Hat "Bear": how to knit on knitting needles

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Before winter comes, it's time to think about whether the child has warm clothes for the cold season. This applies not only to mittens, socks, but also hats. Of course, you can easily buy what you need in a store, but it may turn out that several children will wear exactly the same things. Every mother dreams of her baby having something original, there is nothing easier! The article will tell you how to knit a Bear hat for a boy (although this model is also quite suitable for a girl).

Before taking on the knitting needles, you need to…

First of all, you need to take care of the correct taking of measurements from the child. To do this is quite simple. The girth of the head, or its circumference, is taken as the basis. This is where the measuring tape comes to the rescue, it surrounds the head above the brow ridges and passes over the baby's ears.

In some cases, you will needcalculate the girth of the face. You need to measure the distance from the earlobe on the right side to the left earlobe. It is worth noting that such measurements are mainly required when making a headscarf or bonnet.

Next, you need to determine how high the headdress or children's hat with ears (knitting needles) will be. By the way, some craftswomen reduce the bottom of the product a few rows before the end of knitting.

What patterns will be involved in the work?

In this example, there are two types of knitting, represented by pearl patterns and front stitch. First of all, loops are calculated specifically for the pattern, which is associated with its density, besides, it practically does not stretch. But if you take the front surface for calculation, then, most likely, you can end up with a smaller cap.

Knitting technology

The loops on the "Bear" hat are initially double-threaded to avoid pulling the wool around the edges. For a simpler understanding of the work, you should know a little subtlety. Each headdress can be divided into several components:

• first piece tightly around the head;
• the second can fit to the head, but it can also be made a little wider than the first, but not narrower;
• on the third part, the reduction of loops begins.

Step-by-step instruction

For simplicity of explaining the work on the "Bear" hat, their specific values will be given, as well as for each craftswomanthey will be customized.

1. Loops are cast on in the amount of 86 pieces, and a pearl pattern is knitted for a length of 7 cm.
2. At the next stage of a children's hat with ears, knitted with knitting needles, the front surface is already needed, approximately 5 cm long, and if you count in rows, there will be ten of them.
3. Here you need to start decreasing the loops. Every second row is counted, and the first two loops are knitted there, as well as the last pair together. In the middle of the work, each 9th and 10th loop is knitted together, the next second row should be with 8 and 9 loops knitted, the third - with 7 and 8. Work is performed until all loops are knitted in pairs. Those loops that remain are transferred to a needle with a thread inserted into it and pulled together.
4. Thus, the main part of the cap is connected. Now you need to try on the blank on the child and determine where her ears will be.
5. 18 loops are cast on from the edge, and the next 10 rows should consist of a pearl pattern. Here the loops do not need to be reduced, this is done from the next row. Decrease goes on each side of the ear (one loop is removed, the next two are knitted, then knitting just goes on). As soon as three loops remain before the end of the row, then two of them need to be knitted, and the last one is processed in the usual way.
6. You need to decrease the loops until there are two pieces left on the knitting needle.
7. Then you need to start knitting a tie-lace. There is nothing complicated here, the work can be done in any convenient way.
8. Second eye should be done in the same way as thishas already been described above, and also finish with a drawstring.

How to make bear ears?

To reach the goal and get the Bear hat, you will have to work a little more.

Each ear will consist of 14 loops, which are made using the pearl pattern technique. You need to decrease the loops at the moment until 8 pieces remain on the knitting needle. They need to be pulled off, and the element itself should be stitched along the seam located on the side.

At the end of knitting, it remains to sew them on the headdress. So, the hat "Bear", made with your own hands, is almost ready.

What else is missing?

To make the hat look exactly like a bear cub, you need to make the muzzle of this cute animal on it. Here you will need a hook and black wool.

To make a bear nose, you need to dial six air loops. The chain is tied with columns around the circumference, there is no need to double crochet. At the ends of the loops will be knitted into one loop in the chain. There should be four such rows.

To complete the work, knitting goes to the central part of the part, then one column with a cape is made. Then you need to knit to the other side. Here the thread breaks and the tip is hidden.

Eyes are pretty easy to make too. Two circles are knitted in white and black, and the second should be smaller. Then the black part is sewn on top of the white one, and they are fixed together on the front of the hat.

A little tip

You can decorate the hat with a pair of pom-poms that will be attached to the laces. Here you need wool "grass". And the work is done as follows:

• you need to cast on 5 air loops;
• connect the resulting chain into a ring;
• knit around the circumference with single crochets, adding a pair of loops to each row;
• such rows will need 4 pieces;
• reduce stitches 2 pieces in a row until the work is completed with one loop;
• break the thread, pull through the loop and fasten.

The resulting pom-poms are sewn to the cap.