To please your baby with a new hat, you will need very little time and a little patience. And also one skein of yarn in the main color and a certain amount of thread that may have remained from your past works. To decorate the product, you will need sewing threads, a needle, buttons, beads and ready-made eyes bought in a store.
Before starting work, you need to decide on the size of the hat by measuring the circumference of your child’s head.
1. We collect a chain of air loops, we close it in a ring;
2. Next we knit according to the pattern.
1st row: we tie a chain of chain loops with double crochets (there will be 5-8 of them, depending on the thickness of the yarn);
2nd row: in each column of the previous row we knit 2 double crochets.
In each subsequent row, we gradually reduce the number of additions until the desired diameter of the bottom of the cap is reached.
Knowing the girth of the child’s head or his age, you can easily determine the diameter of the product from the table;
3. After this, you need to knit without additions: each column of the previous row corresponds to a column of the new row;
4. Using the same table, you can determine what depth of the cap is needed in your case.
The hat can be made straight or with ears knitted on it. They can be simply decorative, or they can be voluminous, created specifically for insulation. knitted product. To make ears, you should mark their locations with bright threads (after knitting, remove the bright threads). And gradually reduce the number of loops when knitting rows.
You can reduce the number of loops in two ways: systematically skip one of the loops of the previous row, or combine the last two loops of each row.
The hat can be additionally insulated. For example, sew small fleece linings into the ears, or make a solid lining, as I did in one of the hats. This is a very soft material that is perfect for children's products.
You can decorate the finished product in a huge number of ways. IN in this case I made animal hats.
To complete the look of the panda, you need to make black ears and contours for the eyes. They should be knitted according to the pattern
Just use single crochets rather than double crochets. Knit the nose in the same way as the ears, gradually reducing the number of stitches in the row. Carefully sew everything to the hat. For the eyes themselves, you can use buttons or ready-made eyes.
For the image of a cat, flowers with beads were additionally made and antennae were embroidered.
The mouse had a knitted muzzle. To make the look more impressive, I inserted a small amount of fleece between the circle created for the muzzle and the hat.
Multi-colored braids or strands are a great idea for ties. From the remaining yarn, cut threads of the same length, thread them between the posts in the area of the ears and weave a braid or strand.
This handmade hat is sure to become your baby's favorite thing.
owl hat
Size 48-50
YOU WILL NEED:
Pekhorka "Elegant" (100% merino wool, 250 m/100 g) - 100 g each of lilac and pink flowers
Pekhorka "Crossbred Brazil" (50% merino wool, 50% acrylic, 500 m/100 g) - 50 g lilac color
remnants of yarn black, gray, orange, yellow and brown colors for eyes and nose
hook No. 2.75 and No. 2
The base of the cap and the lining are knitted according to the same principle - single crochet stitches in the round. First, we knit the lining from "Crossbred Brazil" yarn with crochet No. 2, then the hat itself from Pekhorka "Elegant" yarn with crochet No. 2.75 - we knit the upper part of the hat with pink yarn, the lower part (about 4 cm + ears) with lilac yarn. To make the cap and lining beautiful and neat, read the advice of Marina Trikoz (LimaGi), a specialist on this issue (below are links to the main points): 
HOW TO GET A PERFECTLY EVEN CIRCLE WHEN KNITTING WITH SCORE CARRIET
I have adopted a method that is much simpler for counting. I’ll also throw in a count for alternating rows of dc and sc. I don’t draw diagrams, because it’s easier to count than to look at the drawing.
1) double crochets:
1st row - 10 dc in a ring of thread
2nd row - 20 dc, 2 in each loop
3rd row - 40 dc, 2 in each loop
Row 4 - 40 dc, no increments
Row 5 - 60 dc, increase through one loop
Row 6 - 60 dc, no increments
Row 7 - 90 dc, increase through one loop (it’s better after two or three loops)
If you need less for the head, adjust it with the last row. If more, the last two are repeated with the necessary addition of columns. It's easy to knit and you don't have to count too much. However, it should be noted that on thin and white yarn, the rows without increases differ in density, the holes are slightly visible compared to the neighboring ones. Colored and bulky yarn does not suffer from this. The most important thing is that the expansion wedges are absolutely not visible - a perfectly even circle.
