Winter Hats

Hobby Lobby and Joann's have had 99 cent patterns sales in the last couple weeks, so be prepared to see a lot more pattered pieces!  This week, I wanted to make my first sewn hat.  I have been knitting for a few years now, but can't ever commit to buying really nice yarn, so my hats tend to look cheap.  So I thought, what better way to make fun hats then with my new best friend, fleece?

Price Breakdown:

Fleece from remnant pile:  Free
Thread                                      
FREE!

I started with Pattern M6213 from McCalls.  I really liked the hat in the upper left corner.  It was hard not to make leg warmers while I was at it, but they will come later, I am sure!

I started out making my brim by sewing the two pattern pieces, RS together.

I then sewed my two facing pieces, RS together on the only straight edge, on what will turn into the back and sides of my hat.

Next, I sewed the facing pieces to the brim of my hat by pinning them RS together and sewing them to the brim and then placing a top stitch on the RS of the hat.

Next, I created darts for the first time, which created the rounded look at the top of the hat.  I will admit that I did them incorrectly the first time and ended up taking out 4 rows of stitching...a very frustrating moment!  This is what they should look like when they are done.

With the WS out, I pinned the crown of my hat to the facing and brim.  Be sure to try the hat on before stitching this step.  I ended up making the hat too small for Sadie, and had to take out seams for a second time on this project and resew for the correct fit.

Last, turn your hat RS out and pull the seams along your darts until they are visible.  Stitch over these for extra hold.

So, just how cute is this hat?  See below:

Every set of footie jammies needs a cool hat!