After receiving a few requests for this I have decided to share the pattern for my Leprechaun Hats. They were initially designed and created to decorate pub beer pumps for St. Patricks’s Day.
(As with all my patterns I would like to warn in advance that my pattern writing style is not necessarily conventional however hopefully they should make some sort of sense!)
Pattern Notes:
- Written using US terms <- to convert to GB terms read SC as DC.
- Fitted using DK yarn and 4mm hook.
To make hat (Starting at crown):
- MC 6 st.
- Increase to 12
- SC1, inc 1 (18)
- SC2, inc 1 (24)
- SC3, inc 1 (30)
- SC4, inc 1 (36)
- SC around (blo) (36)
- SC round (36)
- SC round (36)
- SC 10 SC2tog (33)
- SC round (33)
- SC round (33)
- SC round (33)
- SC 9 SC2tog (30)
- SC round (30)
- SC round (30)
- SC round (30)
- SC 8 SC2tog (27)
- SC round (27)
- SC round (27)
- SC round (27)
- Change to Black SC round (27)
- SC round (27)
- SC round (27)
- SC round (27)
- Change to Green SC round (27)
- Inc 1, SC 1 round (flo) (39)
- SC round (39)
- Inc 1 SC 2 round (52)
Finish off.
Crochet embroider Yellow Buckle Rectangle across black band 5 st wide and 4 st high.