Sun Flower Hat - Free Crochet Pattern

Sun Flower Hat by Dana White - Everyday Handmade - Made for Patty G's Twin Baby Girls I can't wait to see.

Hat

You can use any basic hat pattern you like. This is my go to pattern I picked up over the years. I never figure out gauge, I just crochet, and if it looks too big or too small, I start again. Always someone I can give a hat too.

Round 1: Start with a Magic Ring. Double Crochet [DC] 8 times into the center of this ring. Pull tight, Slip Stitch [SS] into first DC, place a stitch marker here. Chain 1.

Round 2: DC into the same stitch, 2 DC into each stitch all the way around. SS into first DC move stitch marker. Chain 1 [16 stitches]

Round 3: DC into the same stitch, 1 DC in next stitch, (2 DC in next stitch, 1 DC in next stitch) repeat around. SS in first DC, move stitch marker. Chain 1 [24 stitches]

Round 4: DC into the same stitch, 1 DC in the next 2 stitches, (2 DC in next stitch, 1 DC in next two stitches) repeat around. SS in first DC, move stitch marker. Chain 1 [32 stitches]

Round 5: DC into the same stitch, 1 DC in the next 3 stitches, (2 DC in next stitch, 1 DC in next three stitches) repeat around. SS in first DC, move stitch marker. Chain 1 [40 stitches]

Round 6: DC into the same stitch, 1 DC in the next 4 stitches, (2 DC in next stitch, 1 DC in next four stitches) repeat around. SS in first DC, move stitch marker. Chain 1 [48 stitches]

Round 7-12: DC into each stitch all the way around. SS into first DC, move stitch marker. Chain 1 [48 stitches] Last row fasten off. Weave in ends.

Sunflower

I was inspired by this pattern from CoatsCraft. No specific gauge is needed. I used an acrylic yarn for the center, and a cotton yarn for the petals. The cotton gives the petals a little more structure.

BROWN YARN - CENTER of FLOWER:

Chain two

Round 1: 6 Single Crochets [SC] into the first chain, SS into the first SC to complete. Place a stitch marker here. Chain one to bring you up to next round. 6 stitches

Round 2: SC into the same stitch and 2 SC in each stitch all the way around, until you get to the end of round, and finish with a slip stitch, move your stitch marker here. 12 stitches.

Round 3: 1 SC in the same stitch and 1 SC in the next stitch (2 SC in next stitch, 1 SC in next stitch) repeat to end of round, finish with a slip stitch, and fasten off, leave long tail to sew into hat. 18 stitches.

YELLOW YARN - PETALS:

Round 4: Attach yellow yarn with a single crochet, (chain 9, SC in 2nd chain from hook, HDC in next chain, DC in next chain, 1 TR into each of the next 2 chains, DC in next chain, HDC in next chain, SC in in the last chain, and SS into the first SC that started this petal. SC in next brown SC) repeat 17 more times. (on last petal, SS into the first petal you created and fasten off) You will have 18 petals when finished. Leave long tail to sew into hat.

Leaf

Chain 12, SS into 2nd chain from the hook, and in all chains. Chain 1 and turn.

HDC in first stitch, DC in next two stitches, TR in next three stitches, DC in next Two Stitches, HDC in next two stitches, SC in next stitch, SS in next stitch, chain 2, [turn and go back down other side of or original chain] SS in first stitch, SC in next stitch, HDC in next two stitches, DC in next two stitches, TR in next three stitches, DC in next two stitches, HDC in last stitch, and fasten off. Leave long tail to sew into hat.

I wrote this pattern up from memory, as I gave the hats as gifts this weekend. So if you see an errors in my written pattern, let me know and I'll update the pattern as needed.

Rainbow Crayons

James and I were talking about his crayons and he said, "They should make a rainbow crayon." I told him, "My mom made one for me when I was really little, I'm sure we could do it." So I looked online to see what all the possibilities are. I found this website and decided that was what we were looking for.

 

Sorry I didn't take any photos along the way.

We took all the broken crayons we could find. Sorted them by color and unwrapped enough to equal 11 full crayons of each color. Broke the pieces up even more so nothing was over an inch long. Placed the pieces into an old bread pan - Purple First.

Put the bread pan in the oven at 350 degrees. It took 7 minutes to fully melt. Give the melted purple crayons a stir to mix the pigments and wax back together.

I tried putting into the freezer to cool faster but it cracked. So back in the oven, and then this time in the fridge for 5 minutes. Let the melted crayons be just barely warm to the touch. If they are in the fridge too long, let it sit out on the counter to warm up to room temp before adding the next layer of wax. If the wax is too cold, the next layer doesn't stick very well and when you cut apart at the end, the colors come apart.

Next we melted the Blue crayons in another pan in the oven and once melted, stir and pour the melted crayons over the hardened purple. Back in the fridge. Continute on for each color you want to add. Each new layer took longer and longer to cool. By the Orange layer it was in the fridge for about 10 min. Still a tad warm to the touch. As the layers cool, they pull away from the edge of the pan. so new layers of colors seep below. Jut take your knife and scrape the colors off.

Once done, I put in the freezer for 5 minutes to get cold enough that it popped right out of the pan. I let it warm up to room temp. and I placed the block of crayons into the microwave for 30 seconds. Heated my knife up under hot tap water and cut into small rectangles. I ended up with 9 rainbow crayons. The two end ones are a little warped because of the roundness of the pan. But they worked great.

Water Bottle Baby / Toddler Toy

My little one year old girl loves to play with water bottles. Always taking them, and me worrying she is going to get the top off and choke. She doesn't think they are very much fun with out the cap, they just go flat. So today she and I made her a new toy. We took the label off the water bottle, filled with tap water and left about 1 1/2 inches of air at the top. We have this ice cream bucket of mismatch beads my son bought at a garage sale (all by himself at age 4) for a buck. Two years later it is still almost full. So my little girl and I put the beads in the bottle until the water was right up to the top. She decided it was also really fun to take hand fulls of beads and shake her hands, so we had a few hundred beads to clean up, but at least she did help pick them back up too. Anyway, when we got the bottle full, I took some super glue and glued the cap back on. Now she can play with a really pretty water bottle, and I don't have to worry she will choke.

I did have to tell her, "No, no, no, that's mine." That made the bottle even more fun.

Butterfly Hat Pattern for sale to raise donations for Relay for Life

I have pattern sizes for hats Preemie to 24 months. To purchase a hat pattern please click on the following link Relay for Life or click on the Relay for Life button in the top right corner of this blog. Donate $5 to my dad's site in honor of my sister Leslie Schuldt. Then follow up with an email to me dana@schuldt.org and let me know you donated to purchase a pattern. Please be sure to email me with the same email address you used to make the donation with "BUTTERFLY HAT" in the subject line. After I confirm the donation I will email you a pdf file of the pattern. You can email me also with any questions you may have on the pattern.

Hat by pattern tester Marta

Photos on How to knit the Butterfly stitch click here.

To take a look at my other posts about the Butterfly hat click here. 

Butterfly Knit Hat Pattern is almost ready

I've gotten most of the pattern testers replies back. I'm working on adjusting sizes for larger and smaller hats. I wanted to share a site I found extremely helpful to figure out sizes. This comes in real handy when you don't have a little one of your own the right size to test model.

Bev's Country Cottage

Bev lists head sizes by age in inches and centimeters, also give approximate height hats should be. If you scroll down on the pages she lists measurements for lots of other stuff too.