Pattern for knitting Flirty Ears Hat by Anna Morwen

Set yourself on flirty mode with this hat! It’s so easy to be cute wearing it! 

The hat is worked in the round, bottom-up, starting with half-twisted ribbing 2х2, decorated with arans in the body. The hat has nominal front and back sides.The ears are formed by decreasing the middle part of the both sides of the hat. The top is joined by 3-needle BO. There are 2 sizes (Adult 1, Adult 2) proposed. The pattern is very friendly to beginners; it contains clear and full instructions and links to video tutorials.

Available in English and Ukrainian.

Number of pages: 9

Skill level: intermediate       

Estimated time spent: 3-6 hours

Techniques and skills involved: 

*long tail cast on

*knitting in the round

*right and left twist stitches/mock cables

*knitting arans/cables

*3-needle bind off

Sizes and final measurements:   

*Adult 1  (to fit head circumference 51-56 cm/20-22’’)

circumference - 42.5 cm/16.7’’ 

brim length - 4.5 cm/1.8’’ 

total length - 20.5 cm/8’’

*Adult 2 (to fit head circumference 55-61 cm/21.65-24’’)

circumference - 46.5 cm/18.3’’ 

brim length - 6.5 cm/2.5’’ 

total length - 23 cm/9’’

How to figure out your size: 

Wrap the measuring tape snugly around the widest possible circumference - from the most prominent part of the forehead (often 1-2 fingers above the eyebrow) around to the widest part of the back of the head.

Yarn:

Aran/Worsted 

      The sample was knitted with Malabrigo Worsted (100% merino wool)  

       192 m per 100 gr/210 yds per 3.5 oz (#609 Purple Magic)  

Meterage/yardage (aaproximate):   

Adult 1: 62 gr/2.2 oz 119 m/130 yds                                                        

Adult 2: 76 gr/2.7 oz 146 m/160 yds

Needles: 

circular needles of your preferred length of sizes 4.5 mm/US7/UK7 and 5 mm/US8/UK6

Gauge: 

23.8 stitches and 27 rounds in 10 cm/24.2 stitches and 27.5 rounds in 4’’ in the pattern of chart А in the round with needles 5 mm/US 8/UK 6 after blocking

Note: Why is my gauge so precise?

I believe that the most accurate method to determine the gauge is to measure the whole length and width of the blocked swatch and divide each value accordingly to the amount of the stitches and rows/rounds that you made to create your swatch. In this case you will get fractions. Rounding these fractions to smaller or bigger whole numbers will lead to inaccurate measurements of the finished object. Only the sum of all the stitches and rows/rounds used to make an object could be rounded to maximum half of the whole number.