In summer, sun protection is extremely important for babies. One of the most common means of avoiding sunstroke is a Panama hat for girls (crocheted). Many craftswomen prefer to make it themselves in order to best satisfy their needs for the protection and beautiful appearance of the baby.
The principle of creating a panama hat
Beautiful panama hats (crocheted) for girls with patterns are often found in needlework magazines and on forums. But it’s not at all necessary to look for diagrams on the Internet. You can create this headdress without them, knowing the basic principles of working with such a product.
The basis for a Panama hat is a regular hat. It knits easily. First we make the bottom of the headdress, which should be as flat as possible. Then, without expansion, we knit the main part of the hat. When the desired depth is reached, we begin knitting the fields.
To do this, it is necessary to add loops in each row so that the fabric becomes as flat as possible. But there is no need to knit brims that are too wide, otherwise they will fall into the eyes and disturb the child. This is how you get the simplest crochet hat for a girl. The diagram and description of work for such a product are understandable even to the most novice craftswoman. The main thing is to choose a beautiful pattern that will satisfy the requirements set for the product.
Scheme for correct field expansion
Beginning craftswomen do not always understand how to crochet a Panama hat for a girl. And all because it is not always possible to beautifully expand the brim of a headdress. They turn out either too tight, or, conversely, very wavy and ugly.
All this is solved thanks to a clear expansion pattern of the canvas. The option presented in the figure shows the principle of working with double crochets. This is the most common way to create brims for hats.
To add several new columns after the same period of time, we knit 2 columns at one point. In the next row we will add loops like this: the top for two columns will be the outermost column of the two added earlier. So we continue to knit in each row.
This method will help not only to add loops evenly, but also to form a beautiful pattern that will result from additional columns. This is how the crochet hat for a girl is shaped at the bottom. This scheme may be slightly changed, but the principle always remains the same.
Openwork Panama hat
As we said earlier, a crocheted Panama hat for a girl is made on the basis of an ordinary hat. We also figured out how to knit fields. Therefore, let’s look at a specific example of an openwork headdress for the summer for a girl of any age.
The pattern is based on modified fans made from single crochet stitches.
We start knitting from a chain of 5 loops, on the basis of which 14 double crochets and 1 rise chain are knitted. The second row consists of 14 double crochets and chains of 7 chain stitches and a lifting chain.
In the third row we are already starting to form the main pattern of the pattern. It is built on the basis of alternating double crochets and chains. The pattern shows that over time it is necessary to increase the number of columns. In practice, this may not be practical, since the vertical part of a Panama hat rarely requires expansion. This point must be taken into account during the work process.
Thick panama hat made of lush columns
A crocheted Panama hat for a girl does not have to be openwork. The diagram and description of the next model will show that even a thick headdress can be beautiful and practical if knitted correctly.
The diagram also shows only the upper part without margins. But we already know how to make them ourselves.
First, let's figure out how to knit a lush column. It is performed without crochet. We knit one loop as for a regular stitch. Then, without doing anything else with it, we knit a few more of the same loops. After the required number has been made, we knit all the loops on the hook together. As a result, we get 1 lush column.
The diagram shows in what order to knit the stitches and where to add the number of loops. The sticks in the ovals indicate the number of loops in one column. It is worth noting that the outer boundaries of the ovals are also considered. That is, if we have an oval with one stick, then we knit three loops for a fluffy column.
Decorating the product
Any crocheted Panama hat for a girl should be not only practical, but also beautiful. To do this, you can use different decorating methods. The simplest of them is to tuck a ribbon into the base of the cap to create a beautiful bow with its help. In addition, this will help to adjust the volume of the panama hat so that it fits securely on your head.
Various flowers crocheted and sewn as an applique to a headdress also look beautiful. And so that the brim of the Panama hat does not interfere with the child’s eyes, they can be raised up and sewn either on the side or in the front.
They find their place until the next autumn-winter season.
Despite the fact that the hot summer will not come soon, the spring sun may very well heat up your baby’s head and cause heatstroke. Therefore, be sure to make sure that your child’s wardrobe includes panama hats and summer berets by the end of the winter period.
When the bright sun is shining outside, put a light wide-brimmed Panama hat on your child's head, which will not only protect against sunstroke, but also save the delicate areas of the neck and ears from sunburn.
