Scrap Yarn Flat Knit Hat for Kids

Scrap Yarn Flat Knit Hat for Kids- a warm, earflap hat that’s knit using leftover yarn. This pattern is ideal for beginners!

This kid’s hat is a quick and easy knitting project that makes use of scrap yarn. It features earflaps and a colorful pom pom. The body is a combination of garter and stockinette stitches. This hat is knit flat and then seamed.

I used 4 different #4 weight yarns to knit this hat, but you can easily use more or less colors. When you switch colors, do so at the beginning of the row on the right side.

Scrap Yarn Flat Knit Hat for Kids

Yarn: #4 weight yarn (I used Lion Brand Basic Stitch in Ivy , Lion Brand Touch of Alpaca in Blue, Lion Brand Jeans in Topstitch and Premier Anti-Piling Everday Worsted in Admiral Blue

Needles: Size US 8 single point knitting needles

Size:

Gauge:

Note- Add new yarn at the beginning of the row on the right side.

First Earflap

** Cast on 8 sts.
Row 1: (wrong side). Knit across.
Rows 2nd and 3rd: Cast on 2 sts. Knit to end of row. (12 sts)
Row 4: K1. Kfb. Knit to last 2 sts. Kfb. K1. (14 sts)
Row 5: Knit across.
Row 6: Knit across.

Row 7: Knit across.
Row 8: K1. Kfb. Knit to last 2 sts. Kfb. K1. (16 sts)
Rep row 5-8 twice more. (20 sts)

Work in garter st until piece measures 3 inches from the cast-on edge, ending on a wrong side row.
Break yarn. Leave stitches on a stitch holder.

Second Earflap

Work from ** to ** as stated for First Earflap. Leave stitches on needle and do not break yarn.

Join Earflaps

Row 1: (RS). With right side of Second Earflap facing, cast on 4 sts. K20 from Second Earflap. Cast on 26 sts. K20 from First Earflap. Cast on 4 sts. (74 sts)

Knit even in garter stitch until piece measures 5 inches from the joining of the ear flaps. End on a wrong side row.

Shape crown

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