Monster Hat 

Well hello and welcome to the crazy hat week that I seem to be having!!! Definitely needed in this chilli weather!!! Brrrrrr!! So I have now shared with you two ubberly simple hat patterns. So now it’s time to show you the oh so simple accessorisation process!! Yes – I think I am going hat mad!!! So today’s hat design is the lovely monster hat!! I wanted to show you how you can easily turn the Weekend Hat or Simply Snuggly Hat into a monster hat with just a few extra trimmings. Hee hee!!! I reckon my son needs one now!! Maybe a different colour though!!

Ok so the hat pattern that I am using here is my Weekend Hat, which I published on my blog yesterday. So you can find that in the pattern section to the right of this or below if you are on a smart phone/tablet under the name Weekend Hat.

This pattern will help you to create googly eyes and sew on eyebrows and a mouth, oooo and Pom Poms for the ears or hair.

Level – Easy

Supplies – 

For this hat you will need a 4mm crochet hook, scissors and a blunt ended tapestry needle. You will also need about 10g of white double knit wool and about 1 metre of black double knit yarn. You can use either wool or cotton for this. And you will also need a Pom Pom or two depending on which design you would like to make. Your Pom Pom may come with a popper attachment, but if not you might need one to attach it on with a needle and bit of thread.

Stitches – 

Magic Ring – Fold over the yarn to make the loop. Insert your hook through the loop and grab the working yarn (long piece) and pull through the loop. Hold the tail and the working yarn and pull so that the knot tightens, but you still have a loop. This has created a magic ring.

Slip stitch (ss) – This is where there is no height to the stitch. It’s usually used to join rounds. So insert the hook into the front of the stitch you are joining to. This is usually the first stitch you made in that round/row. So yarn over hook and pull through that first stitch then also through the loop on your hook.

Chain (ch) – To make a chain, place the yarn over the hook then pull it through the loop on your hook.

Double Crochet (dc) – Insert the hook through the stitch, front to back, then yarn over hook and pull back through stitch. You will have two loops on your hook. Then yarn over your hook and pull through both loops.

Ok so here we go …

Googly Eyes –

Right then, so we are going to make some googly eyes. So you need your white and black yarn. Start by making a magic ring with your white yarn.

Now chain 1 and then work 6dc into the ring

Ok so slip stitch into the first dc to make a ring. Don’t forget to pull the tail really tight to create the nice tight circle.

Now work 2dc stitches into each stitch until you have 12 stitches. (12)

Now work *1dc then 2dc stitches into the next stitch* and repeat this ** 6 times. (18)

Finally work *2dc and then 2dc into the next stitch.*  Repeat this ** 6 times. Now fasten off your yarn leaving a long tail so that the eyes can be sewn on. (24)

Make sure you make two of these eyes, one after the other. It is important that you have two when you come to sew them on, as you can see exactly where you want them to be placed on the hat.

Ok, so now it’s time to finish the eyes with the pupil. Start by threading your needle with the black yarn and then knotting the end. Then thread it through from the back, through the middle of the white part of the eye.

Now you need to sew up and over 2 stitches to create the pupil. You can make these pupils as small or as big as you like depending how many stitches you go over.

I tend to work about 4 or 5 stitches over the top of each other to form the pupil.

Ok, so now it’s time to sew around the edges of the eye using the long tail and your needle and attach them to the hat. I have sewn on many of these types of eyes in my time and I have found the best way is to work your way up and down in and out of each stitch. You can see in the picture below how I am going back into the next stitch. This will ensure the sewing on thread is hidden and will give a much neater finish to your project.

Once you have finished sewing on your eye, secure the yarn at the back of your hat and fasten off. Don’t forget to sew in your ends at the back of the hat. Now onto the second eye and sew on as before. Make sure that you keep checking the eyes are level and placed where you want them to be. Don’t be afraid to undo and start again, if it goes a little wonky!!

To work the eye brows, you can carry on using the black yarn from the eyes. So come up where you want the eyebrow to start and then literally insert it back into where the eyebrow needs to finish.

Now to get to where the next eyebrow needs to be, just weave your needle through the back of the stitches of the hat, making sure it’s not visible from the front to where is needs to be. Then repeat the eyebrow process.

Then do the same with the mouth – weaving it down the hat at the back and then come up where the mouth needs to be and back in to the back.

This time you need to anchor it down in the middle by inserting a tiny little stitch up and over the mouth to secure it in place.

Then secure the thread at the back of the hat, fasten off and sew in your ends.

Now all you need to do is attach those fabulous Pom Poms for ears!!!

Or even just one for a tuft of hair!!

And there you have it. Hope you have enjoyed this one. Please give me a shout if you’re unsure of anything!!

Happy hooking everyone!!

🌈Xx

 

 

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