Knit Project #9: Caterpillar Hat

Inspired by Eric Carle's classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

I mixed together a couple different tutorials and came up with this bright caterpillar-inspired hat for my little bug. It ended up a little on the bigger side (she'll likely be able to wear this hat for a few years and it'll just look less slouchy!) but it stays on and does the job.

Love the topsy-turvy look that the ridges make with two different colors.

My little babywearing mama.

Notes:

• medium worsted yarn (Loops & Threads Impeccable yarn)
• size 8 (5mm) 16 inch circular needles

• cast on 84 stitches
• ribbing of 2 knit, 2 purl for 1.5 inches
• change color
• Round 1: Knit
• Rounds 2-5 Purl
• change to main color
• Rounds 6-9 Knit
• Repeat rounds 1 through 9 until hat (unstretched) measures 6 inches from cast-on edge, ending with a knit row in main color.
• Decreasing using main color.
• Round 1: (K4, K2tog, SSK, K4) around (70 stitches)
• Round 2: Knit 
• Round 3: (K3, K2tog, SSK, K3) around (56 stitches)
• Round 4: Knit
• Round 5: (K2, K2tog, SSK, K2) around (42 stitches)
• Round 6: Knit
• Round 7: (K1, K2tog, SSK, K1) around (28 stitches)
• Round 8: Knit
• Round 9: (K2tog, SSK) around (14 stitches)
• Weave in yarn ends.