 17-month grandson and I can’t tell you the number of people who have stopped to comment on them. Great book with good, easy to follow directions.

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Adorable Ghost Knitting Patterns

Adding a bit of knitting to your fall decor is a lot of fun, whether it’s knit pumpkins or a bunch of adorable knit ghosts like these.

Knit ghosts can be super simple like this free ghost knitting pattern from Trixie Zynch on Ravelry. Using about 50 yards of worsted weight yarn, they’re worked from the bottom up and are super cute as a pair. 

This fuzzy little ghost from Forest Knitting Toys is holding a pumpkin and wearing a witch hat, though of course the accessories are optional, as is the fuzzy yarn. The main yarn is chunky and the ghost measures about 10 cm/4 inches tall. It’s worked in the round. 

Another fuzzy ghost in more of a Pacman style is this ghost plushie form South Stitch Girls. It’s worked in the round with bulky yarn and includes a sweet little bow you can make in whatever color you like. 

The ghost doll from Edith Grace Designs has little arms and a curl at the top of its head. The body is worked flat using DK weight yarn and you could also work it in glow in the dark yarn for extra fun. The body and head are worked in one piece with the arms knit separately. 

The Grim Grinning Ghosts from Susan Claudino are super cute and you can knit them in any yarn and gauge you like to make ghosts of different sizes. These are worked in the round with the body done in one piece and the arms are knit separately. The ghosts shown were knit in sock yarn, DK and worsted weight yarn. You can find the pattern on Ravelry.

Make a ghost with funny striped legs with this ghost shelf sitter design from Claire Fairall Designs. It’s worked in three colors of DK weight yarn, and the letters spelling out boo are made with strips of garter stitch sewn into shape.