Baaaaaa! Knit Little Lambs into an Adorable Hat with One of These Free Patterns

For the sheep and lamb lovers among your friends and family, consider one these adorable sheep hat knitting patterns

What animals do you instantly think of when you consider knitting?

Most knitters will instantly think “sheep!” when they consider an animal correlated with their favorite craft. After all, sheep generously offer us the fiber that brings us that wonderful fiber, wool. 😍

Because of this correlation, I personally am quite fond of sheep. I think they’re adorable, and every time I see one (or better still, a flock), my heart flutters a little.

Of course, plenty of people aren’t knitters and still enjoy sheep. In fact, I think they’re one of the most popular farm animals. I see them everywhere as charming motifs. Which means that there’s a good chance that you know someone who loves sheep, if you don’t love them yourself.

All of this means that sheep hats can be darling gifts, both for sheep fans and their kids. 😁

You’ll find two kinds of darling hat patterns in this collection. One type resembles a lamb’s head or a sheep’s body; the other features sheep/lamb images through colorwork.

Enjoy!

Fun Sheep- and Lamb-Styled Hats

Knit Little Lamb Hat

• What you’ll need to make it: 131 to 262 yards of DK-weight yarn; US Size 4 needles; tapestry needle; pink felt, pink thread and sewing needle

• Why you’ll want to: This adorable, simple bonnet with lamb ears will fit toddlers to preschoolers.

Harlow’s Lamb Hat

• What you’ll need to make it: 70 to 80 yards white, fluffy, bulky-weight yarn (along with 5 to 10 yards pink bulky-weight yarn); US Size 9 circular needles and/or DPNs, depending on how you prefer to knit in the round (but you’ll want at least 2 DPNs to create I-cord)

• Why you’ll want to: Here’s another sweet bonnet pattern with lamb ears; this one invites you to knit with a fluffy yarn to make it look even more lamb-like.

Sheepie Sheep Hat

• What you’ll need to make it: 85 to 100 yards of Aran-weight yarn (mostly white, with some black yarn); US Size 7 circular needles and/or DPNs, depending on how you prefer to knit in the round; tapestry needle

• Why you’ll want to: I adore the way this hat actually looks like a full sheep! This beanie features a popcorn/bobble sort of texture (like sheep wool!) and includes appliques that resemble a sheep’s face and legs.
  
  Like the other two patterns, this is designed for children, but you can easily knit the appliques and attach them to an adult-sized hat knitted in white or gray. You could use this pattern or this one.

Gorgeous Lamb and Sheep-Themed Hats

Sheep Sarabande Tam

• What you’ll need to make it: About 300 yards of DK-weight yarn (divided into 7 different colors); US Size 0 and 1.5 circular needles and/or DPNs, depending on how you prefer to knit in the round, though you’ll want to have 2 DPNs to create I-cord; stitch marker

• Why you’ll want to: Here’s a beautiful (and possibly very complex, I figure this because I felt slightly light-headed when I looked at this hat😆) tam o’shanter pattern featuring a gorgeous mosaic and sweet little sheep.

Lerwick Roofline

• What you’ll need to make it: About 200 yards worsted weight yarn in 4 different colors; US Size 5 and 7 circular needles and/or DPNs, depending on how you prefer to knit in the round

• Why you’ll want to: This lovely pattern was inspired by the town of Lerwick in the Shetland Islands; the designer intended it as a sort of postcard in hat form. The upper part of the hat features the roofline of the pattern title; the lower is where you’ll find sheep grazing in a meadow.

White as Snow Hat

• What you’ll need to make it: About 70 to 100 yards of DK-weight yarn (in two colors, one of them being white); US Size 6 circular needles and/or DPNs, depending on how you prefer to knit in the round

• Why you’ll want to: I really like the different look of this hat’s sheep compared with most sheepish hats. Whereas most hats feature white sheep with black faces, this hat features all-white sheep with adorable little ram’s horns. Sounds tricky, but since this hat was designed to feature just two colors (white and one other color), I think this could actually be the easiest hat of the bunch.

Beanie with Lambs

• What you’ll need to make it: About 300 yards DK-weight yarn in two colors (one of them white); US Size 2.5 circular needles and/or DPNs, depending on how you prefer to knit in the round.

• Why you’ll want to: This beanie, while still featuring the white sheep / dark face motif, is another two-color hat. So I believe it, too, will be a little simpler. I like that the “dark face” can be pretty much any color you want, but the lamb is still very recognizable as such. (To get the English version, be sure to click the “free Ravelry download” link. The blog post link is written only in Swedish.)

I hope this collection has inspired you to dive into some sheepy knitting!