The Heart Hat – A Valentine’s Day Pattern

Back in January, we asked our mindful-fam what kinds of patterns they’d like to see us share. There was a resounding plea for beanie/hat patterns! You ask, and you shall receive. Here is our first ever beanie pattern by mindfulknits. Bare with us 🙂 And if you end up making the hat, please do share your feedback!

Naturally, with Valentine’s Day around the corner, we thought it would be appropriate to make a heart-themed hat. After a few sketches, we came up with the design we wanted to bring to life. This pattern is for an adult size. If you would like modifications for a child size, let us know 🙂

Okay, let’s get started!

Materials:

• 1 size 8, 5mm circular needle
  • Size 8, 5mm/16 inch circular needle (the same needle that comes in our Beginner Wash Cloth Knitting Kit)
  • 1 Stitch marker
  • 1 yarn needle
  • Scissors
  • 2 50-gram balls of mindfulknits 100% cotton yarn in contrasting colors – We used Simply White as Color A and Tulip as Color B

Skills and Stitches used in this Pattern

(if you don’t know any of the below, don’t worry – this is a great opportunity to learn!)

• Slip knot
• Long-tail cast on
• Join in-in-the-round
• Knit stitch
• Purl Stitch
• Knit decrease
• Weave in ends

Pattern

Cast on 88 stitches with the long-tail cast on method with Color A.

Join in the round and place a stitch marker before beginning row 1.

Row 1-10: knit 2, purl 2 all the way around with color A.

Now we begin the heart <3 Below is a chart version of the heart, but the full written version is below 🙂

Row 11: Switch to color B, knit all the way around.

Row 12: Knit 5 in color B, knit 1 in color A, knit 5 in color B – repeat to all the way around.

Row 13: Knit 4 in color B, knit 3 in color A, knit 4 in color B – repeat all the way around.

Row 14: Knit 3 in color B, knit 5 in color A, knit 3 in color B – repeat all the way around.

Row 15: Knit 2 in color B, knit 7 in color A, knit 2 in color B – repeat all the way around.

Row 16-17: Knit 1 in color B, knit 9 in color A, knit 1 in color B – repeat all the way around.

Row 18: Knit 1 in color B, knit 4 in color A, knit 1 in color B, knit 4 in color A, knit 1 in color B – repeat all the way around.

Row 19: Knit 2 in color B, knit 2 in color A, knit 3 in color B, knit 2 in color A, knit 2 in color B – repeat all the way around.

Row 20: Knit all the way around in color B.

Rows 21-30: Repeat rows 11-20 but switch color A and color B.

Rows 31-40: Repeat rows 11-20 as they are written. The rest of the hat will use color B only.

Rows 41-45: Knit all the way around.

Row 46: Knit 9, decrease (knit the next 2 stitches together) – repeat all the way around.

Row 47: Knit 8, decrease – repeat all the way around.

Row 48: Knit 7, decrease – repeat all the way around.

Row 49: Knit 6, decrease – repeat all the way around.

Row 50: Knit 5, decrease – repeat all the way around.

Row 51: Knit 4, decrease – repeat all the way around.

Finishing the hat: cut a long tail, weave through a yarn needle, and weave the yarn needle through all the open stitches on your knitting needles. Pull to tighten.

Turn the hat inside out and weave in all ends. Cut extra yarn.

Voila!

Hope you <3 your Heart Hat!

If you make the hat, share on Instagram and tag @mindfulknitsgram to be featured on our stories and maybe even the grid!! We can’t wait to see it 🙂