Pixie hat

This is to be for new babies. The socks are knitted from the pattern in this blog.

I increased the toe till 6sts x 4 needles. The footpart is 15 rows and the leg part is 10 rows. The garterstitch at the top is 5 rows.



They should fit a new born baby as you can see from the other pair I made. Here Michael was 2 days old:

The pixie hat I knitted over 3 needles. I started at the top with 3sts and knitted 10 rows i-cord. Then I increased on the 1st st of every needle (3sts per row) every second row. I did this until I had 30sts x 3 needles or 90sts. Then I knitted straight for 15rows. I took the hat to Jusco to measure against the baby hats there, seeing that Michael is now on the other side of the world. It measured maybe 9sts too wide on the t-shirting hats. On the knitted hats I managed to find in Jusco it seemed the right width, but I do not know if that is for a new baby. My guess is that I should aim for 27sts x 3needles or a total of 81sts. I used 4ply yarn and 3.75 double pointed needles. It is quite an easy pattern and all one has to do at the end is work away 2 threads and wha-lah the hat is done.