Great for holiday gifts, crocheted rosebud flower, so feminine and sweet, knitted for wee toddler lassies, original pattern for you at no cost —
This is a small knitting project that won't be too warm in your lap, can be created from one skein of DK yarn, and get you started knitting for holiday gifts and winter months to come.
It's a traditional style bonnet, an old knitting pattern from Crystal Palace Yarns that Hrönn Jónsdóttir, the talented Icelandic knitting designer of Das Monster pants, pattern link below, has embellished with a crocheted rose and changed to create a sweet and lovely warm winter hat for little girls.
Hrönn has graciously offered the changes to the original hat pattern, which is free online, and her photos for your knitting pattern collection. Hrönn's knitting creativity shows just what can be made by combining several knitting and crocheting techniques.
What you will need:
One skein of DK yarn for MC, bits of green and red for rose
Size US6 or 4 mm straight needles
Comparable crochet hook
This winter rose bonnet was made for a 3 year old little girl.
Hrönn cast on 74 sts to get the right size for the DK gauge and then followed the pattern. She didn’t bind off, but grafted the hat together to make the joint invisible. Hrönn omitted the pattern instructions for the tie band, but did this instead:
For the band at the front of the hat she picked up and knit 59 stitches, from the right side.
Round 2 (WS): P
Round 3: P
Round 4: K
Round 5: K
Round 6: P
Round 7: P
Round 8: K
Then bound off in purl from the right side.
Do one row of single crochet in green around the entire opening and then knit i-cord ties.
"The crocheted rose flower (I found these instructions on a blog somewhere, but can’t for the life of me remember exactly where*):
Leaving a 10” length for sewing, chain 57.
Row 1 (Wrong side): (Dc, ch 2, dc) in sixth ch from hook (5 skipped chs count as first dc plus ch 2),ch 2, skip next 2 chs, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch; repeat from * across: 36 sps
Row 2: Ch 3, turn; 5 dc in next ch-2 sp, sc in next ch-2 sp, (6 dc in next ch-2 sp, sc in next ch-2 sp) 5times, (9 dc in next ch-2 sp, sc in next ch-2 sp) 5 times, (12 dc in next ch-2 sp, sc in next sp) 7 times;finish off leaving a 10” length for sewing.
Thread yarn needle with yarn end from beginning chain. With right side facing and beginning with the first petal made, refer to photo to roll Rose; sew to secure as you roll. Then thread needle with ending yarn and sew to secure."
*NOTE: PKE has done a search for the crocheted rose instructions and found them at Pompom Emporium on Anjie's Blog, which gives lots of photos in just how to create the crocheted rose.
Knitted leaves, make three:
CO 3 sts
Row 1: p 3
Row 2: k1, m1r, k1, m1l, k1
Row 3: p5
Row 4: k2, m1r, k1, m1l, k2
Row 5: p7
Row 6: k7
Row 7: p7
Row 8: k2, s2kp, k2
Row 9: p5
Row 10: k1, s2kp, k1
Row 11: p3
Row 12: s2kp - 1 st remains, cut the yarn and pull it through the loop.
Please copy and paste Hrönn's instructions for the rose bonnet, little girls winter hat and go to Crystal Palace Yarns to print out the original pattern. Don't be alarmed by the change in needle size.
Hrönn Jónsdóttir, thank you for sharing your knitting expertise. Learn the story of how Hrönn created the Das Monster pants longies pattern. More free knitting patterns:
Das Monster longies, pants pattern for baby and toddlers
Hrönn Jónsdóttir's Strawberry Baby Booties
ShareThisPlease visit your favorite Rhode Island knitting and yarn shop in the Providence area for yarn and notion supplies. Crochet classes and knitting workshops are also readily available there. This winter rose bonnet for little girls can easily be created from any DK or sport weight cotton, wool, or blend yarn available at these fine yarn shops in the Providence vicinity: The Mermaids Purl, Wickford; Knitting Corner and Beadery, Middletown; Knitting Needles, Newport, Rhode Island.
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Comments
Such a cute pattern...I can think of a lot of things I could put the rose on. Oh Sharon, the strawberry booties would be so darling on little feet. Another fantastic post-thanks!
I am learning so much for you.
Little girls look so cute with bonnets...prefer the ones that have a rounded back in lieu of the pointed tops...beautiful flower appliqué.
Those strawberry booties are adorable...these will make a big hit...and something to preserve and put away when she grows up and has children too.
You have a good thought about the little project on the lap with this cute hat pattern. thank you.
This is darling! I love the rose!
Oh my gosh this bonnet is so adorable! I think white or pink would be prettier though. Black, not sure?
A wonderful article, and great pattern thank you!
this gives us a chance to use knit and crochet, And your ideas about knitting now for future needs, I totally agree with.
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