"Finn Hat" - Hat Knitting Pattern in MillaMia Naturally Soft Cotton

Finn Hat – Baby and Toddler Knitting Pattern by Helena Rosen for MillaMia

The Finn Hat is a charming, beginner-friendly knitted hat designed by Helena Rosen for MillaMia. Worked in bold, cheerful stripes using MillaMia Naturally Soft Cotton yarn, this pattern produces a snug, colourful hat sized for babies and toddlers. It is an ideal project for knitters who are new to colourwork and want to practise managing multiple yarn colours in a clean, structured stripe sequence.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a striped knitted hat sized to fit children aged 6–12 months, 24–36 months, and 48–60 months. The hat has a neat, rounded shape without a ribbed brim, which gives it a clean, modern silhouette. Because there is no ribbing, the pattern notes emphasise choosing the correct size carefully to ensure a proper fit.

Two distinct colourway versions are offered within the same pattern:

• 2 Colour Version: Uses a Dark (D) and a Light (L) shade, with the suggested combination of French Navy (320) as the dark colour and Candy Pink (340) as the light colour.
• 3 Colour Version: Introduces a Mid (M) tone alongside a Dark and a Light, with the suggested combination of Indigo Purple (321) as dark, Tomato (332) as mid, and Lemon Yellow (333) as light.

Techniques Used

• Seamless construction: The hat is worked in the round, eliminating the need for seaming and producing a smooth, professional finish suitable for a beginner.
• Stripe sequences: Both the 2 colour and 3 colour versions follow a precise, written stripe sequence that rotates through the chosen shades in a defined repeat. This teaches knitters how to carry and switch yarns at regular intervals.
• Worked flat (where applicable): The pattern also incorporates flat knitting elements, giving knitters exposure to both working in the round and working back and forth in rows.
• Crown decreases: Shaping at the top of the hat is achieved through decrease stitches, including the specialised S2kpo decrease — slip the next 2 stitches as if to k2tog, knit 1, then pass the slipped stitches over — which creates a neat, centred double decrease ideal for hat crown shaping.
• k2tog (knit two together): A standard right-leaning decrease also used during crown shaping.
• m1 (make one): An increase worked by picking up the loop lying before the next stitch, used to add stitches where the pattern requires.

Stitches Used

• Stocking stitch (Stockinette stitch in US terminology): The main body of the hat is worked in stocking stitch, creating a smooth knit fabric that showcases the stripe colourwork clearly.
• Garter stitch: Referenced within the abbreviations, garter stitch may appear as a textural accent within the pattern.
• S2kpo: A centred double decrease specific to this pattern, used to shape the hat crown symmetrically.

Materials

The pattern calls for MillaMia Naturally Soft Cotton yarn, a sport weight yarn available in 50g/1¾oz balls. For the 2 colour version, one ball each of the two chosen shades is required. For the 3 colour version, one ball each of the three chosen shades is needed. The recommended needle size is a set of 3.25mm (US 3) knitting needles.

The tension (gauge) for this pattern is 25 stitches and 34 rows to 10cm/4in worked over stocking stitch on 3.25mm needles. Achieving the correct tension is especially important here, as the hat has no ribbed brim to compensate for sizing differences.

Suggested Alternative Colourways

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