Stitch a Simple Pom Pom Hat for Kids

Winter seems to be slow in coming a lot of places this year (as I write this we’re coming off near-record warmth and experiencing widespread flooding after days of rain), so you still have plenty of time to knit your kids some things to keep them warm when the cold weather finally gets here. Which makes me feel better about the not-even-half-completed kid-sized glove in my to-be-knit pile.

Evelyne from Nemcsok Farms has a great little kid’s hat pattern that’s great for newer knitters or anyone who wants to get a project on and off their needles quickly.

It uses two strands of medium/worsted weight yarn held together, but you could easily use a bulky weight yarn from your stash instead. The hat is mostly Stockinette, and it’s worked flat on straight needles, so it’s super easy for a new knitter. Someone with more experience or less tolerance for knitting things flat could just work the Garter Stitch section flat, then join in the round for the Stockinette part and only have a tiny seam to sew at the end.

Either way this is a great little stash buster to keep a kid in your live cozy.

Have a favorite hat pattern? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Nemcsok Farms.]

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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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Shelley says
December 29, 2015 at 10:23 am
I am really a novice at this but just finished up a hat using the pattern found here:
http://www.makeithandmade.com/2013/03/the-everything-hat-free-pattern.html
It is made using DPN but I was able to do it. I used a fuzzy yarn so it was more forgiving of my “uneven” stitches but the hat turned out really cute. An easy and fun pattern.

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