Tis the *Hat* Season

It's definitely hat season, and I have had so many fun orders come in lately.

This first order came from a college friend. Her little boy is dressing up as Scooby Doo for Halloween. This hat turned out way better than I was hoping it would.

A friend of mine had a baby boy semi-recently and had me make her a "Big Blue" mascot hat. Her little guy wore it to a football game and showed it off. I then received an order from a friend of my friend. He wanted a hat for himself and also for his little girl. To "girlify" it, I added eyelashes and a cute pink bow.

 Another order I received was a Halloween request from my sister's friend. Her little boy is dressing up as Papa Smurf for Halloween, so I made a hat for him to top off the costume.

Pattern found HERE

 My sister was recently here for a visit, and after seeing the previous order of Big Blue hats I was working on requested a couple hats for her kids. This time we added pink to the tassels on the "girl" one.

 This next order came from my friend's older sister who I have had the chance to get to know a little better recently. Her little boy is really into The Very Hungry Caterpillar right now so she ordered a hat for him.

 This next order was a partial custom order. It included a "Mr. Bones" hat along with a Dino hat. I had never made a dino hat before and it turned out super cool. My little guy thought it was awesome.

Pattern for Dino Spikes found HERE

 And here is an order from someone down under in Australia. She is getting ready for Christmas early!

This last order was from one of my best friends up in AK. Her two kiddos are dressing up as monsters for Halloween and for the 3rd year in a row I got to make the Halloween hats. They turned out so stinkin' cute and I can't wait to see pictures of their entire ensembles. I also can't wait till I get to see them!

Avengers: The Incredible Hulk

This is the last installment of the Avengers hats. It was one of the hardest for me to make because I didn't have a vision of what I wanted. I ended up with something pretty simple.

The Hulk Hat

Body of hat (Toddler size):
w/ black make a magic circle, ch 1
Rnd 1: 8 hdc in ring, pull tight, join (8 hdc)
Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 hdc in each st around, join (16 hdc)
Rnd 3: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next st, rep from * around, join (24 hdc)
Rnd 4: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 2 st, rep from * around, join (32 hdc)
Rnd 5: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 3 st, rep from * around, join (40 hdc)
Rnd 6: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 4 st, rep from * around, join (48 hdc)
Rnd 7: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 5 st, rep from * around, join (56 hdc)
change to green
Rnd 8-19: ch 1, *sc in next, dc in next, rep from * around, join (56 st)
Rnd 20: ch 1, sc in each st around, join & tie off (56 sc)
Sew in loose ends

Hulk Hair:
Using two strands of black yarn tie a knot around each stitch of rounds 1-7. Once all the hair is attached you trim it to the desired length with scissors. Voila... you have a Hulk hat.

Avengers: Thor & Loki

This is the 3rd & 4th installment of the Avengers hats I made. I thought it only appropriate to post Thor and Loki together. I really love how both of these hats turned out. I'm very pleased with them. I can't wait to see photos of these on their new owners heads.

Materials Needed:
I hook (5.5mm) -- use this hook unless otherwise specified
G hook (4.00mm)
Yarn needle
Stitch markers
Scissors
Worsted weight yarn

Techniques & Stitches Used:
Magic circle (Tutorials can be found on YouTube)
ch (chain)
sl st (slip stitch)
sc (single crochet)
hdc (half double crochet)
dc (double crochet)
rep (repeat)
st (stitch)
rnd (round)

Thor Hat

 For the body of the hat I used the Lael Viking Hat pattern from Mamachee Patterns. The pattern I created for the wings is below.

Thor Wings (make 2):
*The wings are made up of 9 parts which are stitched together at the end.

Part 1 -- begin with ch 8
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each across, ch 1, turn (7 sc)
Row 2: sc in each across, ch 1, turn (7 sc)
  -the next row is a little hard to explain, so I have pictures below.
Row 3: sl st into both the 1st original ch and 1st sc from row 2, repeat in each st across (7 sl st)

(By the way... I'm left handed so these pictures will look backwards to some.)

insert hook into ch

insert hook into 1st sc of row 2

sl st through both the sc and the ch

Several slip stitches have been done in this picture.