2) alternating RLS and CH (as in Solnyshka from the first page, for example)
Row 1 - 6 sc in a ring of thread
Row 2 - 15 dc, alternating 2 and 3 dc in one loop
3rd row - 20 sc, increase in every 3rd loop
4th row - 30 dc, increase in every 2nd loop
Row 5 - 40 sc, increase in every 3rd stitch
6th row - 48 dc, increase in every 5th loop
7th row - 60 sc, increase in every 4th loop
8th row - 72 dc, increase in every 5th loop
Row 9 - 84 sc, increase in every 6th stitch
Continue in a similar manner until the right size. You can also navigate this alternation like this: for RLS - 6 increases in a row, for CH - 12. To the edges of the circle, make fewer increases so that it lies on the head. This knitting is a little denser than just CH. You can play with colors and different thicknesses of stripes.
It should be noted that you can also start the circle not from the ring, but from the first loop of the lifting chain of the first row (i.e. knit four loops, and in the first all the columns of the first row), I do this on small circles/flowers. Quick and easy, without a hole.
LOCATION OF EARS (TIES)
If you are knitting ears/ties to cover a child's ears, their placement is very easy to calculate. Divide the number of columns along the bottom edge of the header into 5 parts. Two parts go to the front, one to the back of the head and one to the ears. I use this calculation, whatever form they are. If you want a smaller one, reduce the width of the ear on both sides; if you want a larger one, add it evenly on both sides. Since I always tie the bottom of my hats and the ears too, I take this into account right away so that they don’t come out big.
To place a flower or other decoration on the temple, I divide the circumference of the head into three parts. I retreat one part from the back seam in the direction where it should be and sew it on.
HOW TO CORRECTLY SEW A KNITTED LINING INTO A HAT
We sew a knitted lining into the hat!
In the example shown, the base (upper part) is knitted from half-wool thread in two folds, hook 4.5 (Merino Light Yarnart - pink, Charisma Yarnart - gray; slightly different in thickness). Lining - Summer in one thread, hook 2.5. I chose a cotton lining so that the hat would not be too hot, since the top is already quite warm. But neither the thickness nor the composition of the thread matters at all here!
First of all, I knitted the lining without the ears/ties. I put it on a ball the size of the head and measured it on top with a centimeter at the widest part. The size differed from the original by 1-1.5 cm. This means we knit the warp more by this value. Those. if the head size is 44 cm, the lining is size 44, and the top is size up to 46 cm (plus another 1 cm will not be noticeable - you can add that too).
It is not necessary to make such a measurement. If you knit both the lining and the top into one thread from half-wool of medium thickness (about 200-250 m per 100 grams), then the difference is usually about 2-2.5 cm (this is about four stitches in a row - add them at the top). If, however, the lining is noticeably thinner or thicker, it is better to play it safe this way. There is no ball/can - inflate the ball by putting it in the hat (because putting a hat on a ready-made ball is a bit difficult).
In height (from the top of the head to the bottom edge of the hat), the size in the lining was reduced by half a centimeter from the original (because it should be slightly further from the edge in order to be invisible). In the upper part - increased by 0.5 cm from the original value for a successful fit of the lining (i.e. it comes out about 1 cm deeper than the lining - most often it is knitted one more row). Since these measurements are difficult to make accurately, you put the lining in the hat while knitting the edge to see how much more is needed. The upper part should peek out a little from behind the lining.
If the upper part is smaller than the obtained value, it will tighten the lining, folds will form inside - it will put pressure on the head or will not fit at all. If it is much larger, it will not lie flat/smooth on the head, it will fidget/slide, and a hanging fold may form over the edge of the cap.
Next we knit the entire base with ears/ties like a regular hat (taking into account the extra size). I have it slightly larger than the calculated size deliberately - so that later I can tear off the lining and continue to wear the hat in the spring, since the girl is still small and her head is growing quickly. Sew all the trim onto the base at once (flowers/whiskers/eyes/ears/beads and all that) so that later you don’t catch the lining with thread - this will greatly ruin the hat. And all the sins of sewing and the ends of the threads will be hidden between the top and the lining.
