Every mother knows well that with the onset of hot summer days, the baby's head must be carefully hidden from direct sunlight. This is especially important if you need to go outside in the middle of the day, when the sun is in its most active phase. Every year, starting in April, all loving parents are busy finding the most beautiful and original headdress for their children. Indeed, various hats, caps and hats are not only of practical importance - they have long become a fashionable and beautiful accessory with which you can highlight your baby in the crowd of children in the playground.
Handmade Panama
Do not miss the chance to create with your own hand such a necessary seasonal accessory for mothers and grandmothers who like to knit. Just one or two evenings, a little yarn - and a fashionable panama crochet made. And with the help of knitting needles you can make a lace scarf or bandana.
Headwear for
children was always
knitted . Almost all of us had a hat made of wool or rabbit fluff, presented by a caring grandmother. And in addition to it - mittens and socks. They were soft and warm, but perhaps all of their benefits ended there.
Modern children's handmade hats are real masterpieces. From the kids just do not take their eyes off. The simplest, brightest and most memorable option is crocheted knitted panama. For a girl, she can be decorated with a whole bouquet of flowers, leaves and summer berries. And on the heads of the boys the ships “sail” and the “crabs” “crawl”. Such decorative elements are created on the basis of applications. Only in this case they are not cut out of paper, but tied from yarn of different colors. You need to start the decor when the panama crochet is already fully knitted. So it will be easier to choose the ideal number and size of overhead elements.
Choose yarn
Any summer hat for the baby must certainly be light. Its main task is to protect from heat, and not to heat the head. In addition, as in all children's products, it is desirable that the yarn consist of natural fibers. Exceptions may be acrylics, specially designed for children's products. Similar lines are present in the collections of most manufacturers.
Thin cotton (200 meters in 50 grams) will be ideal. Of course, this advice should not be taken as an axiom. Many knitters use much thicker threads for panamas, but in this case the selected pattern should be as openwork as possible.
Leftovers are sweet
For a needlewoman with a Panama experience, crocheted for a baby, it will be a great way to attach countless small skeins that remain at the end of almost any product. To perform a small flower, typewriter or bug, you will need no more than a meter of thread. But the more flowers and shades the panama will be decorated with crocheted, the brighter the child will look during a walk.
The work of creating such small decorative elements is very positive in itself. The result appears quickly, and the finished elements cause a smile of emotion. Knitting appliqués for children's hats will be an excellent creative vacation, a fun change between the creation of complex adult products.
Get to work
Crochet Panama is quite simple, you do not need a lot of skill. You can start the main canvas in two ways: from the top of the head or from the place where the fields begin. For different options apply different patterns. The canvas can be openwork, smooth and even with knitted braids and bumps. It all depends on the imagination of the needlewoman.
For the first option, the thread is closed in a ring and nine columns are crocheted in a circle. Then several expansion rows follow. Their number depends on the volume of the child’s head, as well as the pattern and thickness of the thread that crochets panama.
The knitting pattern from the crown can be convenient only if the prepared materials and the size of the product completely correspond to it. Otherwise, you can make a mistake, the panama hat will be big or small, you will have to dissolve such work.
Knitting a panama hat from the fields is more suitable if the product is created "by eye". For this option, a chain of air loops is knitted, equal to the volume of the child’s head, locked in a ring. The first circular row is tied on it. Further, knitting is continued towards the crown, periodically performing decreases. The main convenience of this method is the ability to try on a hat at any time.
When the main part of Panama is ready, the fields are tied to it. For girls, you can use various ruffles, lace, "shells". In boyish options, it is worth remaining extremely strict and concise.