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!
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.
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.