Cat ear flap hat "Angel" free knitting pattern

Crafts:
- knitting
Categories:
Yarns:
- 50 grams of yarn 49% - wool, 51% - acrylic (240 m per 100 grams) Weight: Light (3) [USA]Yardage: 120 metre
Needles:
- mm = 3.0 | us = 2 1/2 | uk = 11
Gauges:
- 16 stitches and 25 rows in 10 cm
Sizes:
- Length of head circumference 52-56 cm.
Ages:
- 4 years;
- 5 years;
- 6 years;
- 7 years;
- 8 years;
- 9 years;
- 10 years;
- 11 years;
- 12 years;
Genders:
- Female;
Difficulty:
Description:
The lovely and funny cat-hat with the covered ears (earflap) for a girl. A peculiarity of this model is that there’s no need to change (either increase or decrease) the number of stitches in order to form "cat’s ears". You get perky sticking up "cat’s ears" due to different density of the used patterns. Such a stylish and special hat will surely become one of the favorite headwear's of a little fashionable girl.
Prices:
Written Pattern:
Notes.
- - Knit the selvage sts as follows:
On every row: Slip the first stitch knitwise, work to the last stitch, purl the last stitch. - - The hat are knitted bottom-up
- - Hat will be worked from the earflap
Abbreviations.
K: Knit;
P: Purl;
Sl: Slip;
CN: Cable needle;
P3tog: Purl 3 stitches together;
Inc 1-to-3: Knit one, yarn over, knit one in the same stitch;
RS: Right side;
WS: Wrong side;
Earflap.
For the first earflap, cast on 18 sts: 16 pattern sts + 2 selvage sts
Row 1 (RS): selvage, P16, selvage. [18 sts]
Row 2 (WS): selvage; *P3tog, Inc 1-to-3 ; rep from * to last 1 st; selvage. [18 sts]
Row 3 (RS): selvage, P16, selvage. [18 sts]
Row 4 (WS): selvage; *Inc 1-to-3, P3tog; rep from * to last 1 st; selvage. [18 sts]
Repeat rows 1-4 9 times in total.
Leave the earflap on needles.
Make 1 more earflap in the same way.
Hat.
Cast on 10 sts (for the back) + 18 sts from the first earflap + Cast on 34 sts (for the forehead) + 18 sts from the second earflap + Cast on 10 sts (for the back). [90 sts]
Then knit in rows. At the end, you will need to sew a hat on the back.
Row 1 (RS):
selvage;
P1;
Sl2 to CN. Hold in back. K2, K2 from CN;
Sl2 to CN. Hold in front. K2, K2 from CN;
P26;
Sl2 to CN. Hold in back. K2, K2 from CN;
Sl2 to CN. Hold in front. K2, K2 from CN;
P2;
Sl2 to CN. Hold in back. K2, K2 from CN;
Sl2 to CN. Hold in front. K2, K2 from CN;
P26;
Sl2 to CN. Hold in back. K2, K2 from CN;
Sl2 to CN. Hold in front. K2, K2 from CN ;
P1;
selvage;
[90 sts]
Row 2 (WS):
selvage, K1, P8, K1,
*P3tog, Inc 1-to-3* ; rep from * to * 6 times in total.
K1, P8, K2, P8, K1,
*P3tog, Inc 1-to-3* ; rep from * to * 6 times in total.
K1, P8, K1, selvage;
[90 sts]
Row 3 (RS): selvage, P1, K8, P26, K8, P2, K8, P26, K8, P1, selvage; [90 sts]
Row 4 (WS): selvage, K1, P8, K1,
*Inc 1-to-3, P3tog*; rep from * to * 6 times in total.
K1, P8, K2, P8, K1,
*Inc 1-to-3, P3tog*; rep from * to * 6 times in total.
K1, P8, K1, selvage
[90 sts]
Repeat rows 1-4 10 times in total.
Cast off;
Finishing.
Sew back seam. Sew top seam. Enjoy!
Amended 13 of December 2020:
Hat
Cast on 9 10 sts (for the back) + 18 sts from the first earflap + Cast on 36 34 sts (for the forehead)/changed on + 18 sts from the second earflap + Cast on 9 sts (for the back). [90 sts]
Added:
Then knit in rows. At the end, you will need to sew a hat on the back.
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