Mama Make Yarn

I think my passion is really turning into hats and ear warmers. And character hats are so much fun! They are almost like a costume and the combinations are endless! I've turned my kids, nieces and nephews into dinosaurs, bears, foxes, Ninja Turtles, and unicorns. I've combined patterns to make whatever features I need. The unicorn hair actually came from an Octopus Pattern. You can embroider on faces or just use felt to decorate. Kids go crazy over these hats and they are just a blast! Matching hats and cowls  For these, I used "Wool-Ease" "Thick and Quick" Yarn hat— https://www.craftyarncouncil.com/sites/default/files/K43_CYC_Knit-Beginner-1-Pompom-Hat.pdf I started to use this same hat pattern, but with bigger needles, thicker yarn, less stitches and sharper decreases CO 40 stitches on 13 circular needles  Ribbing can be done to prevent rolling knit total of 6” and then start decreases knit 2 K2tog 6,8,8,8 Knit row knit 1 k2tog 4,6,4,6 Knit row k2tog 2,3,2...

This pattern took me a whole summer to do, (it took forever and didn’t come out perfect), but I’m pretty proud of it. From the front of the shirt, to the back it’s a rainbow. Based on this pattern https://giftofknitting.com/blog/how-to-knit-a-crop-top-free-knitting-pattern