Hi Spud & Chloë Friends,
I have a sweet little fall treat for you today. You can whip up a delicious green or red Apple Hat for your little sweetie in a matter of hours. The green apple is Spud & Chloë Sweater. The red apple is knit out of Blue Sky Dyed Cotton which is always a treat. One thing I want to point out about the Apple Hat is that the top decrease is different than other hats I have done. It makes for a smoother surface with only 3 neat and tidy decrease lines. Plus it is fun to try different decrease techniques. I like this one and I hope you do, too.
Here are a few things you might like to know:
Sizes: 0-6 months (6-12 months, 1-2 years, small child)
Yarn:
Green Apple: Spud & Chloë Sweater (55% superwash wool, 45% organic cotton, superwash: 100 grams/160 yards), 1 skein Grass #7502, small amounts Rootbeer#7503 and Moonlight #7507
Red Apple: Blue Sky Dyed Cotton (100% organic cotton; 100 grams/150 yards), 1 skein in Ladybug #629, small amounts of Pickle #634 and Blue Sky Skinny Cotton in Coffee #310
Materials:
US size 7 sixteen-inch circular needles or size to obtain gauge
US size 7 set of four double-pointed needles or size to obtain gauge
US size 3 set of two double-pointed needles for the leaf and stem
Scissors
Yarn needle
Ruler or tape measure
Stitch marker
Gauge:
5 stitches per inch in stockinette stitch
Have fun, Knitters! You can never go wrong with a simple and quick Apple Hat for your favorite baby any time of year.
Click here to download the Apple Hat pdf file!
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How adorable!! Thank you for sharing
This is so cute! Of course.
It is going on my needles later today for my daughter, and then for her soon-to-be-born cousin.
Question: On the green hat, it looks like there’s an additional purl row after the ribbing? Am I imagining that, or is it just the angle of the photo?
Gorgeous pattern, thank you.
It’s on my needles right now for my niece (who’s 4 months and rather small anyway). I’ve got a pretty good match for the yarn you used. But it’s coming up awfully big. Unless it’s my gauge (could be), it could be that I’ve mistranslated the needle size – am in the UK and read that US 7 is 4.5mm. This seemed terribly big so I’ve gone down a few sizes but… still, very big.
When you say US size 7, how many millimetres would that be, do you know?
Thanks again.
what does I cord mean. I am confused about how to make the stem? thanks. This hat looks adorable.
whipped one up for my grandson; adorable! thank you
Cute! How about one for us who crochet?
This is the first time I’ve worked on dpns and done a ssk. I’m a very visual learner–any suggestions for a video demo of the ssk? Thanks–LOVE your patterns!
if you google search ssk or search in youtube i am sure you will find lots of tutorials:)
Been having problems loading the PDF for this pattern, is it possible to get it sent to me or something?
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Heya just wanted to give you a brief heads up and let you know a few of the pictures aren’t loading properly. I’m not sure why but I think its a linking issue. I’ve tried it in two different web browsers and both show the same outcome.
Hi Susan, thank you for sharing the adorable pattern! I am only a beginner at knitting and this is my first attempt to knit a hat. I am almost done with this apple hat but I am stuck…. I’m at the decreasing round with 10 stitches on each needle and what does this mean “ending with a row 1″? Please help
Lots of comments, great big pocture, but no pattern
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On the green hat I just folded the rib section up like a cuff. I think that is what you are seeing.
Have fun and good luck to your cousin.
susan
4.5mm = US size 7 needles.
It shouldn’t be too big, hmmm, are you getting 5 stitches per inch?
Hi Martha,
Basically, you use 2 dpns, and you slide the stitches from one end of the dpn to the other to knit the cord. I just googled “how to knit an i-cord” and came up with this great link of tutorial videos:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=safari&rls=en&q=how+to+knit+and+I-cord&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=rkJcS_rqMo-KlAfUx8HuBA&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCIQqwQwAw#
Hopefully this will help. There are lots of tutorials online that aren’t video as well.
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