In my search for a cute head covering to wear to my cousin’s Bar Mitzvah, I came up with two bases to make some little felted fascinator hats from. The “Fedora” style has a little more brim and a smaller dome than the “Bowler” style, which, conversely has a narrower brim and wider potential dome. Both are very malleable, depending on the amount of felting and shaping that you do to the fabric, you can use these two basic shapes to pull out many styles of tiny hat. Finished hats will be around 4 inches in diameter.
Feathered Fedora
Needed: worsted weight yarn that will felt
Gauge: 4 sts = 1” on US 10.5 before felting
Optional: comb, clip, or headband to hold the hat to your head; needle and thread or glue to hold add-ons to hat; assorted frippery of choice to fancy-up the hat.
“Fedora”
CO 54 sts
Join in the round and K 1 round
*K6, ssk*, repeat 5x, K6
*K6, ssk*, rep 6x
K two rounds
*K4, ssk*, rep 7x
K three rounds
*K5, ssk*, rep 5x (30 sts)
K seven rounds
*K3, ssk*, rep 6x
K one round
*K2, ssk*, rep 6x
K one round
*K1, ssk*, rep 6x
ssk 6x
ssk 3x
Cut yarn and pull through the last 3 sts.
Mini Bowler Hat
“Bowler”
CO 54 sts
Join in the round and K 2 rounds
*K7, ssk*, rep 6x
*K6, ssk*, rep 6x
*K5, ssk*, rep 6x (36 sts)
K six rows
*K4, ssk*, rep 6x
K one round
*K3, ssk*, rep 6x
*K2, ssk*, rep 6x
*K1, ssk*, rep 6x
ssk 6x
ssk 3x
Cut yarn and pull through the last 3 sts.
Mini Fedora before Felting
Yarmulke/Kippah or Fasinator Base from Bowler Pattern
Mini Bowler before Felting
Notes about felting and shaping:
I have great results with Universal Yarns Deluxe Worsted 100% wool, if you are unsure of a good yarn to use. When felting, I put the knit item into a pillow case that either zips closed, or I pin it closed. This prevents wool fluff from shedding off your project and potentially clogging the drain on your washing machine. Also, I can put the items to felt in with towels or sheets that need to be washed in hot water anyway so I don’t have to run a special load just for felting. Economical! The fedora and kippah pictured above were shaped entirely by hand, post felting. I used a 1-cup measuring cup to shape the dome of the bowler, then finger-pressed the brim into place.
oh my god! those are the coolest hats ever! I love them
Two things I love, felting and minature!!! Thank you for the pattern!!!
Miniature, oops
So clever!
Darling! Thank you for sharing.
Fascinating!
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I love the Feathered Fedora!
This is just what I am looking for! Thank you.
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Quick fast kinit! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this pattern THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Love the cute fascinators but unfortunately I’m still trying to decipher the knitting lingo. But thanks anyway.
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So CUTE.
I’d love to make a full-size version of the fedora. How much should I scale up the pattern to make it full size?
Thanks for the compliment!
I wouldn’t advise trying to scale up this pattern to a full-head size, but I did find a free pattern on Ravelry that you may want to check out: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/free-felted-hat-pattern. The projects that people have shared for this pattern look pretty good.
Best of luck, Chris
Thank you! I saw that pattern, and I’ll try it out. I just thought yours was cuter. Maybe what I need is a mini-fedora after all.