Monday, December 18, 2017

Another Weird Santa Hat

Two weeks ago, I showed you my project in progress...


...and I said that if it worked out, I'd post it "next week". But "next week" came, and I hadn't gotten much more completed.

Sorry about that.

That was last week. This week, however, I did manage to finish it...


It's another Santa hat, this one more of a sketch, really...


It's been a few years since I saw someone wearing something like this. I saw it and decided that I just had to have one. And I could make it myself.

I'm not going to post a "pattern", but I'll tell you how I did it.

First, I took a 6 ft length of wire (that I got at Dollar Tree). I curled the ends (no sharp edges!). Then I "knit" (read: crocheted) an I-cord over the length of it, tying the yarn ends around the curled wire ends.

Then I picked up and knit around 2/3rds to 3/4ths of the bottom spiral. I cast on a few more stitches after that, joined in the round, and knit a 2 by 2 ribbing for about 2 inches.

I attached a "poof" to the top. (A pom-pom would work as well.) And that's it.

What do you think? (I think I like the headband better, but I'm glad I made this attempt.)

19 comments:

  1. Wow! This strikes me as even more Dr. Seuss than the headband (I saw the 'Cat in the Hat' reference). Nicely done!

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    1. I've always thought of this one as more Seuss than the other. But that's just my interpretation.

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  2. Ah, cool. It is very Seussian!

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  3. That is weird, but it's so cool! I love that pic of you. It would make a perfect holiday avatar. :)

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  4. Your commenter who said the hat was Seussian, I think, was accurate. It was his kind of weird. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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    1. I think that's what the original designer was going for.

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  5. I think it is cute!! Nice job!

    betty

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  6. This reminds me of something I've seen but I can't place it. It's bugging the hell out of me. I'm pretty sure it was another hat of a similar concept but it wasn't a santa hat.

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    1. I stole the design. I saw someone wearing one (and it was a Santa hat). So, I'm not surprised that you've seen a similar concept. (Theirs wasn't knit.)

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  7. Now that’s funn6 and a fun hat! You need a bell hanging on the end:j

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    1. OMG a bell! I did not think of that. You're right!

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  8. That turned out cute.

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