I had a custom order for a panda hat for a newborn little girl. So of course, the hat needed a bow. Can you tell I'm obsessed with putting bows on things?
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| I need to get real baby models--Curious George is the best I have! |
It'll keep little baby girl warm until she gets some nice hair to cover her head. It's made with double crochets, so it stretches a bit and will last into the winter. She wanted a panda hat since, apparently I missed this, a PANDA CRAZE has struck the east coast due to the birth of a baby panda last August. Baby Bao Bao is the first panda cub to survive at the zoo more than a few days since 2005. I have to admit, Bao Bao is pretty darn cute!
I had made a panda hat before for my little girl for Chinese New Year. I even made it a bit big so she could keep wearing it. You know how many times she's worn it?
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| Note my hand keeping her from pulling it off... |
Once. And that's the best photo we have of it. She really hates anything on her head, I tell you! But she sure looked cute when she did wear it. The pattern I used for this one is from All About Ami. It was very simple and great for a beginner like me!
For this new baby hat, I used a basic double crochet beanie (magic circle, double crochet, increase each round until size wanted, repeat that round a billion times) and then made some rounded earflaps to keep the sides of the face warm when its windy. I crocheted some half circles for the ears and regular circles for the eyepatches. The whites of the eyes are felt since I didn't want to use any buttons that could get pulled off. Some trim and a bow later, we have a baby hat. I hope she loves it!
Credits: All About Ami's Panda Hat Pattern
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