Very Simple, Garter Stitch, Children's Knit Crown

With US size 3 needles, and worsted weight yarn, cast on seven stitches (gauge doesn't matter so much for this project).


Knit four rows.


*On the last row cast on two extra stitches at the end of the row.


Knit down the nine stitches, and back up again (making two rows).


At the end of the second row, cast on an extra stitch.


Knit down the ten stitches, and back up again (making two rows).


At the end of the second row, cast on an extra stitch.


Knit down the eleven stitches, and back up again (making two rows).


Knit two stitches together, then the knit the additional nine stitches.



Knit back up the ten stitches.


Knit two stitches together, then knit the additional eight stitches.



Knit back up the nine stitches.


Knit two stitches together twice, then knit the remaining five stitches.




Knit seven rows.*


Repeat the rows between the *s, until you have a long enough piece to wrap around the crown of a child's head (10 times made a crowns to fit my children - remember, garter stitch is stretchy).


Cast off, leaving a long enough tail to stitch the two ends together.

Bring the two ends together, making sure not to twist the crown, and stitch back and forth, from underneath, to sew the crown together, into a circle. If you are making a crown for a very young child, you might want to sew on Velcro, to close the crown with, so the ends will come apart easily, if it ends up around the child's neck.


Weave in the loose yarn.


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