I have been cooking up this project for a long time, and it’s one of those things that I got so, so excited about that it was hard to keep it a secret. Before September, I had never made a hat of any kind, but the influx of babies among my family and friends lately has me completely, totally obsessed with making hats. I knitted a few first, but there’s something so satisfying and fun about crocheting a hat, maybe because I really prefer to start at the crown and work down, whereas the knitting patterns I’ve seen so far start at the brim and work up. (Maybe I just need to knit more hats, though!)
Anyway! I first saw this pattern on ravelry and ended up buying it from the Inner Hooker etsy store. Little ears on babies pretty much slay me. I actually have now made two of these hats, one to give to my cousin’s new baby for Christmas, and one as a first birthday present for Jonah. The pattern sizing seemed a little off, and I’m not sure if that’s because of the wrong hook or what… but I just made it in a smaller size (3-6 months for 1 year old baby J fit him perfectly; when I made the 12 month size it came out like 20+ inches in diameter which is like… gigantic). I ended up adapting the earflap design from the Stitch-n-Bitch crochet book.
But seriously, I love how this turned out and I loved making it and I hope you guys don’t get sick of hats, because I’ve got at least two more in the works.
it is ADORABLE. even more so on baby j’s cute little head!!
This is so adorable it hurts m eyes 😉 I love it!
Glad it worked out for you!! I crochet tight so you may just need to go down a hook size or 2 🙂 Your’s turned out adorable!
aww thanks! the pattern is so versatile, I know I’m going to make this again in the future. and I think i crochet looser than I used to, so that probably was it! 🙂
need to make this