My sons preschool asked each class to come up with a themed basket for the school’s annual auction. Our class decided on a books basket and I am having so much fun coming up with creative ideas for items to include! I had been wanting to make Thing 1 and Thing 2 crochets hats for awhile and knew it would be a perfect donation along with a Cat in the Hat book. But being that it is also October, and we are only a couple weeks away from Halloween, I thought they would make a great costume as well! So I am going to share with you how I made these hats in case any of you are inspired to make your own.
First you need the right color yarn. I used Vanna’s Choice worsted weight yarn in Scarlet. And Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Turqua. Any black and white colored worsted weight yarn will work for the Thing 1 and Thing 2 patches.
Next, I followed a basic crochet hat pattern.
I like this FREE earflap hat pattern by Alli Crafts. You can choose to include earflaps or leave them off as I did. Just make sure you use red for the hat and then switch to blue along the last row.
Here is the pattern for Thing 1 and Thing 2 patches:
With size H hook and white yarn,
Magic Ring, 10 DC in magic ring, join, chain 2.
Round 2: 2 DC in each stitch around (20 DC), join, chain 2.
Round 3: 2 DC in each stitch around (40 DC),
now change color to black and Slip Stitch in the back loops only all the way around the circle. Fasten off and weave in ends.
To make the Thing 1 and Thing 2 writing, I used a technique call a surface slip stitch. HERE is a great tutorial on how to make a surface slip stitch from the Crochet Spot.
Lastly, you need to make an extra large pom pom.
1. Cut out two cardboard circles that are approx. 4.5″ wide (I traced the lid to a sour cream container). Then cut a smaller circle in the middle of each one that are approx. 1.5″ wide.
2. Lay the two cardboard donuts on top of each other and start wrapping your yarn through the small hole and around your donuts. You will have to use multiple small balls of yarn. Don’t worry about connecting your yarn ends. Just make sure when you start and stop a new strand, the loose end is sticking out the edge of the donut and not in the middle.
3. Cut the edge of the yarn between cardboard donuts.
4. This is what your yarn should look like.
5. Slightly separate the cardboard pieces and tie a piece of yarn TIGHTLY around the middle.
6. Remove the cardboard completely and trim pom pom until all the strands look nice and neat and attach to the top of your hat!
These would be a great costume for siblings! And wouldn’t these make the perfect gift for twin babies?!
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I LOVE these! so cute!! I will be pinning these so I don't loose them!
You are so very creative, love coming here for a peek.
I love the colours :- D x
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I just discovered your blog recently, and I have to say it is now one of my favorites! Thank you so much for sharing–I cannot tell you how cool that is!
I LOVE these! They are adorable 🙂
Sarah – these are so stinkin' cute!! I love them! Makes me wish I had twins…kinda. LOL =) Great job!
just found your blog via ravelry and i have to say i'm in love! and i also love that you allow us to sell what we make from your ADORABLE patterns (with linking to you, of course)! thanks for being so generous and keep up the great work!
I love the hats! They are adorable. My brother and her wife are expecting twins. This will be a great gift for the twins! Thanks so much!
You are too talented. I wish I had the time and patience to learn how to crochet…maybe this winter if I'm fortunate enough!
Enjoying your postings! Learned to crochet by trying your patterns. Would you mind sharing a "basic crochet hat pattern", please? Thank you so much for sharing your patterns!!!
I'm actually thinking of adapting these for my almost 22 year old twin sons
I have twin 5yr old boys and they love CAT IN THE HAT. These will be so cute.
I just made these for a family member who had twins! They were very easy to make…this was my first time making something while following a pattern! Thank you!
Does anyone know how to change the patch to fit on a newborn size? The patch is as big as my twins heads!
I used hdc instead of dc and it fit perfect for newborn size.
Going to make these for my twins!
Hummmm where is the pattern for the hat? I love all four post ;0)
Hummmm where is the pattern for the hat? I love all four post ;0)
Hummmm where is the pattern for the hat? I love all four post ;0)
I recently made a set of your Thing 1 & Thing 2 hats for my identical twin granddaughters 1 yr photo shoot I used your puppy earflap pattern, and used piggy tail twists in teal & white instead of pom poms. They were a hit, everyone loved them, and the girls looked absolutely adorable, I wish I could share a pic on here. I want to thank you for your awesome patterns, and sharing your talent with us!
Can you tell me how to make the patch bigger with out it wanting to curl on the edges? I am making an adult size hat.
Thank you!
Ember
Thank you! My brother did a twin reveal for my mom with these:) They came out so cute!
My mom made pompoms the same way. The only thing different was she made a cut in the circles so that she did not have to pass the yarn through the hole each time. The cardboard was sturdy enough to hold its shape and bend a little to pass the yarn around.
At what row do you change to the blue for the hat.
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