Cuddly Cactus Hat Knitting Pattern

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Cuddly Cactus Hat Knitting Pattern
Sizes: 0-3 months (6 months, 12 months, 2T+)
Gauge: 20 st. = 4 inches

Worsted weight yarn in green, light green and pink

US 7 16" circular knitting needles
US 7 double pointed needles
US 7 straight needles
crochet hook (somewhere between a 5mm and 7mm hook is fine)
Yarn needle

Using a long-tail cast on, cast on 56 (64, 72, 80) stitches on your circular
needles in your main green color. Join to knit in the round and (k1, p1) in
a rib stitch for 4 rounds. Then (k6, p2) and repeat in a wider rib stitch for
all rounds until the hat is about 4 (4 1/2, 5, 5 1/2) inches long.

Decrease:
(Divide stitches between three double pointed needles and knit with
the fourth or use magic loop)
Round 1: (k4, k2tog, p2) and repeat to the end of the round.
Round 2: (k5, p2) and repeat to the end of the round.
Round 3: (k3, k2tog, p2) and repeat to the end of the round.
Round 4: (k4, p2) and repeat to the end of the round.
Round 5: (k4, p2tog) repeat to the end of the round.
Round 6: (k4, p1) and repeat to the end of the round.
Round 7: (k2, k2tog, p1) and repeat to the end of the round.
Round 8: (k3, p1) and repeat to the end of the round.
Round 9: (k1, k2tog, p1) and repeat to the end of the round.
Round 10: (k2, p1) and repeat to the end of the round.
Round 11: (k2tog, p1) and repeat to the end of the round.
Round 12: k2tog and repeat to the end of the round.
To add the spikes:
Cut a pile of approx. 4 inch lengths of the light green
yarn. I used about 40 for the 12 month size hat. To add a
spike, insert the crochet hook under one stitch in the
middle of one of the knit ribs of the cactus (photo A).
Fold one of your short yarn pieces in half and pull it
halfway through with the crochet hook (photo B). Then
pull the two ends through the loop on the other side and
pull to tighten (photo C). Repeat, spacing your spikes
evenly around the cactus hat. Trim each spike to be
about 3/4 inch long.

Cut yarn, pull through loops and close. Weave in ends. To knit the flower:
Using straight needles and a long tail cast on, cast on 70
stitches with pink yarn.

Row 1: (k3, k2tog, k2tog, k3) repeat to the end of the

row
Row 2: (p1, cast off 6 stitches using a purl cast off*)
repeat to the end of the row. (Photos D & E)
Row 3: knit all stitches
Row 4: p2tog and repeat to the end of the row.

Cut the yarn leaving a long tail and thread that tail onto
your yarn needle. Then thread the yarn needle through
the remaining live stitches and pull to close the center of
the flower. Tie a knot on the back of the flower and leave
this long tail to sew the flower to the hat. Use the original
cast on tail end to stitch the first and last flower petal
together to keep the flower closed (Photo F). Then sew
the flower to the top of the hat.

*to do a purl cast off (also known as a purl bind off), purl
one stitch, then purl a second stitch and pass that
second stitch over the first and off the needle. You have
cast off one stitch.Continue on purling another stitch and
Copyright 2018 Little Red Window Design passing the previous one over it and off the needle.
Cassie May
 Cuddly Cactus Hat Knitting Pattern
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This pattern is copyright Little Red Window Design 2018 and is
intended for personal use only. Please do not distribute, repro-
duce or sell this pattern .

photo D

photo A

photo E

photo B

photo F
photo C Copyright 2018 Little Red Window Design
Cassie May