Snow White Knitted Bunny Hat

I do get requests for occasional projects. And not too long ago a knitter asked me to make a bunny hat for a 5/6-year-old. Since I have a big stash of yarn, I found a white yarn (no label but I think it is Lion Brand's Pound of Love, since it looks the same as my blue colored yarn that is Pound of Love that has a label). Then I needed a pink yarn for the inner part of the rabbit's ear. I had a leftover from Mandala Cake (also Lion Brand). However, that yarn was a little thinner which was perfect for my purpose. The hat was knitted from just one strand. When I was working on the ears' white part I used 2 strands, but for the pink part, I used one strand only.
Now if you would like to make the hat smaller you could (cast on 80 sts to make it 16" in diameter) and of course, knit a lower number of rows to make the hat shorter.
Add eyes, a nose, and whiskers if you wish.

Of course, for people that do better knitting along with the videos, I recorded my knitting. If you like to read patterns for the hat and for the ears - scroll down.

Please, consider supporting my blog and YouTube Channel by shopping on Amazon via MY AFFILIATE LINK. Thank you if you purchase anything.

VIDEOS FOR RIGHTIES: click HERE 4 HAT, and how to knit EARS CLICK HERE

VIDEOS FOR LEFTIES: click HERE 4 HAT, and how to knit EARS CLICK HERE

Materials:
Yarn #1 - Lion Brand Yarns; Pound of Love; Color White; Medium (4); 100% acrylic; Skein Weight: 16 oz/448 g; 1020 yd/932 m; I used about 50 g (~ 120 yards)
Yarn #2 - Lion Brand Yarns, Mandala Cake; Color: Unicorn; Light (3); 100% acrylic; 5.3 oz/150g; 590 yd/540 m; I used few yards of the pink part
Knitting Needles: 4.5 mm (for a hat and pink ears) & 6 mm (for white ears)
Hook (for closing the top of the hat - see the video)
Yarn Needle (for sewing ears onto the hat)
Scissors

Gauge:
1"x1" = 5 sts x 7 rows

Size:
Hat - Width 18" & Height 7"
Ears - Width 3.25" & Height 4.75"

Abbreviations:
CO - cast on
K - knit
P - purl
SSK - slip first stitch knit-wise, slip second stitch knit-wise, place them back on the needle and knit through the back loop
K2tog - knit two stitches together
BO - bind of

HAT

CO 90 sts

Row 1                 *[K1, P1]* - to end, join into a circle
Row 2-14            *[K1, P1]* - to end
Row 15-42          K90

Decrease for the top as such:
Row 43                *[SSK, K8]* - 9x
Row 44                K81
Row 45                *[SSK, K7]* - 9x
Row 46                K72
Row 47                *[SSK, K6]* - 9x
Row 48                K63
Row 49                *[SSK, K5]* - 9x
Row 50                K54
Row 51                *[SSK, K4]* - 9x
Row 52                K45
Row 53                *[SSK, K3]* - 9x
Row 54                K36

EARS
Make 4 - make 2 with a double strand of white yarn, and make 2 with a single strand of pink yarn.

CO 12 sts, for white yarn use 6 mm knitting needles, for pink yarn use 4.5 mm knitting needles. Leave long tails for sewing.

Row 1-24             K12
Row 25                K1, k2tog, K6, SSK, K1
Row 26-28           K10
Row 29                 K1, k2tog, K4, SSK, K1
Row 30                 K10
Row 31                 K1, k2tog, K2, SSK, K1
Row 32                 K1, k2tog, SSK, K1
Row 33                 BO

FINISHING

Sew the pink part of the ear on the top of the white ear, then sew the white ear onto the hat. Use your judgment on how you would like to have them placed on the top of the hat. When finished, weave in all the tails.

***

DID YOU FIND ERRORS? Let me know on what page of my blog, and in which row by clicking HERE, and I will fix it as soon as I get to it. You can PM me on my FB Page HERE as well. Txs!

Also if you haven't subscribed to my HandmadeRukodelky Channel, you can do it HERE. There are many videos to be seen, too.

**************************************************

Copyright page - click HERE

PLEASE, COMMENT ON YOUTUBE BELOW MY VIDEOS, AND/OR SHARE YOUR IMAGES OF YOUR RECREATED WORKS ON MY FB PAGE HERE :-)

Note: Most of the time I work as fast as I can to keep up with knitting and crocheting requests. I have to videotape, edit videos, then convert them & upload them to my channel. After that often I post on my blog patterns. I answer many questions, which means that often I work up to 16 hours a day. I would tremendously appreciate IF anyone of you finds an error in the written pattern, so please, let me know - where (what rows) and what may be the problem. Many future knitters & crocheters from our artsy and crafty virtual world will thank you for your good deed, including myself.