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Posted on Friday, 25 October 2019

Drifloon Hat Pattern

“Wandering souls gathered together to form this Pokémon. When trying to make friends with children, Drifloon grabs them by the hand.”

Halloween is approaching so it seemed like a good time to knit a cute hat inspired by a ghost-type Pokémon! This hat makes a good last-minute costume and will keep you warm while trick-or-treating or fighting in the halloween raids on Pokémon GO.

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Materials:

US 7 (4.5 mm) double pointed needles
US 7 (4.5 mm) crochet hook
Loops and Threads Impeccable in lavender
Loops and Threads Impeccable in butterscotch
Black yarn (I think mine was Red Heart? It was leftover from another project)
For the pompom, I will be using some leftover bulky weight white yarn and a clover jumbo pompom maker but you can use whatever pompom method you’d like! Just as long as it’s huge, bulky, and white.

Hat

With purple, CO 80 stitches in the round. I divided my stitches among 4 needles so I had 20 stitches on each needle.

Rounds 1-9 : knit nine rounds in k2p2 rib

Round 10: starting with the first stitch, pick up the first stitch from the cast on edge and knit it with the first stitch on your needles to create a cuffed brim. Continue with the rest of your stitches. This website explains the technique a little bit better!

Now knit until your project is 6 inches long.

Decreasing:

Round 1: k2tog, k8 all around (72)

Rounds 2&3: knit

Round 4: k2tog, k7 (64)

Rounds 5&6: knit

Round 7: k2tog, k6 (56)

Round 8: knit

Round 9: k2tog, k5 (48)

Round 10: k2tog, k4 (40)

Round 11: k2tog, k3 (32)

Round 12: k2tog, k2 (24)

Round 13: k2tog, k1 (16)

Round 14: k2tog (8)

Cut yarn and thread through stitches

Eyes (make 2)

With black, CO 3

Row 1: kfb, k1, kfb (5)

Row 2: purl

Rows 3-10: knit 8 rows in stockinette

Row 11: k2tog, k1, k2tog (3)

Cut yarn and thread through stitches

Mouth (you’ll make two of these strips)

With yellow, CO 4

Rows 1-14: knit in stockinette

Bind off.

Tentacles (is that what they are?? Anyway, make 2)

Take your crochet hook and black yarn. Chain 35.

Little heart things (make 4, you’ll knit them flat and sew them together later)

With yellow, CO 3

Row 1: Kfb, k1, kfb (5)

Row 2: purl

Row 3: kfb, k3, kfb (7)

Row 4: purl

Row 5: kf, k5, kfb (9)

Row 6: purl

Row 7: kfb, k7, kfb (11)

Row 8: purl

Row 9: knit the first 5 stitches, BO the sixth stitch, knit to end (10)

Separate and work the first five stitches. You’ll work the other 5 later.

Row 10: p2tog, p1, p2tog (3)

Row 11: knit

BO three. Cut a LONG TAIL, weave in the end to reconnect the 5 stitches left over. Work rows 10&11 on other side.

Assembly:

Sew the yellow strips into an “X” shape for the mouth and sew the eyes on either side. Attach the tentacles onto the sides of the hat inside the cuff. Sew the hearts together right-side-up, and sandwich the ends of the tentacles between them. Attach the pompom to the top of the hat. Weave in all loose ends.