Hello friends!
It's that time again! This is the May pattern for my "Pattern a Month" challenge.
This sweet little Pixie bonnet is very quick and easy to make and uses very little yarn, so it's a great stash buster and perfect as a last minute gift for a new arrival :-)
You can find this pattern on Ravelry HERE and if you don't fancy making your own, you can find the finished bonnets in my online store HERE
Baby Pixie Hat
Size: 0-3m (Finished size when laid flat: 15cm tall, 14cm deep)
Materials:
4.5mm crochet hook
60m (65yds) 8 ply or DK yarn
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends.
Tension/Gauge:
15 stitches & 8 rows to 10cm (4")
Abbreviations (British/Australian crochet terms used throughout with U.S. terms in parenthesis):
ch = chain
st or sts = stitch or stitches
sl st = slip stitch
dc (sc) = double crochet (single crochet)
htr (hdc) = half treble (half double crochet)
tr (dc) = treble (double crochet)
Pattern:
Note: Bonnet is worked from the front (face) edge, with simple shaping and increases to create the "Pixie" point at the back of the hat.
Ch 48.
Row 1: 1tr (dc) into 4th ch from hook, 1tr (dc) in each st to end. (46sts)
Row 2-5: 2ch [to count as 1htr (hdc) through out pattern], 1tr (dc) in each st to end.
Row 6: 1ch [to count as 1 dc (sc)], 1dc (sc) in each of next 2 sts, 1htr (hdc) in each of next 2 sts, 1 tr (dc) in each st until 5 sts remain, 1htr (hdc) in each of next 2 sts, 1dc (sc) in each st to end. (46sts)
Row 7: 2ch, 1tr (dc) in each of next 21 sts, 2tr (dc) in each of next 2 sts, 1tr (dc) in each st to end. (48sts)
Row 8: 2ch, 1tr (dc) in each of next 22 sts, 2tr (dc) in each of next 2 sts, 1tr (dc) in each st to end. (50sts).
Row 9: 1ch [to count as 1 dc (sc)], 1dc (sc) in each of next 2 sts, 1htr (hdc) in each of next 2 sts, 1tr (dc) in each of next 19 sts, 2tr in each of next 2 sts, 1 tr (dc) in each st until 5 sts remain, 1htr (hdc) in each of next 2 sts, 1dc (sc) in each st to end. (52sts)
Row 10: 2ch, 1tr (dc) in each of next 24 sts, 2tr (dc) in each of next 2 sts, 1tr (dc) in each st to end. (54sts).
Row 11: 1ch [to count as 1 dc (sc)], 1dc (sc) in each of next 2 sts, 1htr (hdc) in each of next 2 sts, 1tr (dc) in each of next 21 sts, 2tr in each of next 2 sts, 1 tr (dc) in each st until 5 sts remain, 1htr (hdc) in each of next 2 sts, 1dc (sc) in each st to end. (56sts)
Next you will join the back seam, which is the working edge, of your bonnet. This is done by folding your bonnet in half (bringing the end of the row to the beginning of the row) and working a sl st into the back loop only of both sides all the way along the back seam, now turn your hat in the other way so that the sl st seam will be on the inside of the hat. Fasten off.
Circle Ties:
4 ch. 11tr into 4th ch from hook, join with sl st in ch #4 at the beginning of your disc. Ch 55, join with sl st to front corner or chin of your bonnet.
Make another tie the same, joining it to the other side of your bonnet using a sl st.
Weave in ends & you're finished!
