Pumpkin Head & Paula Red by Ruth Faber

Pumpkin Head & Paula Red

Knitting
September 2013
Super Bulky (5-6 wpi) ?
12 stitches = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
50 - 106 yards (46 - 97 m)
0-3 months, 6-18 months, toddler, youth
English
Out of print. This pattern was available for $5.50.

Knit up a sweet squash or apple head topper, using this quick and easy pattern. Adorable roll bottom style is sized for smallest to biggest kids, and the youth size will fit any adult that may still be a kid at heart!

Dragonfly Fibers makes the perfect colors for these hats, and the Super Traveller is so soft and squishy. Juicy colors shown here: “Pumpkin Head” and “Ruby Ruby”. One skein is enough for any youth size hat, and you can get both a toddler and a newborn hat out of one skein.

Body of hat is knit on 16” size 10 1/2 circular needles & main color chunky yarn. Attractive stitch pattern on top of hat is made with simple decreases and 10 or 10 1/2 double point needles.
Special details of I-cord stem and pretty leaf put the finishing touches on top, made with small amount of worsted weight yarn and size 5 or 6 double points.

This is a great pattern to use for making unique gifts and seasonal accessories. As a bonus, other nonstopknits hat patterns have the same needle requirements, so you can hop from style to style and knit up multiple hats for family members, gifts, and charity.

0-3 months = 13” circ. 6” high
6-18 months = 14” circ. 7” high
toddler = 16” circ. 8” high
youth = 18” circ. 9” high