A lovely, soft Grit baby hat knitted in Baby Merino XL.

The hat is knitted back and forth from the bottom up in a pattern.

You can also knit a pair of matching Grit Baby Mittens.

Enjoy!

Pattern Information:
The hat is worked bottom up with a pattern. The top of the hat is worked in rib and stockinette st with decreases. The ears are worked at the end and are finished off with the ties.
Sew a pompom on to the top of the hat.

Explanation:
Knit 3 together: slip 2 stitches knitwise together, knit 1, pass the 2 slipped stitches over the 1 knitted stitch.
NB​ It isn’t a “Knit 2, Purl 2 rib”, but a shifted rib, due to the odd number of stitches.

Materials:

• 1 (1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3) balls of 50 g Baby Merino XL col. 16
• Single pointed needle size 3,5 mm (US4)
• Crochet hook size 3 mm (US C/2) for the ties.
• Pompon w/button, Grey, 10 cm

Yarn:
Baby Merino XL, Hobbii
100% merino wool / 50 g = 105 m

Gauge:
25​ ​stitches x 34 rows in pattern = 10 cm

Size:
0 (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24) months

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