Here is a free-hooked crochet giraffe hat made for another twitter buddy, @MikeDistracted. He saw pics of a Domo-Kun hat that i made for @SumoChewie (will post that one later)' and wanted me to create a hat for him.
I am not a huge fan of making the same project over and over... there are exceptions... but i just love the challenge of figuring out how to make something come together. That's probably one of the reasons i always have 5 or 6 or 30 WIPs going, at any given time.
I really didnt want to make an identical hat to the one I had made for @SumoChewie --- first off, that was made just for her... it was my going-away gift to her. And then there is copy-right issues...
So I asked Mike what kind of other ideas he had for a hat... turns out, he likes giraffes... so much so that I know he has a giraffe tattoo!
Well, the thought of a giraffe hat tickled me ... kind of like the Chemo hat i made for my cousin, Lisa. (She mentioned "eyes in the back of her head", and that got my noggin gears turning!) I am weird, what can i say? LOL
<-- he looked a little "surprised" when i first attached his eyes ... i quickly decided that he needed eye lids! :-)
I chose Toffee and Mustard ... i ended up using 2 skeins of the mustard and 1 of the toffee. I am not sure what brand the eyes are made from... some leftover acrylic stash.
I probably could have gotten by with a skein of each (there was a little left over) but because of the soft-sculptured horns, i wanted to make sure that the base of the hat was sturdy enough... so i ended up piecing together a liner for it.
<--- i really love how the free-hooked spot came out!
I would have to say that the nostrils and the spot on the back are my favorite parts of this project.
<-- time to put him in the box with a note (and the left-over yarn for repairs, if needed)
I cant wait to see a pic of him perched atop @MikeDistracted's head! :-)
6 comments:
So cute!
thanks so much! i had a lot of fun making this one! :-)
Adorable! Simply perfect! My 5yob luvs dinos, & my 3yob luvs GIRAFFES. Have a free patt for a dino, but haven't come across 1 for a giraffe. Any idea if you could possibly grace/bless me w/ the steps you took to make such a detailed, artistic piece of work. I'm 34, & if I loved giraffes as much as my 3yob, I'd definitely make 1 for myself. Crocheting mom of 5 kids, always broke but never bored. Surviving 'cause my closet's full w/ yarn. If you don't have the patt, do you know where I can find 1 as detailed as yours? Pretty pretty please!!! My 12yog wanted a rasta hat w/ scarf, 10yog wanted an extra thick earflap hat, 2yog wanted a tulip hat-made it. Everything I crochet for them comes out gorgeous. Maybe it's that it's made w/ lotsa luv. Maybe it's that I'll pull out stitches when I see I screwed up along the way. However, I make them happy with my crochetions. I pick unusual colors, but my point always gets across to whomever the viewer is. Thanking you in advance for whatever help.
This is adorable! Where did you get the pattern for it? Would you be willing to share? I'd love to make one!:)
This is adorable, how can I obtain a pattern for this had.
Thanks so much, everyone! i so much appreciate all of the compliments. so sorry for my late repy...
unfortunately there is no pattern for this hat... i just kinda made it up as i went along. but don't fret... it isnt hard to create your own hat...
i started with a simple basic beanie... then i created all of the "components": eyes, nose, mouth, horns, ears, spots, etc
feel free to look at the blog pics to get ideas for the components (most are very basic shapes)... trust me, you can this!
then you just stitch the pieces onto the hat... i DO recommend that you put the hat on a styrofoam head or something to kind of stretch it out while you are working on it.
if you make a hat... i would love to see it!
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