Today you can buy very beautiful sewn panama hats for boys and girls. But you can knit comfortable and original hats for the summer with your own hands. Lightweight Panama hats for children, crocheted from cotton yarn, are very comfortable and allow the scalp to breathe well. Children are very active and often the baby’s head under a purchased hat is simply wet with sweat after active street games! A crocheted Panama hat (or a hat with a visor) will help avoid such problems.
Absolutely any woman can crochet a stylish and child-friendly baby hat! It is enough to master the simple basics of crocheting and learn to read diagrams describing the stages of work. In this material you will find step-by-step master classes for beginning needlewomen on crocheting panama hats for children with diagrams, detailed descriptions, photo and video lessons. It is also important to learn how to choose the right quality yarn suitable for knitting children's clothes and a hook of the appropriate size (by number). Knitted headwear for a child can be additionally decorated with elegant decorations (flowers, butterflies for girls or airplanes, cars for boys), which are also very easy to knit with your own hands.
For boys, more classic and formal Panama hats with various “boyish” decorations (cartoon characters, trains, boats, cars) are often knitted. Models of hats for children with and without brims, with a visor in the form of a cap, look very stylish. Panama hats for girls are often decorated with strings, designs, and flowers in the kanzashi style.
2. USEFUL TIPS FOR BEGINNER KNITTERS. PREPARATION FOR CROCHETING CHILDREN'S PANAMAS
10 tips:
If you are crocheting for the first time, then choose a plain light yarn. Melange threads consisting of several different colors are not the best option for a beginning knitter, since the loops are not very clearly visible while working.
Before you buy the yarn you like for knitting hats for children, be sure to study the composition of the yarn. It is not advisable to buy fleecy angora, mohair, threads with lurex, or polyamide for knitting children's clothes. The less synthetics in the yarn, the more suitable it is for knitting clothes for children. Composition of yarn for summer children's hats may include cotton, high-quality acrylic and viscose, silk (for warm hats - alpaca wool or merino wool). To knit children's panama hats for the summer, you can choose yarn consisting of 55-60% cotton plus a little acrylic and silk viscose (to improve the wearability of the knitted product and safe washing).
When choosing yarn for crocheting, be sure to pay attention to how the thread is twisted. On sale you can find yarn consisting of poorly twisted 3-4 threads. It is very difficult to knit with such threads, since during work individual threads get caught and you need to constantly control each hook with a hook.
Choosing a suitable crochet hook. It is best to use a metal hook with a plastic handle. It is important to choose the correct hook number (which corresponds to the thickness of the tool). The upper part of the hook should not be too rounded (since it is difficult to pierce the knitting fabric with such a hook), and also not too sharp so as not to injure your fingers. During operation, the hook is held in the same way as the handle and the upper part of the tool is directed towards you.
While working, the end of the thread must be thrown over the index finger on the left hand (if the hook is in the right) towards yourself and held with the thumb. The loops on the hook can be held with the middle finger of your right hand
Be sure to knit a sample of the future product before starting work. Knit the fabric in the form of a small rectangle. You can wash, steam the sample, and let it dry. This way you can more accurately select the size of a hat for your child. , taking into account the density of the knitting.
In the process of knitting panama hats and many other hats, the napkin principle is used. At the very beginning of the work, you can make a self-tightening ring or a ring of air loops (if you want there to be a hole at the top of the headdress).
You can wind the end of the thread around your finger several turns and knit 6-8 single crochets, inserting the hook into the resulting loop. All you have to do is pull the thread a little and it will tighten. After this, you can continue knitting according to the pattern of any napkin (for example, with a fillet mesh). In order to accurately select the size of the bottom of a Panama hat, you can measure the circumference of the child’s head and divide the result by 3.14. The diameter of the flat part of the headdress is approximately 16-21 cm.
Start gradually reducing the increases after the edges of the future panama hat begin to bend. Knit a few more rows and do not add any more loops, forming the depth of the children's Panama hat
If you do not plan to knit the fabric, forming fields, then you can knit several columns in a circle (taking, for example, yarn of a different color - more contrasting).
If the Panama hat model includes brims (especially important for protecting very young children from the sun), then continue knitting the fabric, adding loops to the desired width.
If you want to make a visor instead of a continuous brim of a Panama hat, then knit single crochets so that it is denser and holds its shape. Closing the loops is done gradually from the edges to the center, and not simultaneously.
Crocheted bucket hats for children will look especially stylish and modern if you decorate them with thermal appliqué, embroider several figures on the top of the hats, or sew crocheted flowers to the brim (models for girls).
