Monday, March 14, 2011

knit bender hat

Here is my un tested pattern for the awesome crochet Bender Hat as seen previously on knithacker.com for @vayankeegrl.

materials

~2 hat's worth of worsted robot colored something or another
some white
an ity bity bit of black
the needles for your gauge to be 4-5 sts to the inch (youll fsho need dpns plus maybe a hat circ if that's your style, also the little girl in the picture has a really loose hat on so i don't know if its for a grown up but just on a little girl... if you want a loose hat like her's i'd aim for 4 sts to the inch and for a more uh face hugging hat go for 5)
fiber fill
yarn needle

method

cast on 105 sts, work 1x1 rib for an inch or so, then plain knitting until your tube is 6-7 inches long

begin decreases:

k5, k2tog - repeat to end of row
k4, k2 tog - repeat to end of row
k3, k2tog - repeat to end of row (mark this row)
k2, k2tog - repeat to end of row
k1, k2tog - repeat to end of row
k2tog across, break yarn, thread through remaining sts, etc.

using dpns pick up 28 knit sts in the marked row.

knit 3 rows plain
row 4: k2, k2tog - repeat to end of row
row 5: knit
row 6: k1, k2 tog - repeat to end of row
row 7: knit, cram as full of fiber fill as you can, break yarn and run it through, tucking in ends.

using dpns pick up the sts you just bound off from the bottom end of the row. you can also not bind them off and just keep working but i feel like a "wall" in between each of the 3 seconds for the antennae will help keep the fiber fill put.

row 1 and every odd row row at least for now: knit
row 2: k5, k2tog
row 4: k4, k2tog
row 6: k3, k2tog
row 8: k2, k2tog
row 10: k1, k2tog
row 11: knit

cram full of fiber fill, break yarn, thread through remaining sts then pick up the sts you just bound off.

row 1: knit front and back of every st
row 2: k1, k front and back - repeat to end of row
row 3: k 2 k front and back to end of row
rows 4 & 5: knit
row 6: k2, k2tog - repeat to end of row
row 7: k1, k2tog - repeat to end of row
row 8: k2tog to end of row, cram full of fiber fill, break yarn and thread through remaining sts and finish.

return on cast on edge of hat and pick up 20 sts along the cast on edge and work in garter st for 3 inches.

begin shaping on a right side row:
row 1: k4, ssk, k8, k2tog, k4
row 2: knit
row 3: k4, ssk, k6, k2tog, k4
row 4: knit
row 5: k4, ssk, k4, k2tog, k4
bind off, weave in end, and repeat on opposite side (yeah, it will be one st off, nbd)

now for some eyeballs!

using white, cast on 5 sts on dpns
row 1: knit front and back every st
row 2: k1, k front and back - repeat to end of row
row 3: k2, k front and back - repeat to end of row
row 4: k3, k front and back - repeat to end of row
rows 5-7: knit
row 8: purl
row 9: k3, k2 tog
row 10: k2, k2tog
row 11: k1, k2 tog
row 12: k2 tog across, cram full of fiber fill but not SUPER crammed, you want the decreases after the purl row to sit flat against the side of the hat, break yarn and thread through remaining sts.

using a little bit of black embroider pupils on the cats on sts.

repeat for other eyeball. happy happy joy joy!

this part is a little weird, because i don't know what would be more comfortable to do for you, to sew the eyeballs on first and then knit the cover around it, or to knit the cover and sew the eyeballs inside of it. either way, use the purled edge of the eyeball to sew the eyeball onto the hat. i would put on the hat and somehow stare through the holes in the mirror to find the best placement for the eyeballs. maybe borrow someone else's head. in the picture it looks like the eyes are right over hers= friggin hilarious. place st markers on the edges of where the eyeballs lay, and pick up sts in the round and work in garter for as tall as the eyeballs are, bind off. BOOYAH, slap that shit on your fancy face.

ENJOY! this is the first real life pattern i've ever written so this was fun practice for me and please be kind and let me know if its funky anywhere! and share your FO! happy monday!

5 comments:

  1. Hi! I was just curious if you had a picture of this finished? or if maybe you know of someone that's tried it out? I think I'll definitely be giving it a try! thanks for writing a pattern!

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  2. def going to have a go on this pattern this weekend!! will link pics once its done!! THANKS so much for writing this pattern up!

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  3. Hi, I know this is a fairly old post but I was wondering if you have any photos of what this hat looks like finished. I fancy having a go at it but wouldn't mind seeing the results before I begin!
    Thank you

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  4. Hey, I just wanted to let you know (because it was super stressing me out while I was knitting it) that the finished product looks great.

    I made some slight modifications while I was knitting it for anyone who was planning on making it ... CO only 104 stitches then add the extra one when you switch to plain knitting. I added a knit row between each of the decrease rows for the top of the hat, and picked up 56 stitches for the bulb (but I'm pretty sure you could get away with only the 28), then decreased to 14 as the pattern required. I made the 4 rows of plain knitting longer because Bender has elliptical eyeballs, and I picked up 25 instead of 20 stitches for the ear flaps.

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