Knit the Emily Hat for Kids!

Now you can make the sweet Emily Hat Pattern for the kiddos in your life

An adorable yet functional hat, the Emily Hat for Kids was designed for two very special people in our lives. When we first had our baby Fynn, our cousin Emily sent us a bunch of gently used baby boy clothes. As a thank you, I knew I had to knit her something. When the inspiration struck for this hat, I knew it was meant to be be. The emily hat for kids is based off a larger adult hat that I had designed for this amazing cousin of ours.

I’m not sure what I love most about this hat. It’s probably the sum total of all of it’s parts and how darling it looks on kids. The Emily Hat for Kids is designed to fit kids between 8 and 15. If the gauge is a bit off or the you need to adjust the sizing, you do so by adding or removing stitches in sets of 13.

Here’s a link the page about the adult sized version of this pattern.

This hat features an option for a normal brim, or folded brim. The style of brim is a twisted 1×1 rib which really gives the hat texture. The pattern also features instructions for how to knit the bottom of the brim to the top before you start the cable section of the hat (rather than using the provisional cast on method).

It also boasts a fun new skill for many knitters, the knit below five times. I’ve got a tutorial for this skill here:

What you need to knit the Emily Hat for Kids

Yarn: I used a remnant of a skein of Big Twist value worsted weight yarn, which is available through Joann Fabrics.

I didn’t have enough for the whole hat so I opted for a white Brim in another yarn that I already had. You should need about 200-300 yards of yarn for the whole hat (one skein would be plenty).

Needles: This pattern calls for two different sizes of circular needle. Both needles should be shorter in length, 16 inches, unless you prefer the magic loop method. You’ll need a US size 5 and 7, and a cable or DPN in size 7 too.

You can get the pattern here from Ravelry.

Where did the inspiration come from for the Emily Hat for Kids?

I saw this wheat chaff looking stitch in another project and I had to learn how to do it. When I saw how easy it was I knew that it would feature prominently in a few of my patterns. This and the adult sized version of this hat were the first place where I’ve used this knit below technique. I’m hooked. I will be adding this into scarves and shawls, and I’m sure, other hats.

Skills like this look best in a solid color. I had to keep this in mind when searching for the right yarn. I’ve had this pink in my yarn dresser for a bit now and the texture makes it great for stitch definition. I grabbed it and knit a swatch and loved how it looked.

But what to pair it with? I didn’t want to add another element that would take away from this technique. A simple cable is the perfect pair. It compliments the knit below’s but doesn’t distract from them. To really emphasize both skills, I put a couple of purl stitches in between all of the elements. These purls make it look like the knit below’s and cables really pop.

The rest is well, history. Now you can download this hat.

I’ve got this yarn in a few other colors and I might have to knit myself a version of this hat. I just love it that much.