Basics for beginner needlewomen:
- How to form a chain of air loops with crochet, as well as knit double crochets, double crochets, half double crochets, knit stitches and purl stitches.
- What do the symbols mean on knitting patterns?
- What simple patterns to start learning crochet with.
Now let's move on to the crochet lessons with a description of the stages of work with photos for beginner knitters.
3. DESCRIPTION OF CROCHETING STEPS AND PATTERNS. MK ON KNITTING MODERN PANAMAS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Master class 1
Master class 2
KNITTING WITH YOUR OWN HANDS
These magical Panama hats for girls were knitted by legendasun from Osinka.
For knitting you will need yarn - YarnArt Begonia 169m/50g (consumption for the hat itself - 1 skein);
hooks – No. 2.1 and No. 2.5.
So,
4 v.p. close it in a ring.
1r. - 4 v.p. (3 lifting loops and 1 ch for the arch), 11 CH.
2 rub. - in each arch of the previous row we knit 2 dcs, separated by 1 ch. It turns out 12 t.n. "tick".
3 rub. - we begin to make “tick” increases. In each subsequent row there will be six such increases. The essence of this increase is to knit an additional “tick” between the arches of the previous row.
4r. - make 6 tick increments every 3 ticks of the previous row.
5 rub. - make 6 tick increments every 4 ticks of the previous row.
6r. - we knit without increments. In each arch of the previous row we knit 2 dcs, separated by 1 ch.
7r. - make 6 tick increments every 5 ticks of the previous row.
8 rub. - we knit without increments. The bottom begins to round out a little.
9r. - make 6 tick increments every 6 ticks of the previous row.
This is where the increases end and we continue to knit the hats to the required depth without them. I'm pretty good with the number Pi; my bottom is 13 cm.
I got 26 rows from the beginning of knitting and the height of the hat to the brim is 17 cm.
For the fields we knit 2 rows of sc. In the second row we make increases in every 5th column. In the next row, in each top of the column of the previous row, we alternately knit 1 embossed column and 1 DC. That. crochet number 2.1 we knit three rows of fields. Then we change the hook to No. 2.5 and knit 2 more rows. The photo shows that the brim becomes perpendicular to the hat itself from the first row of knitting.
We knit the last row in crab step with crochet number 2.1. In the last photo I showed what the seam looks like. The hat is ready!
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Decorate the hat to your liking. Here are some example diagrams:
There is no diagram, my improvisation. Very convenient for decorating “flower beds”.
We knit a chain of 15 ch. We knit a sc into the second loop of the chain. Then in each loop to the end of the chain - half-column, 2 CH, 2 C2H, 3 C3H, 2 C2H, 1 CH, 1 half-column, 1 RLS. We turn the leaf and knit in the opposite direction in a mirror order - 1 sc, 1 half-dc, 2 dc, 3 dc, 2 dc, 2 dc, 1 half-dc, 1 sc. We connect with the help of SS to the tip.
Next, using a SS (only through the leaf), we knit a groove in the middle of the leaf. We knit an additional 25 ch. - 10 v.p. for the stem and 15 vp. for the second leaf, which we knit similarly to the first. We return to the beginning along the stem using the same SS.
We dial 15 v.p. for the third leaf and knit it in the same way as the previous two. The branch of leaves is ready.
(Sunday, 01 July 2012 14:31)Please! Glad to be of service.
Good afternoon Olga! I am turning to you with a big request. Could you knit me a Panama hat, about the size of a lilac one with a circumference of 56 cm, but I would like a white one. If you agree, then we will agree on the price and everything else, My phone number is 89213167585, Nadezhda.
Wonderful panama hats!
My eyes are wide open!
Which one to choose for your granddaughter?
Thank you!
Great thank you!
Everything is clear and accessible!
Thank you! Wonderful Panama hats
Thank you, Panama hats are just a miracle. I want to knit everything for my granddaughter.
thanks for the site
I had no idea that a child’s Panama hat could be decorated so clearly! Prospect and respect!
Thank you very much, great help for us beginners in knitting, very grateful to you.
very beautiful, real summer in hats!!!
Can I see on your website how to decipher the abbreviations? And if not, where is such information available???
Good afternoon. Panama hats are wonderful! But I can’t get a Panama hat with rounded brims. Even after adding 5 single crochets, the fields turn out to be a wave ((. I knit white with two roses and small round fields.
