Innocent Smoothie Cup and Saucer Hat - Knitting Pattern Tutorial

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The Innocent Big Knit is a long‑running charity project run by Age UK in partnership with Innocent Smoothie. People all over the country knit tiny hats and send them to Age UK. When the hats appear on bottles of Innocent Smoothie in the supermarkets, a donation is made for each one to help support older people through the charity. It is a simple idea, but a very charming one, and it has encouraged thousands of knitters to take part over the years.

There are many free patterns available for the Big Knit. Some hats are plain and look like little woolly hats, and others are shaped to look like everyday objects or food. It is a playful way to knit for charity, and TeaCosyFolk wanted to join in by creating a few designs. The Cup and Saucer hat is one of those designs. A cup and saucer felt appropriate, as a nice cuppa is very much part of TeaCosyFolk’s world.

Because this is a charity knit, the pattern needed to be quick to make. The cup and saucer are knitted in one piece, and the saucer ridge is formed as you knit. This involves picking up and knitting stitches from the cast‑on edge. It sounds tricky, but once you see it done, it is straightforward. Working the saucer this way also saves on extra sewing up, which speeds up the project and makes it ideal for charity knitting.

To help with the technique, there is a short tutorial video that shows how to pick up and K2tog from the cast‑on edge, how to mark along the length of a row, and how to pick up and K2tog from a marked row. Watching the steps makes the method much easier to understand.

Find out more about The innocent Big Knit – get knitting for Age UK






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