Ladybug Hat

My daughter loves to wear fun hats, and would prefer to have a different hat to wear every day. I decided to take her hat that I made for wear red day at school and turn it into a ladybug hat.

Ladybug Hat 

Materials:  Red yarn 

        White yarn 

         Black yarn 

         5 mm crochet hook 

         Yarn needle 

Hat 

Create a hat using my Easy Hat Pattern, which can be found at https://shootingstarcrafts.com/?p=236.

 

Face 

Start with a Magic circle 

Row 1:  Ch 2, 6 hdc in circle, ch 2 and turn 

Row 2:  2 hdc in each stitch across, (12) ch 2 and turn 

Row 3:  (2 hdc in first stitch, 1 hdc in next stitch) repeat across (18), ch 2 and turn 

Row 4:  (2 hdc in first stitch, 1 hdc in next 2 stitches) repeat across (24), ch 2 and turn 

Row 5:  (2 hdc in first stitch, 1 hdc in next 3 stitches) repeat across (30), ch 2 and turn 

Row 6:  (2 hdc in first stitch, 1 hdc in next 3 stitches) repeat across (36) 

Row 7:  sc in each stitch around the entire face 

Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing 

White Circles (make 2) 

Make a magic circle 

Round 1:  10 sc in circle, ch 1 

Round 2:  2 sc in each stitch around 

Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing 

Black Circles (make 2) 

Make a magic circle 

Round 1:  10 sc in circle 

Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing 

Antenna (make 2) 

Chain 12 

Row 1:  puff stitch into the 3rd chain, sl st in the rest of the chains 

Finish off leaving a tail for sewing 

Black Spots (make as many as you want) 

Make a magic circle 

Round 1:  10 sc in circle, ch 1 

Round 2:  2 sc in each stitch around 

Fasten off leaving a tail for sewing 

Assembling the hat 

1:  Sew the black circles onto the white circles. 

2:  Sew the white circles to the face. 

3:  Sew the antenna to the face. 

4:  Sew the face onto the hat just above the brim. 

5:  Sew the spots onto the hat in desired pattern.  

The ladybug face

My daughter was very happy with her new hat. She can’t wait to go back to school so she can show it to all of her friends.

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