Click to enlargeI love knitting hats, both for humans and dolls. It's one thing I don't need a pattern for, and can test out yarn and stitches.
In this case I'm also using up a bit of the leftover yarn from my socks. And appeasing my demanding dolls, who were none too happy to see that I knit myself a pair of socks before something for them. This is a small offering, but I've been told it will do for now.
These were knit on my size 1 (2.25mm) DPN, again with the Tofutsies sock yarn. The yarn has lots of dark pink and lavender throughout, so it's girly without being so cutesy you just want to vomit.
Click to enlargeThis hat was sized for a 22" ball joint doll. Modeling is my lovely Elfdoll Sooah. She's an odd girl in that she has the head sculpt from Elfdoll, but that head is on the taller body of a Model Doll from Dollmore. I love her face sculpt, because even though she's missing her eyelashes (the perils of purchasing used), she's extremely photogenic.
Click to enlargeThis hat probably won't go up for sale anytime soon on Etsy, mostly because I don't have anything else to list along with it yet. Plus I may have to wait for my little resin family to tire of some of the pieces before I dare to sell them.
I'm not sure what will be next up for a project, but most likely it will be some springy-themed dress for one of my ladies. The sun is out, the flowers are blooming, and my stash of fabric is threatening to topple and engulf me. I can't let that happen, since no one would be able to hear my muffled cries for help under the weight.
Keep checking back for more pretty things!
For those interested, the simple pattern for this hat is:
Cast on 48 stitches. Join for knitting in the round. (I cast on one extra stitch, and knit 2tog at the beginning of the round.)
*K1 TBL (through back loop), P1; repeat all the way around. Repeat this row for 5 rows.
Knit 1 row.
Click to enlargeIncrease row: K3, m1 all the way around. You should end up with 62 stitches total at the end of the round.
Knit 1 row.
Begin pattern:
Row 1: *K2, yo, K2tog; repeat for entire round
Row 2: *K2tog, yo, K2; repeat for entire round
Repeat these two rows until the hat is the height you want. I did approximately 25 rows to get about 4 inches from the cast on edge.
Decrease rows:
Row 1: Knit all the way around.
Row 2: *K2tog all the way around
Repeat these two rows until you have 9 stitches left.
I then got down to 3 stitches by K2tog, slipping the completed stitch back onto the left needle, then K2tog again. I knit this on three active DPNs, so I repeated this on each of the three needles to get down to just 3 live stitches.
Break yarn. Draw yarn through these last three stitches and pull tight. Weave in ends.