Stegosaurus hat

The idea for this design was born when I tried to make a dragon hat. After finishing it I realised that not only was I not allowed to sell it at the craft fair I'm doing soon due to copyright, it also it bore an extreme likeness to a chicken. I then decided to take all of the copyrighted bits off the hat and change it into my own design.

(again, sorry about the terrible picture quality - I promise it does look slightly less brown in real life)

Difficulty:

Medium

You will need:

• 5mm (H) crochet hook
• Red and orange aran/ worsted weight yarn
• A darning needle for sewing
• Black yarn for the eyes

Make hat in orange with 19 sts in between the back of the two ear flaps. The pattern for the hat, which is available in sizes ranging from newborn to adult, can be found by following the link below. As I've only made this hat to fit a toddler/ pre-schooler,, I'm not sure that this size gap will work on all of the hats. If it doesn't you can alter the size of the gap and decrease in the same way as I have written below, decreasing a stitch at each end of every alternate row until you have 2 or 3 sts left, then sc2tog or sc3tog.

When making ear flaps instead of sc2tog when you reach 2 sts, sc in these two sts and then sc2tog. This makes it pointier.

http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/10/crochet-giraffe-hat-pattern.html

To make tail:

Hold hat upside down and with the back side (the side with 19 sts in between the earflaps) facing you and ss into the st on the right. 

Row 1: Ch1 so that there are two chains in total and dc into the same st

Row 2: Dc into the next 18 sts, ch2 turn (19 dc)

Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 15, dc2tog, ch2, turn (17 dc)

Row 3: Dc in each st

Row 4: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 13, dc2tog, ch2, turn (15 dc)

Row 5: Dc in each st

Row 6: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 11, dc2tog, ch2, turn (13 dc)

Row 7: Dc in each st

Row 8: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 9, dc2tog, ch2, turn (11 dc)

Row 9: Dc in each st

Row 10: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 7, dc2tog, ch2, turn (9 dc)

Row 11:Dc in each st

Row 12: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 5, dc2tog, ch2, turn (7 dc)

Row 13: Dc in each st

Row 14: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 3, dc2tog, ch2, turn (5 dc)

Row 16: Dc in each st

Row 17: Dc2tog between the same st and the next st, dc 1, dc2tog, ch2, turn (3 dc)

Row 18: Dc in each st

Row 19: Dc3tog
Fasten off and weave in yarn tails. 

For the head:

Magic ring ch2, 7dc in ring, ss into 1^st dc

Ch2, 2dc in same sts, 2dc in each st, ss int 1^st dc

Ch2, dc into same st, dc into each st, ss into 1^st dc

Ch2, (dc into same st, 2dc into next st) rep to end, ss into 1^st dc

Ch2, dc into same st, dc into each st, ss into 1^st dc

Ch2, (dc into next 2 sts, 2dc into next st) rep to end, ss into 1^st dc

Ch2, dc into same st, dc into each st, ss into 1^st dc

Repeat last row

For the spikes:

There are six different sized spikes, listed in order of size, plus the tail spike.

Spike 1(make 2):

Ch5

Row 1: Sc in 2^nd st from hook, sc to end, ch1, turn
Row 2: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (6sc)

Row 3: Sc in each st, ch1, turn
Row 4: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (8sc)

Row 5: Sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog (6sc)
Row 6: Sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog (4sc)
Row 7: Sc2tog twice (2sc)

Fow 8: Sc2tog (1sc)
Fasten off

Spike 2 (make 4):

Using red Ch 4

Row 1: Sc in 2^nd st from hook, sc to end, ch1, turn (3sc)

Row 2: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (5sc)

Row 3: Sc in each, ch1, turn (5sc)

Row 4: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (7sc)

Row 5: Sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog (5sc)
Row 6: Sc2tog, sc, sc2tog (3sc)
Row 7: Sc3tog (1sc)
Fasten off

Spike 3 (make 6):

Using red, Ch3

Row 1: Sc in 2^nd st from hook, sc to end, ch1, turn (2sc)

Row 2: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (4sc)

Row 3: 2sc in 1^st st, sc to last st, 2sc, ch1, turn (6sc)

Row 4: Sc2tog, sc to last 2 sts, sc2tog (4sc)
Row 5: Sc2tog, sc, sc2tog (2sc)
Row 6: Sc2tog (1sc)
Fasten off

Spike 4 (make 6):
Make a magic loop/ adjustable ring then (dc, hdc) 5 times into the ring
Ss into the 1^st dc
Fasten off

Spike 5 (make 4):
Make a magic loop/ adjustable ring then (hdc, sc) 5 times into the ring

Ss into the 1^st hdc

Fasten off

Spike 6(make 8):
Make a magic loop/ adjustable ring then (sc, ss) 5 times into the ring

Ss into the 1^st sc
Fasten off

Tail spike (make 4):
Using red Ch6, ss into 1^st ch
Rounds 1-3: (4 rounds) Sc in each st (6sc)
Round 4: Sc2tog, sc in next 4 sts (5sc)
Round 5: Sc in each st (5sc)
Round 6: Sc2tog, sc in next 3 sts (4sc)
Round 7: Sc in each st (4sc)
Round 8: Sc2tog (3sc)
Fasten off and thread the yarn back through the remaining sts, pull tight and seccure.

For the legs:
Using orange yarn ch7
Row 1: dc in 2nd st from hook, dc in the next 5 sts, ch1, turn (6dc)
Rows 2-7: (6 rows) dc in each st, ch1, turn for 7 rows. 
You can make the legs longer or shorter if you want by changing how many rows you add in between rows 2 and 7.

For the feet:

With red yarn make a magic ring with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each
Round 2: sc in 1st st, 2sc in next st
Round 3: sc in each st
Round 4: (sc2tog, sc) twice, sc in the next 10 sts
Round 5: sc2tog 3 times, sc in the next 10 sts
Round 6: sc3tog, sc in the next 10 sts
Round 7: (sc, sc2tog) to end
Fasten off


To make up:
sew the long sides of all of the leg pieces together and then stuff and sew the feet on underneath. Sew the head to the hat on the opposite side to the tail. Line up the spikes on top of the hat in pairs, with the largest two in the centre, where you made the magic loop on the hat, and then gradually getting smaller as they get further away from the centre. The order of the spikes in their pairs from the end of the tail to the tip of the head should be spike number:

6,6,6,5,5,4,4,3,3,2,1,2,3,4,6

(I hope that makes sense if not comment below and I'll post a diagram to show)

When sewing them on thread the yarn tail of the first three sized spikes through the fabric to the cast on edge and try to pull it so that it shapes the spike slightly. With the smaller spikes you don't need to do this as the tail will already be at the base but you should turn the spike so that the right side is on the inside of the hat. This will cause it to curve inwards slightly.


You are permitted to sell finished items but I do ask that you don't re-post this pattern or claim it as your own. Also please could you not republish these photos as your own, though I'm not sure why you would want to.