Thomas the tank engine James hat

Difficulty:

Easy - Medium

You will need:

• dk yarn in black, white and grey
• aran/ worsted weight yarn in red
• a 5mm crochet hook
• a 3mm crochet hook
• A darning needle for sewing up
• 25cm of red fleece (optional)

For the hat:
Using the pattern from the giraffe hat by Repeat Crafter Me make the hat in red.

For the face:
With grey make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
Round 2: sc in the first st, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (18sc)
Round 3: sc in the first 2 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (24sc)
Round 4: sc in the first 3 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (30sc)
Round 5: sc in the first 4 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (36sc)
Round 6: sc in the first 5 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (42sc)
Round 7: sc in the first 6 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (48sc)
Round 8: sc in the first 7 sts, 2sc in the next st, rep to end (54sc)
Join with a ss and fasten off

Join black dk yarn and sc in each st, then make slip stitches into the holes you just crocheted into. Fasten off



For the nose:
With grey dk yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
sc in each st
Join with a ss and fasten off

Sew the nose into the centre of the face

For the eyes (Make 2):
With white dk yarn and a 3mm hook make a magic loop with 6sc
Round 1: 2sc in each st (12sc)
join with a ss and fasten off

With black dk yarn make a magic loop with 6sc
Join with a ss and fasten off

Sew the black section onto the white section, then use white thread to sew a few stitches onto the black section, as shown below.

Then sew the eyes onto the face above and either side of the nose.

Eyebrows (make 2):
ch6
sc in 2nd st from hook
sc in the next st, then slip the next st
Fasten off

Sew the eyebrows on above the eyes with the larger section in the middle.

For the mouth:
ch6
Fasten off

Sew the mouth onto the face below the nose, curving it upwards slightly at the edges.



For the buffers:
Make a magic loop with 6sc
2sc in each st
Mak a ss and fasten off

Sew these onto the hat near to the bottom, as shown below.

For the black rectangular bit:
fsc16
(11 rows) ch1, turn, sc in each st
Fasten off

Sew this onto the hat just above the buffers (with the cast on edge on the bottom)



After you've seen this on sew the face on above it, so that the lowest 1/3 of the face is overlapping the black section.

For the funnel:
fsc8
ch1, turn. sc2tog, sc in the next 4 sts, sc2tog (6sc)
(3 rows) ch1, turn. sc in each st
ch1, turn. sc in each st then fsc 6 and make a slip stitch into the first stitch of this row (12sts)
(7 rounds) ch1, turn, sc into each st, make a slip stitch into the first stitch of the round (12sts)
Fasten off

For the top of the funnel:
With black make a magic loop with 6sc
2sc in each st
make a ss and fasten off

Sew this section onto the top of the funnel so that you are left with a sort of tube with the top covered over.
Stuff the upper section of the funnel

For the lip of the funnel:
fsc 16

Sew this onto the funnel about 1/5 of the way down. Sew it on sideways so that it is quite thin but sticks out a lot (as shown below)

Next see the whole funnel into the hat above the face, so that the bottom of the funnel touches the top of the face and the 3D section sticks out of the top of the hat.



For the number 5 (make 2):
ch24
sc in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc in the next 3 chain sts, 3sc in the next chain st, sc in the next 3 ch sts, 3sc in the next ch st, sc in the next 2 ch sts, (sc2tog, sc in the next ch st) 3 times, sc in the last 3 sts.
Fasten off


Sew these on either side of the hat

For the fleece lining (optional):
lay out the hat onto a folded piece of fleece and cut roughly around it.

You will end up with two roughly semi-circular pieces of fleece

Pin the fleece inside the hat with the side you want to be on the inside on the outside. Start pinning from the edge of the hat and continue up inside the hat.
After you've done this, pin together the excess fleece fabric as close to crocheted hat as possible, so that they are in the position that you want stitching to be when you sew it.

pin the edges of the fleece together inside the hat

Remove all of the pins except the ones you used to pin the excess fleece together, then use a sewing machine to sew over the place where the pins are, so that you have a singular hat-shaped fleece piece

Places this fleece lining inside the hat so that the seam is on the inside ( and so is hidden from view)and pin around the bottom of the hat, pinning the fleece to the crocheted section. You may want to try the hat on someone to pin it.

Next sew around where you've just pinned (you may want to tack it first if you're worried that it might slip.)

After you've done this cut the excess felt off neatly.

sew around the  crocheted edge then cut the excess felt off
 

 

Finally neaten the ends to the flaps by adding the toggles to it

I hope you've enjoyed this pattern. Please don't repost this pattern and claim it as your own, and please be aware that Thomas the tank engine is copyrighted so you're not really meant to sell finished products (sorry)