Foxy PussyHat

Foxy PussyHat by Rebekah Wilce and Charissa Pray

What Is Being Made

The Foxy PussyHat is a knitted hat featuring a fox face design with pointed ears. This intermediate-level project creates a finished hat with a 22-inch (56cm) circumference at the cuff, suitable for everyday wear, costume use, or protest participation. The design combines a solid-colored main body with a lighter intarsia face, contrasting ears, and embroidered details to complete the fox character.

Knitting Techniques and Methods

This pattern offers flexibility in construction method, allowing knitters to work either flat on straight needles or in-the-round using circular needles or double-pointed needles. The design incorporates multiple advanced colorwork techniques that elevate it to intermediate difficulty level:

• Intarsia colorwork for the fox face and ears, creating distinct color blocks without carrying yarn across the back
• Stranded colorwork (also called Fair Isle) for occasional color changes throughout the hat
• Embroidery for the eyes, adding fine detail and character to the finished fox face

The pattern notes that while intermediate, the project requires attentive focus during colorwork sections, described humorously as requiring concentration equivalent to enjoying up to two glasses of wine.

Stitches and Stitch Details

While specific stitch abbreviations are not detailed in the provided content, the pattern employs standard knitting stitches combined with the colorwork techniques mentioned above. The intarsia sections for the face and ears require careful stitch placement to maintain clean color transitions, while stranded colorwork sections involve carrying yarn of different colors across rows to create patterns.

Yarn and Materials

The Foxy PussyHat is designed for worsted weight yarn. The pattern samples were knitted using:

• Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Superwash (110 yards per 50 grams)
• Rowan Pure Wool Superwash Worsted (219 yards per 100 grams)

Yardage requirements range from 124 to 142 yards total, depending on individual gauge:

• 94–102 yards in main color (MC)
• 8–25 yards in contrasting light color (CC) for the face and ears
• 1–13 yards in black or brown for the nose and details

Knitters will need appropriate needles for their chosen construction method (straight needles for flat knitting or circular/double-pointed needles for in-the-round work) sized to achieve the correct gauge with worsted weight yarn, plus embroidery supplies for finishing the eyes.

Color Options

The pattern provides flexibility in color selection. While the traditional pussy hat comes in pink, the Foxy PussyHat can be created in pink, orange, grey, or any colors that appeal to the knitter, allowing for personalized variations and creative expression.