Santa Hat

Knitting a Santa hat is a fun and festive project that you can customize with your favorite colors and details for the holiday season. This is an advanced beginner knitting pattern, and the techniques involved are casting on, knitting, and purl stitches, knitting in the round, K2tog, and changing colors. This classic holiday hat can be knit in seven sizes: baby to adult large. Wear on Christmas Eve or give away as handmade gifts to friends and family to wear as a fun holiday accessory. Yarn You will need two colors of yarn (1 ball of each color or see the estimated yards below for each size); Yarn A - White Yarn B - Red The yarn weight is bulky/chunky/12 ply. Estimated yards needed for each size... Baby 0-3 months - 48 yds Baby 3-12 months - 58 yds 1-2 years Toddler - 60 yds 3-12 years Child - 70 yds Teen/Adult Small - 76 yds Adult medium - 92 yds Adult Large - 106 yds Needles Set of 6 mm (US 10) 40 cm/16" circular knitting needles. Set of 8 mm (US 11) 40 cm/16" circular knitting needles. You may need double-pointed needles for the decreases or use the magic loop technique with a slightly larger cable size of 50 cm/20" or 60 cm/24". • SKILLS Level – Easy This is an easy-level knitting pattern, and the techniques involved are the knit stitch, purl stitch, increasing, decreasing, changing colors, and working in the round. • SIZING Baby 0-3 months - 13-15" Baby 3-12 months - 15-18" 1-2 years Toddler - 18-19" 3-12 years Child - 19-21" Teen/Adult Small - 21-22" Adult medium - 22-24" Adult Large - 24-26" Don’t forget to follow Handy Little Me on social media for more updates and to share your finished projects! Instagram: @handylittleme Facebook: facebook.com/handylittleme Ravelry: ravelry.com/people/handylittleme Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/handylittleme • COPYRIGHT The patterns and photographs of this design are the property of Handy Little Me. This pattern and design are subject to copyright and are for personal, non-commercial use only. You may not distribute or sell this pattern collection or any items created using the directions in this pattern collection without consent. Please visit my terms of use page for additional information.