We knit the ears/ties on the lining. We adhere to the same formula for calculating their placement (1/5 part per ear) in order to get to the right place. We knit according to the shape of those on the hat, reducing the edge by 0.5-1 cm. I tried to get as close to the edge as possible so that the hat would not prick.
After the second eye/tie, use the same thread to tie the lining with a row of single crochets. You can then sew it on neatly, evenly and easily! Without him it’s bad! At the end, I leave a piece of thread of the length that is enough to sew the lining around the circle (I had about 1.5 m).
Now sewing the lining
1) we have these two components - the lining and the completely finished base. The most important thing is that they must repeat each other in shape.
2) put the lining into the base. If there is a more beautiful side on the lining, then go to the head.
3) immediately prick with needles the combined top and bottom corners of the eyelet/tie, leaving half a centimeter along the edge
4) we sew a combined seam in the back and front middle (to do this, fold the cap in half along the ears/strings and find the fold point on both parts). I also add a couple of needles in front for convenience, to evenly distribute the difference in the loops
5) we begin to sew, picking up the loop of the lining and about half a centimeter from the edge of the base. Convenient with a needle with a blunt end.
6) this is how you get a rather invisible seam. After securing the end of the thread with a knot, I hide it in the middle - to do this, I stick a needle near the knot, pass its end between the lining and the base, after a few cm I bring it out, pull out the entire thread and cut it, lightly pull the knitting - the tail is hidden inside.
7) looks like this in finished form.
(Glamorochka Hat)
Attention! Before sewing in the lining, we knit the trim and sew everything on!
EARS (2 parts)
We crochet No. 2.75 with “Elegant” lilac yarn.
6th row: 3 in. p., art. с1н in the same loop, 9 tbsp. s1n, 2 tbsp. с1н in the last loop (13 sts. с1н)
7th row: 13 st. s1n
8th row: 3 in. p., art. с1н in the same loop, 11 tbsp. s1n, 2 tbsp. с1н in the last loop (15 sts. с1н)
9th row: 15 st. s1n
We tie the eyelet with two rows of single crochets, knitting 2 tbsp. b/n from one on the corners of the ear. Attach a tassel of pink yarn to the upper corner of the ear. We knit the second ear in the same way.
We sew our eyes, nose and ears onto the hat, tie the hat with a row of single crochets with lilac yarn and “crawfish step” with pink yarn. We sew in the lining (also tied with one row of st. b/n), attach the braided ties to the ears. If desired, the ties can be woven or crocheted or knitted. 
EYES (2 parts) (the idea of knitting eyes in this way was taken from the user Half*ina from Osinka)
Crochet number 2.75.
1st row: 2 in. p., 2 p. from the hook: 4 tbsp. b/n black, 1 tbsp. b/n gray, 5 tbsp. b/n black (10)
2nd row: 2 tbsp. s1n in each st. previous row: 6 tbsp. with 1n black, 2 tbsp. with 1n gray, 12 tbsp. with 1n black (20)
3rd row: 2 tbsp. s1n in each st. previous row: 10 tbsp. s1n black, 4 tbsp. s1n gray, 26 tbsp. s1n black (40)
4th row: 40 st. b/n orange
5th row: yellow: (st. s1n, 2 st. s1n in 1) * 20 times (60)
6th row: 60 st. b/n brown
7th row: with “Elegant” yarn of lilac color: (20 v. p., st. b/n) * 6 times, 17 tbsp. b/n, (20 ch, st. b/n) * 37 times (this is the left eye, we knit the right eye like this: (20 ch, st. b/n) * 33 times, 17 st. b /n, (20 v.p., st. b/n) *10 times)
SPOUT
Crochet No. 2.75 with brown yarn
1st row: 4 in. p., in the 4th p. from the hook: 2 tbsp. s1n
2nd row: 3 in. p. (=first double crochet), tbsp. c1n in the same loop, 1 tbsp. s1n, 2 tbsp. с1н in the last loop (5 sts. с1н)
3rd row: 3 in. p., art. c1n in the same loop, 3 tbsp. s1n, 2 tbsp. с1н in the last loop (7 sts. с1н)
4th row: 3 in. p., art. c1n in the same loop, 5 tbsp. s1n, 2 tbsp. с1н in the last loop (9 st. с1н)
5th row: 3 in. p., art. c1n in the same loop, 7 tbsp. s1n, 2 tbsp. с1н in the last loop (11 sts. с1н)
Tie the nose next to st. b/n
If you want to please your child with a new one, a beautiful hat, take some time and be patient. In order to knit a little animal hat, you will need: a skein of yarn of the main color, threads of other colors, as well as a needle, beads, buttons, eyes, which can be purchased in the store, and sewing threads.
