School Spirit Earflap Hat - Crochet Pattern

The end of winter break came too quickly, but now that I'm back in the swing of things, I've got a new hat pattern! This pattern is somewhat of a combination of my beanie pattern and my Jayne hat pattern. Although it doesn't necessarily look like it, I created this hat with only one skein of Red Heart School Spirit yarn.

School Spirit Earflap Hat

Materials:
I hook
1 skein Red Heart Team Spirit (or a worsted weight yarn)
Stitch marker
Scissors

DIRECTIONS:

Note: Mark the last stitch in a round with a stitch marker or piece of yarn to hold your place, as this pattern is worked continuously.

Hat
Rnd 1: 10 sc in magic ring (10)
Rnd 2: 2 dc in each sc around (20)
Rnd 3: *2 dc in next stitch, 1 dc in next stitch* repeat around (30)
Rnd 4: *2 dc in next stitch, 1 dc in next two stitches* repeat around (40)
Rnd 5: *2 dc in next stitch, 1 dc in next three stitches* repeat around (50)
Rnd 6: *2 dc in next stitch, 1 dc in next four stitches* repeat around (60)
Rnd 7: *2 dc in next stitch, 1 dc in next five stitches* repeat around (70)
Rnd 8 - 14: 1 dc in each stitch around (70) If longer hat desired continue these rounds.
To Finish: 1 hdc in next two stitches, 1 sc in next two stitches, slip stitch in next stitch. Fasten off.

Note: Earflaps should be spaced 18 stitches apart

Earflaps (make 2)

Row 1. Make loop on hook and insert into correct orange stitch on base of hat and make a sc stitch. Continue along base until you have 14 sc (14)

Row 2-7. Ch 1, sc across (14)

Row 8. Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 10, sc2tog (12)

Row 9. Ch 1, sc across (12)

Row 10. Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 8, sc2tog (10)

Row 11. Ch 1, sc across (10)

Row 12. Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 6, sc2tog (8)

Row 13. Ch 1, sc across (8)

Row 14. Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 4, sc2tog (6)

Row 15. Ch 1, sc across (6)

Row 16. Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog (4)

Row 17. Ch 1, sc across (4)

Row 18. Ch 1, sc2tog twice (2)

Row 19. Ch 1, sc across (2)

Row 20. Ch 1, sc2tog (1)

Fasten off leaving long tail. Cut another long piece of yarn, fold in half, slip knot through the last stitch, and braid with the tail. Knot the end when at desired length.

Now I can finally brave cold football games in style! Maybe.

Jayne Cobb Hat - Crochet Pattern

Think Geek recently released an officially licensed Jayne Cobb hat from the TV show Firefly. I love this show. I really really wanted to buy one but decided they were too expensive for my budget and thought that I could maybe make one for myself. So I tried searching for a pattern but only found one that I liked that used super chunky weight yarn. Problem is the Hobby Lobby and JoAnn's in my town were fresh out of the colors I needed. With my boyfriend's encouragement I decided to try to write my own pattern, and I would like to share with you the final product!

Jayne Cobb Hat

Supplies:

A little less than half a skein each of medium (4) weight yellow, orange, and red

I hook

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Instructions:

HAT

With yellow

Rnd 1. Make a magic ring with 10 hdc, slip stitch to join (10)

Rnd 2. Ch 2, 2 hdc in each st around, sl st to join (20)

Rnd 3. Ch 2, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next st* repeat around, sl st to join (30)

Rnd 4. Ch 2, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 2 sts* repeat around, sl st to join (40)

Rnd 5. Ch 2, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 3 sts* repeat around, sl st to join (50)

Rnd 6. Ch 2, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 4 sts* repeat around, sl st to join (60)

Rnd 7. Ch 2, *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 5 sts* repeat around, sl st to join (70)

Rnd 8-13. Ch 2, I hdc in each st around, sl st to join (70)

Change to orange

Rnd 14-20. Ch 2, 1 hdc in each st around, sl st to join (70)

Fasten off and weave in loose ends.

EARFLAPS (2)

Right earflap start 10 stitches from seam in back, left earflap start 8 stitches from seam in back

With red

Row 1. Make loop on hook and insert into correct orange stitch on base of hat and make a sc stitch. Continue along base until you have 14 sc (14)

Row 2-7. Ch 1, sc across (14)

Row 8. Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 10, sc2tog (12)

Row 9. Ch 1, sc across (12)

Row 10. Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 8, sc2tog (10)

Row 11. Ch 1, sc across (10)

Row 12. Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 6, sc2tog (8)

Row 13. Ch 1, sc across (8)

Row 14. Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 4, sc2tog (6)

Row 15. Ch 1, sc across (6)

Row 16. Ch 1, sc2tog, sc 2, sc2tog (4)

Row 17. Ch 1, sc across (4)

Row 18. Ch 1, sc2tog twice (2)

Row 19. Ch 1, sc across (2)

Row 20. Ch 1, sc2tog (1)

Fasten off, leaving long tail. Cut another long red string, fold in half, knot through last stitch and braid with the tail.

Add pompom and go be a Big Damn Hero.

If you have questions or notice mistakes, let me know in the comments! Enjoy! :)

Christmas Presents, Part 2

As promised, here are the last items for my grandmothers!

This is the second hat. I made this with a super chunky weight yarn. Because of this I ended up using 50 stitches in a round rather than 60, which was plenty.

The first scarf! Again, I used the infinity scarf pattern. Even with a chunky yarn I used the pattern exactly (except for using a J hook), but I made the scarf shorter than the scarves I've made with medium weight yarn.

This is the second scarf. Instead of four shells in a row I used to three, which worked out surprisingly well. I also used an N hook.

Even with slightly different construction, the scarves ended up being about the same thickness. I'm very pleased with how they turned out, especially because I needed to make modifications to the patterns I used. I even found a model!

Now that I'm all done with Christmas presents I can look ahead to other projects! Yay!