You can also find a few other variations for this Pixie Bonnet that another blogger has posted on her blog HERE. It is in Dutch but you can easily use Google Translate to translate it to English :-)
You can also find a few other variations for this Pixie Bonnet that another blogger has posted on her blog HERE. It is in Dutch but you can easily use Google Translate to translate it to English :-)
Copyright is held by the author (SharaLambethDesigns). Copyright remains that of the author at all times. The pattern is for personal use only. Reproduction of this pattern in anyway (electronic, email, photocopying, transcribing etc) is strictly prohibited, except with the explicit permission of the author. Please do not sell the pattern or the finished product that is made using this pattern without permission of the author, as this is a direct infringement of the copyright laws protecting this pattern. Also please be aware that copyright laws vary from country to country (sometimes even from state to state), I am Australian, in Australia, therefore my patterns are protected by Australian copyright laws. This copyright protection still stands no matter what country the item is made in or who makes it. Thank you!!
If you do want to sell the bonnets you make using this pattern at a market, craft fair or in your online store please do ask, as in most cases I will give permission :-)
And please feel free to make as many bonnets as you can, to donate to your local charities. Ask at your local hospital's maternity ward as they often love to have warm hats for new arrivals on hand :-)
28 comments:
Very very sweet! A little pixie baby! Great idea for a gift! I'm a real stickler for babies wearing hats - maybe that's because I like knitting and crocheting???!
Thank you :-)
I don't think there are too many thing cuter than a baby wearing a snuggly wooly hat! I love making them too :-)
It's a very cute hat but the instructions were rather confusing. I don't understand how you got that cone shape at the top. Mine came out as a tube, so I modified it and made square corners on both right and left sides. Thanks anyway! It's a great baby shower gift
Hello Theresa, thank you for the message. I'm sorry you found the pattern a little confusing. I'd love to be able to help you with it. I'm not sure how you got a tube, were you perhaps attempting to work in the round rather than flat, back & fourth in rows? Let me know, so I can clarify anything for you :-) Also, if you're interested, you might like to see the hats other people have made using this pattern on Ravelry :-)
I figured it out! The other pictures on Ravelry were very helpful. You said stitch up the back seam and I didn't realize which seam that was (I'm new at this). I assumed the "working edge" was the left/right sides of the rectangle. I'll try it again next time a new baby shows up in my life. Thanks again!
Yay! I'm really glad the pictures were helpful. I hoped they would be :-)
I've been looking for the perfect pixie bonnet pattern for a certain sparkly yarn I have. Thanks for a wonderful pattern. I don't have time to make many, but would you mind if I sold one or two of the finished products at an upcoming craft fair? The fair benefits our local chapter of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers).
Thanks!
Hanna
McMinnville, OR
Hello Hanna :-) I'm glad you like the bonnet pattern. I'm happy for you to use this pattern to make done bonnets to sell at the Craft Fair :-) Thank you for taking the time to ask :-)
I love this pattern and have made several of these hats for my friends children and my own daughter. I was wondering if you would mind if I sold a few finished ones to my colleagues at work? I crochet all of the time and am looking to support my yarn habit, lol.
Hello Starflower :-) I'm really glad you're enjoying the pattern :-) And thank you for taking the time to write and ask :-) I'm happy for you to sell your finished hats to your colleagues and friends :-) I'm also happy to enabling your yarn habit ;-)
Hi Shara! I love this hat! I've made a couple for a baby shower gift and a larger one for my 2yo daughter, so cute! Would you mind if I sold these? Thanks!
Hello Allison, Thank you for your lovely comment :-) I'm glad you're enjoying using the pattern! I'm happy for you to sell the hats you make using this pattern to friends or in an online store such as Etsy, or at craft fairs/markets. If you're selling them online, please be sure to include a note in the item description stating where the pattern is from. I realise it's a bit tricky to label things as such when you're selling them at fairs/markets etc, so there no need to do it in that situation :-) Thank you very much for taking the time to write and ask!!
Have a fabulous weekend!!
Thank you for sharing this pattern! I love how simple it is! Is it ok for me to sell some of my finished products? For every hat I sell I make one or two preemie & newborn hats for the NICU babies at our local hospital.
