Hedgie Hat Tutorial

I tested out a new tutorial today on how to make a Hedgie Hat.  These are hiding places for shy little hedgehogs and hedgehogs that love to burrow.  I know Poggles would have loved to have one of these since he was such a shy fellow.

 The tutorial is available as a PDF instant download from my shop.

The tutorial is 11 pages and includes the template for the hedgie hat.  The templates for the mushrooms are not included, but I do provide step-by-step instructions on how to make them with free-hand cut mushroom shapes.

The finished hedgie hat is also available for sale in my shop.  Please do stop by and check it out.

Have a great week!

Woolly Owl Hat Finished

I came across a really fantastic, super cute crochet owl hat tutorial by Kat Goldin.  It's free too!  If you love to crochet, you should really check it out.  The tutorial is well-made and easy to follow.

 This is the owl hat that I finished in the newborn size.  I used Lion Brand Cotton-Ease yarn in Seaspray and Lime.  The yarn is a cotton and acrylic mix.  It's pretty soft, but I think pure cotton would have been softer.  However, the colours were perfect for what I wanted.

This is the photo from the tutorial.  I LOVE that changing purple colour (and those cheeks)!  I also love that the eyes are not white.  It seems like every owl pattern out there uses white.  I like that the grey kind of blends in with the purple a little. 

So I opted to make the eyes green.  Why not  :)  It's less stark than white! 

 This makes it look like an owl sitting on a branch!  Cool, huh?

I like everything about this tutorial and the finished owl hat.  Love, love, LOVE it!  :)  Thanks, Kat Goldin!

Happy crocheting!

Fuzzy Crochet Baby Bear Hat With Ear Flaps

I've been eyeing PDF tutorials on Etsy for a while now.  In particular, I really liked this one of a brown bear hat with ear flaps.  However, being the cheapskate that I am, I opted to look for a free tutorial instead.  

I wasn't able to find an exact tutorial for it, but I did find a tutorial for a very cute newborn baby hat with earflaps.  Other sizes are also available on that website.

I had some Baby Boucle yarn kicking around so I used that to get the fuzzy effect.  It makes the "magic loop" at the start harder, but it still works.

Instead of the crabstitch edging that they have in the tutorial, I did a single crochet as the edging because I wanted a braided look.  It looks really good, but I'm not sure if it added too much length to the height of the hat.  I'll guess I'll find out when I put it onto the baby.

 For the ears, I did the magic loop with 10 dc, but instead of joining the circle, I ch 3, turn, and 2 dc in each dc. Then I ch 1, turn, and sc decrease intermittently so that the ears curl inwards.  Then turn and continue to sc decrease until the gap is filled.

With the Baby Boucle yarn it doesn't have to be exact because you can't see all the separate stitches well.  Do the same for the other ear.  Finish off and tie the two loose ends together, then stuff into the ear.

Then pin onto the hat approximately centered with the ear flaps near the top of the hat.  Attach with a hidden stitch (needle and thread).

I have a limited number of dolls capable of modeling this hat for you to see... so, um, you get the white gorilla.  Hopefully your child will look better than this  :P

Happy Crocheting!