Toddler Hat

Well I've haven't written in quite a while but suddenly I'm re-inspired.  Maybe it's the holidays.  There's a chill in the air, everyone seems a little cheerier and home seems a little cozier, it's a good time to settle into indoor things like knitting, cooking, crafting. All the good stuff that tends to fall to the wayside in the summer months. 
I've been picking up forgotten projects, lots of Christmas crafts to be finished!  But one of my favorite things that I've been making lately are winter hats for my little guy.  The design kind of came about as an accident but turned out to be super cute.  It's a really easy pattern, a good thing when you're trying to knit and simultaneously keep an eye on an ever moving toddler. 
I used a size 7 circular needle with a washable worsted weight acrylic yarn.  It's awesome for kids stuff because it wears well and can go in the wash (always a plus after a particularly rough day on the playground).  I swear sometimes I have no idea how he manages to get everything we pass by smeared over his entire body, it's really quite an accomplishment.

I cast on 62 stitches to start.  Then just knit until you have about 4" in length.  Once there you start to decrease, I did knit 10, knit 2 together and repeat until the end of the row.  Repeat this alternating with straight knit every other row.  Once you get to the last few row start doing the decrease row every row eliminating the straight knit row all together.  Bind off the yarn and sew the hat together, then top with a pom pom.  Super cute!
To adjust size just increase or decrease stitches by multiples of 12 and adjust the number of rows you complete before starting decrease.  I'm definitely not an expert so hopefully this is easy enough to follow!