Once you have prepared everything you need, measure the circumference of your child's head to find out the size.
1. Cast on a chain of air loops and close it into a ring;
2. Knit according to the pattern.
1st row: we tie a chain of chain loops with double crochets (there will be 5-8 of them, depending on the thickness of the yarn);
2nd row: in each column of the previous row we knit 2 double crochets.
In each subsequent row, we gradually reduce the number of additions until the desired diameter of the bottom of the cap is reached.
The diameter of the product can be determined from the table if you know the age or head circumference of the child;
3. After this, you need to knit without additions: each column of the previous row corresponds to a column of the new row;
4. The same table will help determine what depth of the cap is needed.
The hat can be straight or with ears, which can be decorative or voluminous; these are created to insulate the product. To make the ears, mark their locations with bright threads (after knitting, remove the bright threads). And gradually reduce the number of loops when knitting rows.
There are two ways to reduce the number of stitches: systematically skip one of the stitches of the previous row or combine the last two stitches of each row.
You can also insulate the hat. Make a solid lining or sew fleece linings into the ears. This material is very suitable for children's products because it is soft and pleasant to the touch.
There are many ways to decorate a hat.
For example, to complete the panda look, outline the eyes and black ears. Knit according to the pattern,
but use single crochets. Knit the nose, as well as the ears, reducing the number of loops in the row. Then, carefully sew it to the hat. For the eyes, you can take ready-made eyes or buttons.
For a cat, you can knit flowers with beads and antennae.
Craftswomen from all over the world have made a variety of animal hats: cat hats, bears, mice, dragons and hats with cartoon characters. And it’s good that the room for imagination is simply endless, and both mothers and babies are happy with the result.
By the way, the desire to put such a knitted hat on the baby appears along with the baby. My daughter is already too old, as it seems to me, and a friend who recently had a daughter came to me with a request to knit her several hats for a photo shoot. Agree that the cuteness of photographs with sleeping children in knitted hats, knitted panties, crowns, and headbands is simply off the charts. How can you resist taking a few good shots with your baby?
Before this hat, I had never knitted anything to order (not in the sense of money, but in the sense of request, but also for money 🙂), but on the occasion of such joy, I decided to do it. I think I did pretty well. All the colors were chosen by the customer, my job was only to make the hat she chose in the right size.
In fact, it turned out that such animal hats can be knitted in a couple of hours. I knitted it in one evening, and the next day I was already fussing over the next headdress for the little princess.
Let's start crocheting an animal hat.
Materials
- kartopu flora yarn (100% acrylic, 230 m per 100 g) K732, K890 and remnants of white, green, black and orange.
- hook No. 3.5
Designations
- v.p.- air loop.
- RLS- single crochet.
- CCH- double crochet stitch.
- SS- connecting post (connecting/blind loop)
Scheme for the purple part of the hat
We start with a magic ring (sliding loop).
We start all rows with 3 chain stitches for lifting, which we count as one double crochet. At the end of each row we make a connecting loop into the 3rd lifting loop.
1st row: 12 dc in the ring.
2nd row: 24 SSN. We knit 2 dcs in each column.
3rd row: 36 SSN. We knit 2, 1, 2, 1...
4th row: 48 SSN. Knit 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1...
5 row: 60 SSN. Knit 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1...
6th row: 72 SSN. Knit 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1…
We knit rows 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 without increments, 72 stitches in each row.
We change the color of the yarn and, also without additions, knit 6 rows with single crochets, 72 sc in each.
Advice: It is advisable to knit rows in turn: one on the front side, one on the wrong side. This will make a beautiful transition to the ears, which we will knit in turning rows.
