Free Crochet Hat Pattern: Rowey Reindeer

With Christmas around the corner I thought it would be a great time to offer a free pattern so here it is!
It might look complicated because of how long the pattern is but it's not really just a lot of pieces So dive in ♥

Materials

• Small Amount of Lions Brand or any chunky yarn in color of hat choice
• small amount of Red yarn for nose 
• small amount of worsted weight yarn for horns (I used Caron's in cream)
• 6.50 mm hook (K)
• 4.25 mm hook (G)
• 3.75 mm hook (F)
• Buttons for eyes and/or nose
• yarn scraps or poly for fill
• daring needle for sewing
• Thread/Embroidery floss  for eye buttons or appropriate for button holes

Abbreviations:
Ch-chain
Sc-single crochet
Dc-double crochet
Slst- slip stitch
Rnd/s- round/s
Tc-treble crochet

Size: 0-3 months

Hat:

~Slip Stitch at the end of each round to join~

MagicCircle ch 2, 10 dc in ring. Pull tight slst to join

Rnd 2: Ch 2, dc in same space, 2 dc in each stitch around (20)
Rnd 2: Ch 2, dc in same space, * 2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st * repeat * to * until end of round (30)
Rnd 3: Ch 2, dc in same space, * 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 st * repeat * to * until end of round (38)
Rnd 4 - 7: Ch 2, dc in each st around. FO  You can make hat longer for a roll up brim or shorter for no brim

Base Point: With 3.75 hook (F) Start with a Magic Circle. ch 1, 11 sc inside ring pull tight, slst to join. (Mark slst with a stitch marker or piece of contrasting yarn if needed)

Rnd 2-9: Sc around for 9 continuous rounds (without joining) (make sure your last stitch of rnd 9 lines up with the stitch marker from MC round to ensure 9 full rnds.)

*At he end of round 9 you will start working back and forth*

Rnd 10: ch 1 turn sc in same st, sc in next 3sc, slst, the next 3 sc, sc in next 4 sc. Slst to ch1 of this rnd to join.

Rnd11: ch 1 turn sc in same st, sc in the next 2sc, slst in the next 4 st, sc in the next 3 sc. Slst to join.

Leave a long tail for sewing Pull yarn through last stitch

Small Point- is worked as the base point above with a count of 8 sc to start and continues 8 rnds then is worked back and forth

Magic Circle. ch 1, 8 sc inside ring pull tight, slst to join. (Mark slst with a stitch marker or piece of contrasting yarn if needed)

Rnd 2-8: Sc around for 8 continuous rounds (without joining) (make sure your last stitch of rnd 8 lines up with the stitch marker from MC round to ensure 8 full rnds.)

*At he end of round 8 you will start working back and forth*

Rnd 9: ch 1 turn sc in same st, sc in next 2 sc, slst the next 3 sc, sc in next 3 sc. Slst to ch1 of this round to join. Leave a long tail for sewing Pull yarn through last stitch

With hook 4.25 (G) hook

Nose: Magic circle ch1, 8 sc in ring pull ring tight. Slst to join.

Rnd 2: ch 1 turn 2 sc in each sc around slst to join * Leave long tail for sewing

~you can make nose larger or smaller by reducing the stitch count or by using a smaller hook size~

With 4.25 (G) hook

Ears: make 2 size

Round 1: Macig Circle, ch 3. 11 dc. Slip stitch to join.
Round 2: Ch 3. In next dc, make 2 dc, 1 tc, and 2 dc. Dc in next 5 dc. In next dc, make 2 dc, 1 tc, 2 dc. Dc in next 4 dc. Sl st to top ch of ch 3. Finish off.

Assembly:

The ends of both points should be at an angle. Stuff small point with some scrap yarn be careful not to over stuff.

Attach small point to base point with short side of small point at the top inside of base point angled down between rows 5 and 9 (there should be 5 rows above the short point and 3 below it)

Now with horns assembled stuff the base horn (be careful not to over stuff) With hat laying flat place bottom of horn base on each side of hat at about row 2 (inside points of horns should almost touch).

