whiplash - hat month - ideas
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When I first started researching free online patterns for Hat Month, I was completely overwhelmed by how many online patterns there are out there. Then I started narrowing my search and going off on tangents, looking at gnome hats, cat hats, vintage hats, helmet hats … on and on they go. Here is a really brief selection of free online patterns and resources of hats that I thought looked interesting or fun or stylish or just liked for some other reason. You will probably notice that there is an overflowing abundance of knitted and crochet patterns but a woeful selection of sewn and felted patterns. Please please send in your free online pattern suggestions - I would love a good pattern for a sun hat. I also have an Amazon books selection on hats and related crafts, if you purchase books from this then whipup receives a small percentage - going towards website costs.
Watch out for a week (or two) of hats!
Knit or crochet beanie / skull cap style hats:
blue blog - double knit ski cap :: crochet me - kitty cat hat :: crochet by the hook - light and lacy hat :: larissmix - fixy newborn baby hat :: bobble hat with ribbon :: midnight knitter - chunky crochet hat :: about.com - two cable bulky hat :: morehouse farm - mushroom cap :: diminishing braids hat :: midnight knitter - skull cap :: frugal hous - quaker ribbed hat :: needle beetle - seamans cap (child hat) :: hello yarn - pirate hat (suitable for men) :: interweave - short row hat :: makeme - cloche hat :: knitty - maze - hemp cap :: vintage crochet cloche :: simple fair isle hat :: knitty - tychus - short row hat :: knitty - blue hill - the perfect ski cap :: magknits - odessa hat ::
Slightly fancier knitted or crochet hats - with ear flaps, tassles, ears, cloche style etc:
about.com - ear flap hat :: head huggers - crochet baseball cap :: better homes and gardens - mod cap :: vicki howell - brimster beanie :: knitty - swell - earflap hat :: hello yarn - gnomey hat :: about.com - mens crochet hat (helmet style) with chin strap :: interweave - pistachio - bucket hat :: marnie mclean - happy hat :: cider moon - jayne beanie - with earflaps (for kids) :: left in stitches - dobby hat :: head huggers - amelia earhear aviator cap :: knitty - topi - cadet style cap :: kittyville - devil hat :: kittyville - kitty62 hat :: wise needle - chu’llu hat :: hello yarn - bonnet with anime charactor (kids/baby hat) :: knitty - pinky - pointy hat :: knitty - fronteir - davy crocket hat (for kids) :: knitty - bonnet or scarf style cap/hat :: magknits - square top boys car cap (for kids) :: vintage wide brim summer sun hat :: vintage crochet pillbox :: about.com - long stocking hat ::
Felted hats:
knitty - hat and mitten set :: felt top hat ::
Sewn - regular hats - including beanie style, cap style or sun hat broad brim style:
martha stewart - fleece beanie style hat :: craftster - cap :: p://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=27772.0;topicseen”>craftster - radar mash cap :: about.com - sun bonnet (for child) :: about.com - childs sun hat ::
Sewn - unusual hats such as costume hats, ethnic style hats etc:
craftster - totoro hat :: massey sewing - stand up hat :: doorag :: sewing modest - snood :: sewing.org - medieval hat :: sewing modest - beret :: bug hat :: family fun - snowman hat :: martha stewart - woodland creatures costume hats :: our world - bonnet ::
September 4th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
here’s a free sunhat pattern for you:
http://autoscopia.com/amelia/archives/2006/07/witterings.html
ok so it’s knitted and not sewn but I hope you like!
September 4th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
Wow, that’s a lot of ideas.
If you go here
http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/kategori_oversikt.php
and put ‘hat’ in the searchword box, you should find 92 free hat patterns. They are all for Garnstudio yarns, but with the gauges/tensnions listed.
September 5th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Great!! What a colleciton - I am thrilled. Just need to make some time to knit at least one of these :)
September 5th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
Here’s a simple and FAST crocheted cap pattern:
http://www.jpfun.com/patterns/14misc/addisonhat.shtml
I’ve made that several times for friends and for myself and it’s a hit. It’s not too warm and it makes a good “liner” hat under a bike helmet or raincoat.
(The picture doesn’t do it justice)
September 5th, 2006 at 10:57 pm
This is so brilliant - thank you for compiling this list. Will you be producing lniks for knitted and crocheted scarves - hope you don’t mind me asking
Thank you again - can’t wait to get started on these
September 6th, 2006 at 10:13 am
the correct webpage for the radar mash hat is http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=27772.0;topicseen
I just had to go look… there aren’t too many links for sewn hats; maybe I can scare up a few more!
September 7th, 2006 at 2:17 am
here’s a list of hat links - some are places to buy hats (and get ideas from), purchase patterns, and some hat info/trivia:
http://www.acsalaska.net/~edie53/crazyquilts/cap/hatlinks.html
the very last link, to the Hat Society, is a huge list of links to all kinds of hat sites-
September 8th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
links to other type of projects may be forthcoming in the future
November 1st, 2006 at 5:17 pm
Umm…why does it say the pirate hat pattern is “suitable for men”? I think it’s quite suitable for both genders.
November 2nd, 2006 at 6:27 am
oh sure it is suitable for both - but not many are suitable for men - there are so many interesting womens patterns and I thought that it was great that there was a cool hat that was actually good for blokes too