My Niece Is Going To Be The Life Of The Party

Yes, Baby Flamez was to show how cool my bro's baby will be. But I really felt she needed something to show what a good sense of humor she has.





Hence, the Baby Jester Hat. Pattern (here) from Woolywormhead.com. Knitted in the round (so to speak) from Red Heart Baby Pompadour in Starbrights Prints.

This pattern is genius, let me just say. You knit in the round and make increases at 6 points on the hat. Then, since you've basically made a funnel, at the end you fold the increases together and do a 3-needle-bind off and it makes these great jester points.

The points on a jester's hat, by the way, symbolize the asses' ears and tail that medieval jesters traditionally wore. You see? And they all said you were unteachable!

So, after I finished the hat, I thought, wouldn't it be cool to have some of those pointy jester shoes, too?

Curiously, there are no patterns out there for baby jester shoes. So I was forced to improvise.

I started with this sock pattern from Yarn Mafia. I used the same Red Heart yarn and #2 dpns. Knitted to pattern until the toe. Then, instead of making the traditional toe, I kept decreasing until I got 4 st. Then I did about a half inch of I-cord, then K2tog twice, then cast off. That made a nice little point at the end of the toe.



Well, then, I thought, I really need to express the baby's warm nature, too, right? So then I made this, the Hello Kitty Baby Hat. It's my own pattern. Knit in Caron Simply Soft. Pattern is coming, if I can decipher my own handwriting.


So, I've covered cool, funny, and warm. That only leaves cute. And you know. Nothing is cuter than a baby bunny, right? So, Baby Bunny Hat. (Pattern coming. Promise.) Modelled by my hand, that's why it looks a little strange.