Now place one end of ear right behind horn again with the second ear. Arrange nose and eyes, remember or take a picture of the placement. Ok it's time to start sewing....I used a daring needle and the yarn I used for the hat to attach the horns and ears. Thread for eye buttons I struggled at first when it came to sewing pieces together but a stop by this site. Planet June and ~~wah lah~~ Amigurumi pro! Well novice really. This site is so amazing with so many helpfully tutorials and lots of patterns so go check it out! ☻

~Buttons of your choice for eyes you can also choose to use a button for the nose as well. Arrange pieces on hat an sew on ~ 

I tied a bow out of yarn or ribbon and hot glued it to a metal clip or bobby pin for easy add/removal

Hope you all enjoy this hat! BTW this is only the second pattern I have written out. I usually just crochet and think "oh yeah I'll remember what I did what hook I used" etc. Well not so much, so I have decided to start writing them down. I can't believe how much time it takes!!! I have so much respect for people who write patterns. If you have any questions or if you find errors please don't hesitate to contact me.

***Please consider making one for charity***

©2012 Random Tangles. All Rights Reserved. You may sell any items made from this pattern. Please do not sell the pattern or claim it as your own. If you sell items please link back to this pattern. You may post a link to the pattern but you may not re post the pattern in whole or in part.

In Honor Of Sticker

So as promised I had another post in honor of our new baby hedgehog Sticker, it's a really cool recipe I found. Its called Hedgehog Slice.I'v never tried it but it looks sooo good! The Duke of Cambridge likes it so much he requested it as his grooms cake (well they call it a Chocolate Biscuit Cake). I've seen a couple ingredients differ from recipe to recipe even a really pretty eggless version which for me, will be the one that I'm going to try! I have issues with eggs anyway I mean I know they have there place in our food chain/menu/etc and especially baking, but ewww ewww ewww yuk eggs are gross especially uncooked ones. This forum discusses the egg less issue a bit more and about halfway down the page there is even a caramel version. If you are a visual person and want to watch a really enthusiastic Australian dude cook check out this you tube video for his version.
So happy cooking all!

Introduction

I thought it would be great to coincide my first post on my mostly craft centered blog with the announcement of my new furry (well maybe not so furry) friend! 
(Yeah they have absolutely nothing to do with each other which further goes to prove that I have appropriately named my blog)  I absolutely love this little guy but first a little history.

For the most part I’m a horse girl at heart but after spending the last 14 years without one it has left that place in my heart feeling somewhat empty. I did finally get a dog about 5 years ago. She was a birthday gift  from my sister (just because she refused to let me convince myself to remain pet-less) not too long after that I got a squalling little kitten (thanks again to my sister who again refused to let me remain a single pet owner...do you all see a pattern here). Well the puppy grew up and had puppies (fun times) but sadly not too long after I had to say goodbye to the mom but I still had one puppy which pretty much brings us up to the present. The puppy is now kind of a grumpy old man that will find Oreo's no matter where I try to hide them and about 6 months ago my son found a stray well really a "dumped off" puppy that followed him everywhere. I just couldn’t say no to that sweet face, so we now have one inside dog and one outside dog (wow did that puppy grow really big in 6 months)

Ok so, like I said it has NOTHING to do with crafts or “yarning”as my son likes to call it 

but hey so what and so without further ado let me introduce my newest friend..... 

                                                    Sticker

He is a 9 week old  African Pygmy Hedgehog . He is sooo much fun and I'm absolutely crazy excited to have him. 

His color is actually salt and pepper but his color pattern is described as a pinto

 (ha love the horse reference there's a Tobiano color pattern too!)

 Just cause he's so cute here is a couple more pictures of him sleeping he's spoiled already 

 and oh so tiny

Tomorrow I will have another post in honor of my new friend Sticker and then maybe I can get on with the whole crafting part of this blog.