Now if you would like to make the hat smaller you could (cast on 80 sts to make it 16" in diameter) and of course, knit a lower number of rows to make the hat shorter.
Add eyes, a nose, and whiskers if you wish.
Of course, for people that do better knitting along with the videos, I recorded my knitting. If you like to read patterns for the hat and for the ears - scroll down.
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VIDEOS FOR RIGHTIES: click HERE 4 HAT, and how to knit EARS CLICK HERE
VIDEOS FOR LEFTIES: click HERE 4 HAT, and how to knit EARS CLICK HERE
Materials:
Yarn #1 - Lion Brand Yarns; Pound of Love; Color White; Medium (4); 100% acrylic; Skein Weight: 16 oz/448 g; 1020 yd/932 m; I used about 50 g (~ 120 yards)
Yarn #2 - Lion Brand Yarns, Mandala Cake; Color: Unicorn; Light (3); 100% acrylic; 5.3 oz/150g; 590 yd/540 m; I used few yards of the pink part
Knitting Needles: 4.5 mm (for a hat and pink ears) & 6 mm (for white ears)
Hook (for closing the top of the hat - see the video)
Yarn Needle (for sewing ears onto the hat)
Scissors
Gauge:
1"x1" = 5 sts x 7 rows
Size:
Hat - Width 18" & Height 7"
Ears - Width 3.25" & Height 4.75"
Abbreviations:
CO - cast on
K - knit
P - purl
SSK - slip first stitch knit-wise, slip second stitch knit-wise, place them back on the needle and knit through the back loop
K2tog - knit two stitches together
BO - bind of
HAT
CO 90 sts
Row 1 *[K1, P1]* - to end, join into a circle
Row 2-14 *[K1, P1]* - to end
Row 15-42 K90
Decrease for the top as such:
Row 43 *[SSK, K8]* - 9x
Row 44 K81
Row 45 *[SSK, K7]* - 9x
Row 46 K72
Row 47 *[SSK, K6]* - 9x
Row 48 K63
Row 49 *[SSK, K5]* - 9x
Row 50 K54
Row 51 *[SSK, K4]* - 9x
Row 52 K45
Row 53 *[SSK, K3]* - 9x
Row 54 K36
EARS
Make 4 - make 2 with a double strand of white yarn, and make 2 with a single strand of pink yarn.
CO 12 sts, for white yarn use 6 mm knitting needles, for pink yarn use 4.5 mm knitting needles. Leave long tails for sewing.
Row 1-24 K12
Row 25 K1, k2tog, K6, SSK, K1
Row 26-28 K10
Row 29 K1, k2tog, K4, SSK, K1
Row 30 K10
Row 31 K1, k2tog, K2, SSK, K1
Row 32 K1, k2tog, SSK, K1
Row 33 BO
FINISHING
Sew the pink part of the ear on the top of the white ear, then sew the white ear onto the hat. Use your judgment on how you would like to have them placed on the top of the hat. When finished, weave in all the tails.
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