Bavarde is the perfect hat for any girl: coming in 2 different styles, it will make everybody happy!

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Simple, crisp and with a fun brim, it knits up in no time.

“Bavarde“ is the French word for chatty: my darling daughter (pictured wearing the hat) is often called “une bavarde” (a chatterbox) in school.

This hat comes in 5 different sizes and 2 style (toque and slouchy), including a doll’s size.

Skills Needed
Casting-on, knitting, purling, basic increase and decrease

Gauge
17 sts and 24 rows over 10cm / 4” in stockinette stitch in the round, on larger needles, wet blocked.
Gauge is crucial for this project, determining not only yarn usage, but also size

Sizes
Doll (Baby, Toddler, Child, Teen)
To fit head circumferences:
30 (35, 40, 45, 48) cm / 11.75 (13.75, 15.75, 17.75, 19)“
Finished hat circumference:
42 (49, 56, 64, 71) cm / 16.5 (19.25, 22, 25, 28)”
Finished height:
10 (15, 16, 17, 20) cm / 4 (6, 6.25, 6.75, 8)“

Yarn
25 (30, 35, 40, 50) g, 65 (75, 90, 100, 125) m/ 69 (82, 96, 110, 137) yd of any worsted-weight yarn that will give the correct gauge.
Samples are knit in De Rerum Natura Gilliatt, Worsted/10 ply, 100% merino, 100 g, 250m (273 yd), colourway Confiture de Rose

Needles
4 mm (US size 6) AND 4.5 mm (US size 7), 60 cm 23” circular needles, or size to obtain correct gauge

Tapestry needle to weave in ends

Thanks to all the testers :)

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