A children's hat differs from an adult's tight fit to the head and the presence of strings, since a small child still does not know how to correct it, closing the ears from the wind. Knitting it requires a certain skill from the needlewoman, since compliance with the anatomical shape is the key to comfortable wear and protection from drafts.
Young children catch colds easily, and their caps should cover their ears and neck, leaving only the face in sight, while fastening to the head is carried out by means of strings. Therefore, the appearance of the product will look like a rectangle with no two adjacent sides. Knitting begins from the front, for which it is necessary to make the appropriate measurements. The tailor's centimeter is applied in an arc so that the ends of the measured segment are at the base of the neck, and the middle is adjacent to the forehead in the place where the cap will have an edge.
The yarn can be of the same color, but for beauty, you should buy a thread of a contrasting shade - it will go to decorate the edge of the product.
Having tied a small sample with a single elastic band, calculate the number of loops in one centimeter, after which the figure is multiplied by the resulting size of the face of the cap. The product is knitted on simple or circular knitting needles, hosiery will not work here. Having typed the required number of loops, you need to knit a couple of rows, after which you should switch to a contrasting thread. The transition should be carried out in an edge loop. Having knitted 2 more rows with this thread, they return to the previous yarn. This technique can be repeated one more time.
The elastic band makes the edge of the garment even, elastic and snug against the child's head.
Having knitted with an elastic band 2-2.5 cm, you should switch to a denser pattern, for which you can take the following bundles. The rapport, that is, the repeating part, is 7 loops, so the number of loops dialed at the beginning of the work should be a multiple of this figure. In the first row, the first loop is removed on an additional knitting needle located in the front, after which the next 3 loops are knitted. The removed loop comes back and is knitted with the remaining 3 loops. All loops are facial, the wrong side is made according to the pattern. In the third row, the first 3 loops are knitted with the front ones, then the next 3 are removed on an additional knitting needle located behind the canvas. The 7th loop is knitted, after which the 4th, 5th and 6th are returned and also knitted. Purl row - according to the figure. This pattern is quite dense and embossed and is great for children's products. The transition from an elastic band to a tourniquet of this kind does not require subtraction.
Having tied it to the crown, the canvas is divided into 3 parts. Further work is akin to doing the heel of the sock. Only the middle part is knitted, while in each front row one loop is captured from the side. So that the hat does not have sharp corners, when knitting the first few rows at the edges of the middle part, loops are added - no more than 5 on each side. The pattern is the same braids. A couple of times, instead of one loop, two are captured from the side part - this is necessary to maintain proportions.
Having tied the hat to the base of the neck and grabbing all the loops of the side parts, the hem is closed. Then the loops of the lower edge of the product are lifted onto the knitting needles and knitted with a 2-3 cm elastic band. Then it is folded and sewn from the seamy side in the same place where the first row was raised. A string is threaded into the resulting part, which should have small pompoms at the ends.
