Resized Oliver + S Bucket Hat

I enjoyed making my son's bucket hat so much that I decided to make one for myself.  I wanted to use the Oliver + S Bucket Hat pattern since I liked the pattern, but it wasn't scaled to fit an adult's head.  I decided to make the pattern larger to see if I could get it to work for me.  I needed to enlarge the circumference by at least an inch to make it fit me, so I just played around with the pattern pieces increasing the overall size of each pattern piece.  I tryed to follow the sizing lines as a guide, but for the most part I winged it.  I did make sure the brim was a bit wider/longer, because I wanted to really keep the sun out of my eyes.
I didn't care if my hat was reversible, but I still wanted the inside of the hat to be finished nicely.  Therefore, I used some white cotton for the inner cap and white twill for the outer hat cap and both the inner and outer brims.

Since I was able to successfully alter the pattern and make an adult sized hat, I now have to make one for my father and father-in-law.  I think I'll be getting to use some more of those scrap pant legs!

Oliver + S Bucket Hat

My son needed another bucket hat for summer since he'd outgrown his previous one.  Instead of buying one I decided to make one, especially after finding the free Oliver + S reversible bucket hat pattern.  The hat is sized up to a 6-8 year old's head, which was exactly what I needed.

I was able to be somewhat thrifty with this hat. For one side of the hat I got a chance to use some twill material taken from leftover pant legs from my husband's old Dockers after I had turned them into shorts. I had kept the pant legs way before I had decided what to do with them. I knew eventually I'd find a purpose for them!

For the other side of the hat I used some Disney Cars fabric.  That worked out perfectly since my son was going to wear the hat to Disney World.  To tie both sides together I cut out some of the characters from the print and appliqued them onto the twill side. 
The hat went together well.  The only problem I had was attaching the top part of the Cars print hat to the brim.  I really had to stretch the twill sides to get the caps to fit together properly while stitching the print cap to the brim, which caused the vertical seams to shift and end up staggered.  Ugh!  Fortunately it's not as noticible as it would have been had I shifted the seams on the solid twill side.

Transformers Hat with Charted Autobot Symbol

I'm really having fun knitting basic hats and adding a charted design with duplicate stitch. This time it's an Autobot symbol hat that I created for my son. He loves Transformers! He was quite happy that I finished his hat now that winter is approaching.

I've included the chart I used below in case anyone else wants to create an Autobot hat. I'll probably type up the simple hat pattern soon I've been using for these hats so that others can create these hats, too.

Colts Baby Hat with Charted Horseshoe

I had previously knit a Colts hat for my brother last year. Now that he has a son, I wanted to knit him a hat, too. Since a 12 month old's hat would be way too small for the original chart, I decided to go back to the drawing board and design a smaller horseshoe.

I knit this hat in the round, and used duplicate stitch to add the smaller horseshoe just like I did with the original hat. Since the hat is a gift, I tried it on my daughter's head to make sure it fit properly. I think it turned out well, so I've included this littler charted horseshoe, too.

Upside Down Daisy Hat

I finally took a picture of my daughter wearing the hat I made for her. She's pretty much outgrown it, so I'll have to make her another one for next winter.

Indianapolis Colts Hat with Charted Horsehoe

My brother is a huge Indianapolis Colts fan, so I decided to knit him a Colts hat. I couldn't find a Colts hat pattern, so I decided to use a hat pattern and add the horseshoe.

I looked online for a charted Colts horseshoe but couldn't find one. I decided to give charting my own a try. I downloaded a Colts Horsehoe graphic and overlayed it on some knitting graph paper, tweaking it from there. What I have posted here is what I came up with.

I made two attempts at knitting this hat. In my first attempt, I found a hat pattern for a double-knit hat that I could use to make a reversible hat. I got the hang of double-knitting but found it tedious. It was great for adding a charted pattern, though, since there is no carrying of yarn to worry about. When I finally finished the hat, I was disappointed with it. It turns out that my purl stitches (the inside layer of the hat) were much looser than my knit stitches (the outside layer). Since I couldn't fix the hat, I ripped it all out and started over.

In my next attempt, I used a basic knitted in the round hat pattern. I just knit the hat in blue and used duplicate stitch to add the horseshoe after the hat was completed. This process was much quicker and turned out much better, as you can see above.

Feel free to use this chart for your Indianapolis Colts gear!

Earflap Hat

I originally crocheted this hat before my son Jace was born using the pattern from Candy Babies for the hat on the cover. I used Bernat Denimstyle and Lu Lu instead of the Berroco Suede and Plush for the hat. I recently tried it on him since it was now supposed to be his size, but found the hat to have too much height in it. Since it was constructed from the bottom up, it was easy to fix. I frogged about 8 rows and then tried it back on Jace. I only needed 4 more rows for the hat to be the right height, so I decreased every other stitch in each of the 4 rounds. I put it back on Jace after finishing it up, and voila! He has an adorable--and warm--hat to wear for this winter!