0-3 Month Bear Hat

My Christmas list is getting shorter. Slowly, but its finally starting to come along. This crochet bear hat is very easy and quick to work up. If you haven’t noticed, I am going through a pom pom craze 😀 Have fun hooking this one up!

Supplies:

5mm hook
Yarn Needle
Medium weight/4 ply “I Love this Yarn”  (brown and tan)

Abbreviations:
CH – Chain
SC – Single Crochet
HDC – Half Double Crochet
DC – Double Crochet

CH 3 does not count as a double crochet

Instructions:

Starting with brown yarn
Round 1: Magic Ring, CH 3, DC 10, pull ring tight, join to top ch of  CH 3
Round 2: CH 3, 2 dc each CH around. Join to top CH of CH 3. (20 DC)
Round 3: CH 3. *2 DC in next DC, DC in next DC, repeat from * around. Join to top CH of CH 3. (30 DC)
Round 4: CH 3. *2 DC in next DC, DC in next 2 DC, repeat from * around. Join to top CH of CH 3. (40 DC)
Round 5: CH 3. *2 DC in next DC, dc in next 7 DC, repeat from * around. Join to top CH of CH 3. (45 DC)
Round 6-10: CH 3, DC in each DC around. Join to top CH of CH 3.

Do not finish off.

First Earflap:

Row 1: SC in next 11 stitches
Row2: Turn, SC in next 10 stitches
Row 3: Turn,SC in next 9 stitches
Row 4: Turn,SC in next 8 stitches
Row 5: Turn, SC in next 7 stitches
Row 6: Turn, SC in next 6 stitches
Row 7: Turn, SC in next 5 stitches
Row 8: Turn, SC in next 4 stitches
Row 9: Turn, SC in next 3 stitches. finish off
Attach yarn (counting from the seam of the hat, to the right) into
the 20th stitch.

Second Earflap:

Row 1: SC in next 11 stitches
Row2: Turn, SC in next 10 stitches
Row 3: Turn,SC in next 9 stitches
Row 4: Turn,SC in next 8 stitches
Row 5: Turn, SC in next 7 stitches
Row 6: Turn, SC in next 6 stitches
Row 7: Turn, SC in next 5 stitches
Row 8: Turn, SC in next 4 stitches
Row 9: Turn, SC in next 3 stitches, finish off

Using tan yarn

SC around the edge of the hat, Join to CH 1. Finish off

Ears: 

With Tan Yarn
Magic circle, CH 2, 10 HDC inside ring, connect to top of CH 2
CH 2, 2 HDC in each HDC, connect to top of CH 2

With Brown Yarn
Magic circle, CH 2, 10 HDC inside ring, connect to top of CH 2
CH 2, 2 HDC in each HDC, connect to top of CH 2

Put the tan circle on top of the brown circle, Joining them together from the tan side with SC, Join to first SC  (making it so the brown is on the back of the ear and also the edges, while the tan yarn is on the inside of the ear.)

Finish off and repeat. Attach with yarn needle

Braids:

With tan yarn, cut three 4 ft long strands of yarn for each braid. Attach yarn to center of the row 11 of the ear flap (folded yarn makes 6 strands per braids) Braid tightly your desired length. Tie at the end of the braid and repeat for other braid.
Pom Poms:
With tan yarn make two pom poms. I used a small box of crayons, wrapped the yarn around it (short ways) about 77  times each.  I used crochet thread to tie the middle of the yarn and to attach the pom poms after cutting the loops and shaping them.