GIRAFFE HAT

As I have said on many of my posts in the past, my wife is crazy about giraffes.  After making a fox scarf and hat, she wanted a giraffe set for herself.  This is the pattern for the hat that I made for my wife accompany the giraffe scarf that I made her.

MATERIALS:
Worsted weight yarn:  Yellow, coffee, and black
H crochet hook
Tapestry needle
15 mm yellow and black safety eyes

BODY:
Rd 1: With yellow, 11 dc in magic ring, join to first dc.  (11)
Rd 2: Ch 2, 2 dc in each dc around, join.  (22)
Rd 3: Ch 2, (dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc) around, join.  (33)
Rd 4: Ch 2, (dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc) around, join.  (44)
Rd 5: Ch 2, (dc in next 10 dc, 2 dc in next dc) around, join.  (48)
Rd 6: Ch 2, (dc in next 11 dc, 2 dc in next dc) around, join.  (52)
Rd 7: Ch 2, (dc in next 12 dc, 2 dc in next dc) around, join.  (56)
Rd 8: Ch 2, (dc in next 13 dc, 2 dc in next dc) around, join.  (60)
Rd 9: Ch 2, (dc in next 14 dc, 2 dc in next dc) around, join.  (64)
Rd 10: Ch 2, (dc in next 15 dc, 2 dc in next dc) around, join.  (68)
Rds 11-16: Ch 2, dc in each dc around, join.  (68)
Finish off.  Weave in ends.

EARS (MAKE 2):
INNER EARS (MAKE 2):
Rd 1: With coffee, 6 sc in magic ring.  (6)
Rd 2: (3 sc in next sc, sc in next 2 sc) around.  (10)
Rd 3: sc in next sc, 3 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc, 3 sc in next sc, sc in next 3 sc.  (14)
Finish off.
OUTER EARS (MAKE 2):
Rd 1: With yellow, 6 sc in magic ring.  (6)
Rd 2: (3 sc in next sc, sc in next 2 sc) around.  (10)
Rd 3: sc in next sc, 3 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc, 3 sc in next sc, sc in next 3 sc.  (14)
Finish off.
EDGING:
Rd 1: Holding an INNER EAR and OUTER EAR together with wrong side touching and working through both thicknesses, starting in middle sc of 3 sc point, attach yellow, ch 1, sc in same sc as attachment, sc in each sc around with 2 sc in top point of EARS, sc in same sc as first sc, slip st in first sc.
Finish off leaving a long tail.  Sew EARS to HEAD.  Weave in ends.

HORNS (MAKE 2):
Rd 1: With coffee, 6 sc in magic ring.  (6)
Rd 2: 2 sc in each sc around.  (12)
Rds 3-5: sc in each sc around.  (12)
Rd 6: sc2tog around.  (6)
Rds 7-8: sc in each sc around.  (6)
Rd 9: (sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (8)
Rd 10: sc in each sc around.  (8)
Rd 11; (sc in next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc) around.  (10)
Rd 12: sc in each sc around.  (10)
Finish off leaving a long tail.  Sew HORNS to HEAD between EARS.  Weave in ends.

NOSE:
Rw 1: With coffee, ch 7, sc in second ch from hook and each ch across.  (6)
Rw 2: Ch 1, turn; 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc.  (8)
Rw 3: Ch 1, turn; 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 6 sc, 2 sc in next sc.  (10)
Rw 4: Ch 1, turn; 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 8 sc, 2 sc in next sc.  (12)
Rw 5: Ch 1, turn; 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 10 sc, 2 sc in next sc.  (14)
Rws 6-10: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across.  (14)
Finish off leaving a long tail.  Sew NOSE to front of BODY.

NOSTRILS (MAKE 2):
Rd 1: With yellow, ch 2, 4 sc in second ch from hook working around ch, slip st in first sc to join.  (4)
Finish off leaving a long tail.  Sew NOSTRILS to NOSE.

SPOTS (MAKE 6):
I made six spots for the hat that I made for my wife.  Feel free to make as many as you would like.
Rd 1: With coffee, 6 sc in magic ring.  (6)
Rd 2: 2 sc in each sc around.  (12)
Finish off leaving a long tail.  Sew SPOTS in random places on BODY of hat.

EYES (MAKE 2):
Rd 1: With black, 6 sc in magic ring.  (6)
Finish off leaving a long tail.  Sew EYES to BODY.

This crochet pattern is an original pattern and is © by Christjan Bee (August 2016).  Please do not claim this pattern as your own.  If you wish to share this pattern, you may link to this pattern but please do not reprint/repost it on your site.  You may print and keep a copy for your own personal use but you may not sell or distribute it, or sell items made from this pattern.