At the beginning of the row, cast on 1 chain stitch and knit a sc into the first stitch. Close the row at the top of the first column, ignoring the lifting air loop.
I didn't cut the thread because I had 2 skeins of brown yarn. I knitted the ears from the second skein, and left this tip hanging so that I could later knit the hat with the ears. If you have 1 skein, you can get the second end of the thread from the inside, or cut it and attach it with this end. Whichever is more convenient for you.
Next I will show you how to crochet ears. We divide the cap into 5 parts as follows. We have 72 columns. This means we leave 14 stitches on the ears, 16 on the back, and 28 on the front. I marked the 1st and 16th stitches of the back of the hat, as well as the 1st and 28th stitches of the front.
The sixth brown row of the cap was purl. We attached a thread and tied 14 sc between the markers on the front side. Cast on 1 ch and turn the wrong side towards you. Now we will reduce the number of columns in the row. We knit the first stitch into the second stitch of the previous row.
At the end of the row we knit 2 stitches together.
So we continue to reduce the number of columns by 2 in each row almost to the end.
When there are only 3 stitches left in the row, cast on 3 vp. and make a loop into which we will later attach the pigtail. We cast on 3 loops and knit a sc at the end of the row. 
We cut the thread and knit the second eye in the same way.
When both ears are tied, we return to the left loop on the hat and tie the entire hat from the front side with single crochets.
We also tie the ears, and under the chain that we knitted at the tips of the ears, we knit 3 sc.
The base for the animal cap is ready. All that remains is to make the details of the muzzle. 
Now we knit the ears-on-top. Using a purple thread, we cast on 21 loops and close them into a ring with a connecting loop.
We make tassels at the tips of the ears: tie 2 purple, 2 brown and 2 white threads (~10 cm long) together in the middle, fold them in half and sew them into the tips of the ears. 
We sew the ears themselves to the hat slightly from the back. For braids we take 3 strands of purple, brown and white. The length of the threads is ~ 50 cm. We pull all the threads into the loops that we made at the ends of the ears. Divide into three parts and braid. You can separate colors in any order. I divided all the colors equally. We tie the braid tightly at the bottom, and insert the ends of the ties under the knots using a needle.
Now we knit the eyes. Using green yarn, we knit 6 sc in a magic ring and 12 sc in the second row.
We knit 24 sc with white yarn (one of the columns can be knitted by inserting a hook one row below, so it will look like a highlight). And 2 more rows, increasing the number of sc by 12 in each row. Separately, we knit circles in black (2 rows: 6 and 12 sc) or sew on buttons like pupils.
We knit the beak according to the pattern below. Leave the end of the thread so that you can immediately sew the beak to the cap with the same thread.
We sew all the details into the right places (if you wish, you can embroider the eyelashes), hide the ends, sit and admire them, and run to show off on social networks, not forgetting to include a link to
Childhood is a wonderful time when you can safely wear bright things and they look organic. There is a particular lack of colors in the cold season, when the days are mostly cloudy and all shades of gray predominate outside. We invite you to bring a little humor and positivity into your baby’s winter wardrobe and knit a funny hat that your baby will love to wear!
This hat will also become an original handmade , causing a lot of delight from the baby’s parents. For your inspiration, we have prepared a photo selection of ideas for knitted and crocheted children's hats with skillful hands craftswomen
1. Hats in the shape of the faces of your favorite animals and insects will surely please your child.
Crocheted bear hat:
Owl hat
Little Frog
Barbos hat:
Hat with deer horns:
Ladybug:
Wonderful set for a girl, knitted, which creates a spring mood in any weather:
2. What cartoons and fairy tales does your baby like? Try knitting a hat that resembles a character!
Tigger from the cartoon about Winnie the Pooh:
3. Fruit themes are also a good source of ideas. Looks very cute:
Strawberry hats, crocheted and knitting needles:
A lightweight pumpkin hat is a cute idea for the warm season:
4. Another one good idea– striped gnome hat:
5. Even an ordinary hat can be transformed by decorating it with large multi-colored pompoms - such a hat will definitely not go unnoticed!
And finally, an idea that can be suitable not only for children, but also for adult “boys” and “girls” who cannot imagine life without Angry birds :)
Which hats did you like best?