Follow the instructions for Part 1 for the remaining parts, except begin with specified chain number.
Part 2 -- begin with ch 10
Part 3 -- begin with ch 12
Part 4 -- begin with ch 14
Part 5 -- begin with ch 16
Part 6 -- begin with ch 18
Part 7 -- begin with ch 20
Part 8 -- begin with ch 20
Part 9 -- begin with ch 18

Assembly:
-Using yarn needle, stitch each part together beginning with part 1 and 2, then 2 and 3, 3 and 4, etc.
*When stitching together stitch the following number of stitches together...
Part 1 & 2 = stitch 5 st together
Part 2 & 3 = stitch 7 st
Part 3 & 4 = stitch 9 st
Part 4 & 5 = stitch 11 st
Part 5 & 6 = stitch 13 st
Part 6 & 7 = stitch 15 st
Part 7 & 8 = stitch 15 st
Part 8 & 9 = stitch 15 st
Sew in loose ends and then stitch to side of hat, using picture as reference.

Loki Hat

Body of Hat (Child Size):
Make a magic circle, ch 1
Rnd 1: 8 hdc in ring, pull tight, join (8 hdc)
Rnd 2: ch 1, 2 hdc in each st around, join (16 hdc)
Rnd 3: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next st, rep from * around, join (24 hdc)
Rnd 4: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 2 st, rep from * around, join (32 hdc)
Rnd 5: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 3 st, rep from * around, join (40 hdc)
Rnd 6: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 4 st, rep from * around, join (48 hdc)
Rnd 7: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 5 st, rep from * around, join (56 hdc)
Rnd 8: ch 1, *2 hdc in next st, hdc in next 13 st, rep from * around, join (60 hdc)
Rnd 9-12: ch 1, hdc in each st around, join (60 hdc) 
Rnd 13: ch 1, hdc in back horizontal bar in each st around, join (60 hdc)
Rnd 14-18: ch 1, hdc in each st around, join (60 hdc)
Rnd 19: ch 1, turn, hdc in next 37 st, ch 1, turn
Rnd 20: hdc in next 37 st
Rnd 21: ch 1, sc down side of rnd 19 & 20 and in next 11 st across the front, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next st, sc in next 11 st, sc up the side of rnd 19 & 20 and in remaining st, join to 1st sc with a sl st, tie off.
Sew in loose ends.

Horns (make 2):
Using G6 (4.00mm) hook, begin with ch 2
(Leave a long tail to begin with...you will be using this later to curve your horns.)
Rnd 1: 4 sc in 2nd ch from hook (4 sc)
Rnd 2: sc in each st around (4 sc)
Rnd 3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around (6 sc)
Rnd 4: sc in each st around (6 sc)
Rnd 5: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around (9 sc)
Rnd 6-7: sc in each st around (9 sc)
Rnd 8: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st, rep from * around (12 sc)
Rnd 9-15: sc in each st around (12 sc)
Rnd 16: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st, rep from * around (15 sc)
Rnd 17: sc in each st around (15 sc)
Rnd 18: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 st, rep from * around (18 sc)
Rnd 19: sc in each st around (18 sc)
Rnd 20: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 5 st, rep from * around (21 sc)
Rnd 21: sc in each st around (21 sc)
Rnd 22: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 6 st, rep from * around (24 sc)
Rnd 23: sc in each st around (24 sc)
Rnd 24: *2 sc in next st, sc in  next 7 st, rep from * around (27 sc)
Rnd 25: sc in each st around (27 sc)
Rnd 26: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 8 st, rep from * around (30 sc)
Rnd 27: sc in each st around, sl st in next st, tie off (30 sc)
Leave long enough tail to stitch to hat

-Lightly stuff horn. (You may want to stuff the horns after you crochet every couple of rows. This will make it easier to stuff the tip of the horns.)
-Using your long tail at the top of your horn, stitch all the way to the bottom and then pull tight. This will cause the horn to curl. Once you  have the desired curl, tie a knot so it doesn't come loose.

Assembly:
-Using the yarn tail at the bottom of each horn, attach them to the hat using the picture as a reference.