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Jester hats

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I have been having more fun with hexagons recently, this time to make some jester hats;

Mine are based on an 8-round granny hexagon, which is folded to give a shape with two ‘horns’. I added two extra rounds of granny clusters to the head edges, then made a final round of clusters round the whole hat in a contrasting yarn, using ‘join as you go’ to make the side seams. The whole piece was finished off with three rounds of (US) single crochet around the headband, and a 3.5cm bobble was added to each ‘horn’.

The hats weigh 40g each, including the bobbles, The head diameter is 16cm, and the head height is 11cm. I think that this size would fit a baby, and it could be worked up into a bigger version to fit a toddler.

As with many of these ‘hexi-projects’ the proportions are not quite right compared to a traditionally made hat, but I did have fun making them, and I don’t begrudge the 40g of yarn that they used!

Kelpie hat

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I had promised this as a Christmas present but it turned into a rather more complicated make than I had imagined.

The pattern is the Kelpie Hat by the Crochet Project, and is described as being ‘easy’ or for the ‘adventurous beginner’. Whilst I agree that the pattern contains no difficult stitches (it is a slip stitch, UK half treble repeat) there is a lot to remember whilst you are doing it – which is the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ side, have you remembered to join and turn, or did you join and carry on? There is also a typo in the instructions for the rib, where it forgets to tell you to work in the back loop only, and this threw me for the remainder of the pattern, as I thought potentially all the half trebles were back loop only. However, Joanne (who wrote the pattern) was available by email to sort this out, and I did eventually get going…

I used Fyberspates Vivacious dk (as suggested by the pattern), which is a gorgeously soft superwash merino wool, and I chose Deep Forest for the colour. The hat is made on a 4.5mm hook for the rib, and a 6mm hook for the body. My hat took 80g of wool and measures 19cm from rib to crown, and 24cm from side to side when laid flat. I made the small size but added four extra rows to the to the body, as I was in danger of making a skull cap.

I do love the texture of this stitch, and would potentially make the pattern again, but I have written copious notes to simplify it for myself next time!

Top-knot baby hat – pattern launch

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Thanks to those of you who volunteered to pattern-test this, I now have an easy and free pattern to make a top-knot baby hat in three sizes (premature, new-born and 0-3 months).

Top knot hat crochet pattern JH

You are welcome to make and sell as many top-knot hats as you wish. You may also pass on the pattern to other people, but please leave the link to my blog on the pattern.

Mine are made in Scheepjes merino soft Copely (634) Waterhouse (649) and Titian (647), Rowan baby merino silk Teal (677), Iceberg (699) and Rose (678 – discontinued), and an odd ball of King Cole baby alpaca plum (509), and weigh approximately 40g for the 0-3 month size.