Hello Wan2BAMom, I'm glad you like the pattern :-) I'm happy for you to sell the hats you make using this pattern to your friends and family, at local craft fairs and/or in your online store, such as Etsy :-) Thank you for taking the time to write and ask. And I'm glad you're making hats for your local maternity ward!! :-)
I love this hat! I'm a new hairdresser and its slow here, so I crochet items and sell them at a local shop. Would it be OK if I sell the ones I make? I put tags on everything I make to give the author of the pattern credit, so I'll put your name and whatever else you would like me to put on it if its OK with you.
Thanks!
Emily
Plymouth, IN
Hi, I love this pattern (and so many of your others!) and have made it for the little ones but I've had lots of the older kids and even friends and family members asking for ones for themselves - do you have any advice on how the pattern could be enlarged to teen/adult size?
Hell VictrolaVikxen, I'm glad you're enjoying the patterns :-) In the not too distant future I will be making a pattern for various sizes of this hat, as I have had many, many requests :-)
I'm currently on vacation & writing this from my phone, so when I return I'll write a more informative explanation on how you can up-size the pattern yourself is you like :-)
Hello Emily :-) I'm glad you're enjoying the pattern. Yes, I'm happy for you to still the hats you make from this pattern in your local shop :-) Thank you for taking the time to write and ask!
Great pattern! I made this in a matter of an hour for my good friend's baby. I'm going to do a blog on it and link back to your pattern. So, so adorable, very clear, very easy. Thanks for this!
Hi Shara! I'm back again. Since making one of these for my friend's baby, I've had two other friends ask if they could pay me to make one each for their sisters who are pregnant. I don't have a shop or anything, I just crochet for friends & for fun. Would that be okay with you? Thanks for your reply!
Hello Michelle :-) I'm really happy that you & your friends are enjoying the pattern :-) I'm happy for you to make some hats for your friends to buy :-) And I really appreciate you taking the time to write & ask :-) Have a wonderful weekend!
Hi Shara, I love love love your pattern! I made a few variations on it, which I put on my blog (in dutch). I also made a link to your post. http://icrochetstuff.blogspot.nl/2013/03/roodkapjes-muts.html (use Google translate). Are you ok with this?
Hallo, yes this is fine if you have added your variations to your blog in Dutch. Your little hats look lovely :-)
I have added a link to your blog post to this blog post :-)
Dank je wel :-)
Oh wow shara its beautiful. Do you have a pattern for adult sized?
This is beautiful. I am a member of Castlemaine (Vic) CWA. On the 23rd, 24th, 25th May we are hosting "Beanie Affair" in Castlemaine. I am looking for patterns I can use to make and sell the items at the Beanie Affair, with 25% of the sale going to the Castlemaine CWA. Would you allow me to make some of these cuties to sell. Maybe you'd like to enter some of your sensational beanies...if so let us know at castlemainecwa@gmail.com Certainly come and visit. Cheers
Hello Nat, I'm glad you like the pattern :-) I'm very happy for you to make & sell some bonnets using this pattern for the Beanie Affair :-) I'm actually already working on a bunch of beanies for the Beanie Affair myself! Very excited :-) I'll also be in Castlemaine the weekend of the Beanie Affair and I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone else's creations :-)
Hello Shara! Thank you for sharing such a terrific pattern! I love finding patterns that are well written and work up just the way they are suppose to (I have found many that don't!). I also really appreciate you taking the time to include the US terms inside the pattern, it makes it so much easier to keep track while working (I tend to get "in the zone" and just do what's written, and forget the change in terms).
I was wondering if you would allow me to post photos and potentially sell my finished product on my online store (with credit given of course). Thank you so much for your consideration!
Hello Tabitha :-) I'm glad that you're enjoying the pattern and I really appreciate your feedback!
I'm happy for you to post photos or your finished hats and for you to sell the hats you make in your online shop :-) If you leave a link or even a little note saying where the pattern is from in the item description then that is fine :-)
And thank you very much for taking the time to write and ask!! :-)
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