Stuck for a bit of inspiration?
Here are a few of our favourite
hats that our knitters have sent us over the years.
Scary, fancy, owl-shaped as long as it ts
on our bottles, all hats are on.
Want to help keep older people warm this winter?
Well, you dont need to knit an army of jumpers just
nice little hats for one of our innocent smoothie bottles.
For every behatted bottle sold, 25p will go to Age UK.
Money raised from the Big Knit goes to help make winter
warmer for older people providing warm stuff like
electric blankets, or bringing people together for local
activities and hot meals.
Since the Big Knit began over 2.2 million
hats have been knitted.
In this little booklet, youll nd some handy
patterns, examples and details of what to
do once youve nished your knitted hats.
So dust off those needles and get knitting.
If you arent an experienced knitter check out
www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/bigknit
for easy to follow instructions on how to knit,
crochet and more.
Youve got until
to get your woolly creations to us.
Happy knitting.
We hope youve enjoyed knitting your hats.
Please put all your hats in an envelope along with a note
clearly stating:
t how many youve knitted.
t the date, your name, address and phone number.
Then send them all through by
If youve got any questions, tips or wool-related gossip, drop us a
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and heres a couple of exercises to limber you up:
grip n squeeze
1. grab your ball of wool.
2. squeeze it 10 times.
3. and relax.
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1. starting with your index nger,
tap each nger in turn against your
thumb until you get to your little nger.
2. then reverse it.
3. get ready for some power knitting.
youll need this stuff:
small knitting
needles
(3.25mm 4mm)
some
bobbles
a sewing
needle
some
wool
1 pair of
scissors
1. Curl up by the re/sit next to the radiator.
2. Using double knitting yarn and 4mm needles, cast on 28 stitches.
3. To start, either knit two rows, or, to create a rib, knit 1 purl 1.
Then, starting with a knit row, work in stocking stitch (knit 1 row, purl 1
row, knit 1 row etc) for 12 more rows.
4. For the next row, knit 2 together to the end (14 stitches).
And for the row after that, purl 2 together to the end (7 stitches).
5. When youve nished, cut the yarn leaving about
25 cm. Thread the cut end of the yarn through
a sewing needle, then run it through the loops
and remove the knitting needle (g. A).
6. Tighten the yarn (g. B) and sew the little hat
together at the side (g. C). Once nished,
turn it right-side out so that the seam youve just
sewn runs up the inside.
A B
C
7. Just to check youre on the right track, we reckon
when laid out at, the hat dimensions should
be about 5-7cm along the bottom and at least
3cm high.
8. To nish, just sew a little bobble onto the top
of the hat.
piggy in
the middle
gorillas in
the mist
parrots of
the caribbean
very thirsty
caterpillar
ight of the
bumblebee
1. Find a cosy spot (armchair/rocking chair/
hammock).
2. This time you need two colours. Using your main
colour double knitting yarn and 4mm needles,
cast on 28 stitches.
3. To start, either knit two rows, or, to create a rib,
knit 1 purl 1. Then, starting with a knit row and
working in stocking stitch throughout (knit 1 row,
purl 1 row, knit 1 row etc) do 2 rows of your
second colour followed by 2 rows of your main
colour. These 4 rows set your stripe pattern.
Do 8 more rows in the same stripey fashion.
4. For the next row, knit 2 together to the end
(14 stitches). And for the row after that, purl
2 together to the end (7 stitches).
5. Follow points 5-8 as per the beginners hat
to nish off.
6. Reward yourself with a nice cup of tea.
Why not bring out your inner animal with these inspired colour combos:
To get started, you will need:
DK in purple and a small amount of green
1 pair of 3.75 mm needles
Some fancy abbreviations
DK Double knitting
K Knit
P Purl
Sts Stitches
St st Stocking stitch
k2tog Knit two together.
P3tog Purl 3 stitches together.
M1 Make a stitch by picking up the loop
between two stitches.
MB K into the front and back of the stitch
until you have 5 stitches.
Turn and purl these stitches. Turn, K2 tog,
K1, K2 tog. Turn, P3tog, turn, k1.
1. Cast on 2 stitches, then knit one, make a stitch by
picking up the loop between two stitches, and knit
one (3 stitches).
2. For row 2, and all alternate rows, purl.
3. For row 3, K1, M1,MB, M1, K1 (5 stitches).
4. For row 5, K1, M1, K3, M1, K1 (7 stitches).
5. For row 7, K1, M1, MB, K3, MB, M1, K1 (9 stitches).
6. On row 9, K1, M1, K7, M1, K1 (11 stitches).
7. For row 11, K1, M1, MB, K3, MB, K3,MB, M1, K1 (13 stitches).
8. Then cast on 16 stitches (29 stitches).
9. Work 3 rows of stocking stitch together by purling row 12,
knitting row 13 and purling row 14.
10. On row 15: (MB, K3) to last stitch K1.
11. Work 3 rows of stocking stitch, and then for row 19 you need
to K2 (MB, K3) repeat to last 3 stitches MB K2.
12. Work 3 rows of stocking stitch, and then repeat row 15.
13. K2 tog until last stitch K1 (15 stitches), then for the next row K2tog until last
stitch, K1 (8 stitches).
14. Change to your lovely green yarn and K2tog across all stitches (4 stitches).
15. Continue on these 4 stitches working an icord to make the stalk.
16. Sew up from row 12 to nish your hat.