Good evening, Marina! It all depends on the density of the knitting. And it is possible that the finished product will need to be starched a little. Good luck in needlework)
Hello Julia! Abbreviations can be found in any knitting magazine or book. I will try to post them on our website. Thank you very much everyone for your nice reviews. Pamper your daughters and granddaughters with your handicrafts more often)
In the 3rd Panama hat, in the photo, starting from the 7th row, there are always 4 dc, and one in relief, and according to the description, there are dc in each base. there should be 2 dc...
Believe the photo or description??
Please tell me, is it necessary to make increases in the openwork part of the latest model (summer hat)? For some reason it doesn't work out as planned...
Hello Dmitry! The description was compiled by the authors, so it is better to stick to it. And of course, look through your work, if possible, try it on, because all the distortions and shortcomings will be noticeable. I wish you success)
Hello, Elena! In the description of the latest model there are no allowances for the openwork part. If you adhere to the scheme, then you will have it as in the photo - step by step. Maybe you started knitting more tightly, pulling together, than you started?
How to knit a relief stitch? Please tell me.
Hello Olga! A lesson on knitting a relief column can be viewed on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc2GQedfeIs
Good afternoon Today I accidentally came to your site, was looking for accessible descriptions for knitting panama hats, I’m delighted! everything is clear and easy! Now there will be something to do in the evenings. My granddaughter is 8 months old, I want to knit a poncho with sleeves by spring (I have a beautiful melange yarn - bright, colorful), I can’t find the same descriptions and diagrams - clear and understandable, maybe you have one?
Thank you so much for such beauty and detailed explanation and accessible diagrams.
A hat with a relief column... tell me, is it front and back?
Please tell me, when knitting an openwork lilac Panama hat, how to finish the rows (make a transition from one to another) on the bottom and on the openwork part? Confused.
Thank you very much for the detailed description and diagrams of the panama hats!!! I have already knitted a couple for my daughter. I wish you success!
Thank you, Maria! It’s great that our site helped and everything worked out for you. Health to you and your family!
In summer, everyone needs a hat - both children and adults. A light openwork hat will not only protect your head from the merciless rays of the sun on a hot day, but will also add an elegant zest to the summer look of a girl, girl, woman! An original hat, crocheted by your beloved mother or grandmother, will also appeal to mischievous little boys who prefer to spend most of the day outside.
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Competition entry No. 33 – Knitted Panama hat with a flower (Larisa Petrova) ()
Knitting is my hobby and additional income; I absolutely love crocheting, but I also knit with knitting needles.
To knit a hat you will need: bamboo yarn, hook number 2
Cap size: for 2 years
Competition work No. 28 - Set for a 5-year-old girl “Swan” (Shestakova Elena Vladimirovna)
Good day everyone. My name is Shestakova Elena Vladimirovna. So I decided to take part in a crochet competition. Crochet works have fascinated me since childhood. My cousins and aunt created incredibly airy and beautiful things. Now I decided to try myself in this type of needlework.
The set consists of a top, a skirt, a hat, and a hair tie.
Description of the Swan kit
Competition entry No. 23 – Knitted Panama hat with a flower
Good evening. I have been contacted by another panama hat for my goddaughter for the competition.
The threads are still the same COCO, hook 1.25.
Competition entry No. 22 – Panama “Butterfly”
Panama “Butterfly”
Competition work No. 21 - Panama “Chamomile Field”
Panama “Chamomile Field”
Yarn: Classic cotton yarn 100% mercerized cotton, 250 m, 100 g.
Hook: 1.75
Panama hat scheme:
Competition entry No. 19 – Panama hat “Caterpillar”
Panama hat “Caterpillar”
Yarn: spring, 100% mercerized cotton, 250 m, 100 g. Pekhorka
Competition entry No. 17 – Panama hat “Bouquet of Roses”
Hello. My name is Marina Voronova. I have been interested in knitting for a very long time. I am 24 years old. I have a little daughter. I love to please her with gifts in the form of new knitted things.
I present to you the summer bucket hat “Bouquet of Roses”. This Panama hat is very suitable for walking in hot summer weather.
Panama hat “Bouquet of roses”
Competition entry No. 16 - Summer Panama hat “Flower”
Hello. My name is Marina Voronova. I have been knitting since I was 12 years old. My mother taught me this art. Now I am 24 years old, I have a little daughter. I am happy to please her with new things that I knit with my own hands.
I present to your attention Panama hat "Flower". It is perfect for an evening walk on a summer evening. The Panama hat is very bright and your little one will not go unnoticed in the children's park. I hope you enjoy it.
