Christmas Pudding Baby Hat
Cute hat with pudding, sauce, holly and berries

Christmas Pudding Hat
£2.50 GBP

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This cute Christmas pudding hat is knitted in an Aran weight yarn including the holly and berries. The brandy sauce part of the pudding is knitted separately on larger needles and laid over the top of the hat and stitched down. The fruit bobbles are made in a black yarn knotted into French knots and stitched onto the bottom part of the pudding. The small version and larger version are made using the same pattern but changing the needle sizes as instructed.

Size
Baby age 0-6mths (6-9 mths, 12mths)
Finished measurements: brim circumference 15 (17, 18) inches approx
 
Gauge
17sts x 24 rows on 4.5mm over 4 inches/10cm (16sts x 20 rows/5mm, 16sts x 24 rows/5mm)

Materials
Yarns
Debbie Bliss Merino Aran, 100% pure wool/110m/50g
1 x 50g Chocolate 101
1 x 50g Cream 101
Coldharbour Mill Aran, 100% Pure British Wool approx 125m/100g
Oddments of shades Tartan Green and Cherry
Oddments of black yarn any weight.

Substitute yarns
Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran
55 % merino wool/ 33% Microfibre/ 12 % cashmere 90m/50g
Shades Chocolate 008, Cream 101 (or Clotted Cream 002),
Red 610, Forest Green 003
OR any worsted yarns in similar shades that knit to same gauge.

Needles
Set (5) 4.5mm (5mm/5mm) double pointed needles for the hat
Set (5) 5mm (5.5mm/5.5mm) double pointed needles for the brandy sauce
Set of 3.5mm straight needles for the holly and berries

Notions
Wool darning needle for sewing up

Skills Used
Knitting in the round, simple picot edge, simple decreases
All instructions are given