My daughter Zoe is going to be Zoe from Sesame Street for Halloween. I made her a Zoe inspired knit/crochet hat to be worn with a ballerina outfit since Zoe from Sesame Street loves to dance!
Materials:
- Gold worsted weight yarn (I used Yarn Bee Soft Secret in Saffron)
- Gold “eyelash” or “fur” yarn (I used Yarn Bee Haute Fur in Goldenlash)
- Small amounts of black, white, brown, pink, teal, and purple worsted weight yarn
- Red crochet thread
- Knitting needle size needed for my basic hat pattern
- Size E crochet hook
- Size 3 crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
- Fiber Fill
Stitches Used:
- Knit (K)
- Knit two together (k2tog)
- Slip slip knit (ssk)
- Chain (ch)
- Slip stitch (sl st)
- Single crochet (sc)
- Single crochet 2 tog (sc2tog)
- Half double crochet (hdc)
- Double crochet
- Treble crochet
Directions:
Hat:
First, knit your hat in the size desired using my basic hat pattern using gold worsted weight yarn.
Eyes (Make 2):
R1: With black using a magic ring, sc six, on the last stitch switch to white (6 stitches)
R2: Two sc in each sc around (12 stitches)
R3 and R4: Sc in each sc around (12 stitches)
R5: Sc2tog around (6 stitches), stuff eye with fiber fill
R6: Sc2tog around (3 stitches), break yarn and leave end for sewing
R1: With teal using a magic ring, sc eight (8 stitches)
R2: Two sc in each sc around (16 stitches)
R3, R4, R5: Sc in each sc around, on last stitch of R5, switch to brown (16 stitches)
R6: Sc in eash sc around, break yarn and leave end for sewing
Sew eyelids onto eyes using pictures below for placement. Sew the eyes to the hat using pictures for placement. Sew the eyes to each other for stability.
Nose:
R1: Using pink using a magic ring, sc six (6 stitches)
R2: Sc, 2 sc in next stitch, sc twice, 2 sc in next stitch, sc (8 stitches)
R3: Sc in each sc around (8 stitches)
R4: Sc, sc2tog, sc twice, sc2tog, sc (6 stitches), stuff nose with fiber fill
R5: sc2tog three times (3 stitches), break yarn and leave end for sewing
Sew nose to hat between the eyes. Sew to eyes for stability.
Hair:
Cut the “eyelash” yarn into six inch pieces. Follow this tutorial for how to attach the hair to the hat. I placed one “hair” approximately every half inch on the entire back half of the hat.
Bow:
R1: With purple ch 4, sc in second chain from hook and in next two chains (3 stitches)
R2 – R6: Sc in each sc across (3 stitches), break yarn and work in ends.
Cut long piece of purple yarn. Wrap the yarn around the center of your crocheted piece several times tightly to make it look like a bow. Used the remaining yarn to sew it to the hat.
Dragonfly:
R1: With red crochet thread and size 3 hook, ch 5 (foundation chain), sc in second ch from hook, sc, ch 5, sl st in fifth ch from hook, sc in same foundation ch as previous sc, sc in next foundation ch, ch 7, sl st in seventh ch from hook, sc in same foundation ch as previous sc, sc in last foundation ch 3 times, working in back of foundation ch sc in next ch, ch 7, sl st in seventh ch from hook, sc in same foundation ch as previous sc, sc in next foundation ch, ch 5, sl st in fifth ch from hook, sc in same foundation ch as previous sc, two sc in last foundation ch, sl st to first sc
R2: Working in foundation ch, sc over first sc from R1, (sl st, sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc, sl st) in chain loop, (sl st, sc, hdc, dc, tr 3 times, dc, hdc, sc, sl st) in next chain loop, skipping two foundation ch, sl st in next foundation chain (end chain), sc three times, sl st in same foundation ch, (sl st, sc, hdc, dc, tr 3 times, dc, hdc, sc, sl st) in next chain loop, (sl st, sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc, sl st) in next chain loop, skipping two foundation ch, sc in next foundation chain, sc in same foundation ch, ch 3, sl st in third chair from hook, sc in same foundation ch, sl st to first sc in R2, break off and leave long piece of yarn for sewing.
Sew dragon fly to head as shown.
Check out the full costume in my Elmo and Zoe Halloween Costumes post!