Child's Dino-RAWR Earflap Beanie

I made owl baby booties for my cousins new born as a Christmas present. So, I had to find something I could make or her 3 year old. I get to thinking and a hat cant be too hard, right? Wrong! I couldn't seem to find a nice looking pattern for a kid (with a large dome piece). As I'm reading other patterns, I pick up on a similarity with all of them so, it can't be too hard to make my own pattern.

I realize, I cant just make him a hat. I mean, I made his brother's gift look like owls... Good thing I knew he was a dinosaur for Halloween and loved it...  So, here is the pattern to the hat shown below:

Size:

4-9 year old child (19"-20" circumference)

Materials:

5.0 mm hook

stitch marker (I don't have one so, I use a bobby pin instead)

worsted weight yarn: brown and green

Abbreviations:

hdc: half double crochet

magic ring: here is a tutorial for right handed crocheters

sts: stitches

sc: single crochet

sl st: slip stitch

MC: main color

CC: contrasting color

Notes:

this beanie is made in a continuous circle (which is why I used the bobby pin to mark the first stitch in my circle)

Beanie:

Row 1: 7 hdc in magic ring (7 sts)

Row 2: 2 hdc in all 7 sts (14 sts)

Row 3: [hcd in next st, 2 hdc in next st] around (21 sts)

Row 4: [hcd in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around (28 sts)

Row 5: [hcd in next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around (35 sts)

Row 6: [hcd in next 4 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around (42 sts)

Row 7: [hcd in next 5 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around (49 sts)

Row 8: [hcd in next 6 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around (56 sts)

Row 9: [hcd in next 7 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around (63 sts)

Row 10: [hcd in next 8 st, 2 hdc in next st] around (70 sts) -- at this point my hat was 7" in diameter

Row 11-16: hdc in every st around (70 sts)

Row 17: hdc in the next 69 sts, sl st in the last st (70 sts)

(leave the yarn in it's place and we will now begin the earflaps)

Ear Flaps:

Row 1: ch 1, hdc in next 12 sts, ch 1, turn (12 sts)

Row 2: (back loops) sc2tog, sc next 8 sts, sc2tog, ch 1, turn (10 sts)

Row 3: sc across, ch 1, turn (10 sts)

Row 4: (back loops) sc2tog, sc next 6 sts, sc2tog, ch 1, turn (8 sts)

Row 5: sc across, ch 1, turn (8 sts)

Row 6: (back loops) sc2tog, sc next 4 sts, sc2tog, ch 1, turn (6 sts)

Row 7: sc across, ch 1, turn (6 sts)

Row 8: (back loops) sc2tog, sc next 2 sts, sc2tog, ch 1, turn (4 sts)

Row 9: sc across, ch 1, turn (4 sts)

Row 10: (back loops) sc2tog, sc2tog, ch 1, turn (2 sts)

Row 11: sc across (2 sts)

ch 1, sc around the edge of the hat until you reach the point on the other side where you wish to start the second ear flap and repeat Rows 1-11

Once you have completed the ear flaps, sc around the hat with your MC

Attach your CC and sc around the entire hat, fasten off your yarn and fold in the ends

For the spikes I used a free pattern I found.  They are from a blog called Tots and Bottoms and the spikes are from her Stegosaurus Dinosaur Hat (and make sure you leave at least a foot of yarn on the spikes after you fasten them off)

Once I had all of the spikes made, I laid my hat flat and placed the spikes where they are supposed to go.  I used a whip stitch to secure them to the top of the hat. Fasten off the end of the yarn once you have finished the whip stitch. 

Enjoy!

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