Chubby Cat Hats

I had a lot of bulky wool blend yarn at home, but nothing to knit with it. So I whipped up these Chubby Cat Hats to be donated to charity! Here's the pattern to them for you.

I offer this free hat knitting pattern for no fee for your own personal use - you may not sell this pattern or the hats you knit using it.

Please if you like this pattern do concider taking a look at the products I advertise here on my website and use my links for your Amazon & co purchases - it earns me a small fee to be able to cover the costs of running this blog!

Please contact me if you find any errors in this pattern.

Chubby Cat Hats

Sizes baby / child / adult - that is 14,5 in (37 cm) / 17 in (44 cm) / 20 in (52 cm) Yarn: very bulky yarn with preferrably some wool content for warmth and stretch, used here was Filati Funky, 60 % wool and 40 % acrylic. You'll need two balls (100 grams) for the sizes baby and child, and might need a third one for adult. Needles: two sizes smaller than the yarn calls for - here it could be 7 mm if you had a normal hand - as I knit very loose I used 5 mm (US 8) needles. It should be a circular needle 40 cm long. You can also use dpns (or magic loop) especially for the smallest sizes. Notions: one extra needle for the three needle bind off

Gauge: 3,25 stitches to an inch

Pattern:

Cast on 48 / 56 / 66 stitches, join in the round being careful not to twist the work.

Work 10 rounds in moss stitch, that means Round 1: (k1, p1) to end Round 2: (p1, k1) to end Repeat these rounds five times

Then continue working in stockinette stitch (knit every round). Knit until the complete piece measures 0,5 / 1 / 1 inch less than the work is wide (meaning half of the circumference of the hat)

Bind off all stitches using the three needle bind off method. Darn in all yarn ends, wear and roar like a wild cat!

Tips:

The hats are supposed to be snug, so choose a size with some negative ease (1-5 cm / 0,5 to 2 in)

The sizing of these hats can be easily changed by adding or removing blocks of 2 stitches meaning you could easily make a (bit bigger than) 18-inch-hat by adding four stitches to the size child.

If you make these hats, please share your work at Ravelry!