Pom Pom Monster Beanie

If you caught my post last week about making a basic beanie, you know that I love making hats. Whether it's to sell in my shop or for my kids to wear, that basic beanie pattern is what I use to make any hat.

I have a lot of friends with kids younger than mine. Sometimes being around those little ones reminds me that toddlers can be little monsters. Don't get me wrong, I love kids. I have my own and I worked with children for many, many years, but if you've been through that toddler stage, than I think you can see what I'm saying. Those little ones inspired me to make little monster hats for the little monsters.

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These monster hats can certainly be made for any child or any adult for that matter. When my 10-year old saw me making one, he asked for one of his own.

To make these monster beanie hats, follow my Basic Beanie Pattern.

Big Eye
With white, 8 hdc into a magic ring, join
Ch. 2, 2 hdc in each stitch around, join - 16
Ch. 1, *sc, 2sc* around, join - 24
Ch. 1, sc around - 32
FO, leaving long tail

For the center, use black, 8 sc into a magic ring
Ch. 1, 2sc around, join - 16
Ch. 1, sc around, join - 16
FO, leaving long tail

Small Eye
With white, 8 hdc into a magic ring, join
Ch. 2, 2 hdc in each stitch around, join - 16
Ch. 1, sc around, join - 16
FO, leaving a long tail for sewing

With black, 8 hdc into a magic ring, join
FO, leaving long tail for sewing

Sew the black center to the white and then sew the eyes to the hat.

To make my pom-poms, I use a Clover Pom-Pom Maker. You certainly don't have to have a pom-pom maker to make pom-poms. Before I finally caved and bought the Clover maker, I used a piece of cardboard. I took an empty cereal box and cut a strip of cardboard from it that was about 2 ½ inches wide and 4-5 inches long. Wrap your yarn around the narrow side a bunch of times. You want it to be pretty thick so your pom-pom ends up looking full. Slowly slide the yarn off the cardboard and tie a piece of yarn tightly around the center of the ball.Tie it a few more times to make sure it won't come undone. Cut all your loops and give it a little shake to fluff it up. Use the strands you tied the ball together with to attach the pom-pom to your hat.

Using black yarn, stitch on a mouth just off to the side.

The fun thing about these hats is you can make them look however you want! Use one pom-pom or two! Make your monster happy, scary or any other mood you like. One eye or two - the choice is yours!!

Happy hooking!!