Size:
Infant up to toddler age 5

Basic cap:
CO 70 needles with WY K 6 R......Break off WY and K 47 R with MY being sure to leave a two foot length hanging down.....BO using back stitch.....Remove work from machine and before removing hem thread your long tail threw the first row of stitch where they meet the WY.....Break off hem and set aside

Leaves:
CO 3 needles with closed edge CO...Use claw weights to weight knitting....K 2 R...Increase 1 stitch on carriage side every row 10x.....K 1 row Straight....Decrease 1 stitch carriage side every row 10x...You should have three stitches left....BO using back stitch....Make three leaves

Stem:
CO 10 needles with WY K 3 R...Break off WY....With MY K 10 R...Bring first row of MY up to needles...Knit 1 R and BO using back stitch....Remove WY

Finish:
Pull the long tail that you threaded threw the first row of stitches to gather....Use this tail to sew side seam....Remove WY...Let the bottom edge roll the way it wants to.....Sew down leaves around the gathers in the top covering the hole and hiding the loose thread ends under the leaves.......Sew down stem twisting and curling it as you go to make it resemble a vine...You now have what resemble a flower hat....

Options:
Do yellow for a lemon....Red with black spots put onto by hand for a strawberry....Purple for a eggplant...Etc... Do orange for a pumpkin....K 6 R straight then release every 5th stitch onto WY and K 47 R.....Rib up each 5th stitch....From the front this should give you indentations like on a real pumpkin.....

You could do a scarf to match just make some extra leaves and CO 55 sts K 120 rows BO and sew leaves down around short edges of scarf...Single crochet the long sides.....

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