After making the R2-D2 mittens for one of this month's
Nerd Wars 2 challenges, I decided to make a matching hat for my
Nerd Wars 2 dissertation project & send them to Japan as well. So, I got the soy sauce dispenser out again, which I've been using as a model, & found some graph paper with smaller squares. I took the gauge from the mittens (5.5 stitches per inch with Knit Pick's Swish DK & size 5 needles) & decided to make the hat 104 stitches around. I charted half the hat, & decided to add some asymmetry by duplicate-stitch embroidering details, like the blue patch in the middle & the red patch at the bottom. Then I added crocheted accents as well.
The bottom is k2-p2 ribbing (on size 2 needles) for a turn-up cuff in the body colours of the little droid. And to explain the hat's model a bit better:
We used Brendan's C3P0 (dismembered) backpack, which needed a bit of support from Brendan :D
And here are the mittens, to complete the set. I learned a lot form making the mittens, so the hat went much more quickly. Charlie likes the hat best, which makes sense because I had more room to make it all really look like R2-D2. And that makes hat #10 finished & I'm over 75% done with the project! Now I'm working on a Pikachu baby hat- should be cute!
Do you have a pattern for the mittens and hat, my daughter sent me a photo of these and asked me to make them for her.
ReplyDeleteThese are my own patterns, but you could try searching at ravelry.com for patterns. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteYes I tried. I cannot find anything. I wanted to make her a pair for Christmas, since she is older (28) it's hard to find things she likes. Thanks anyway.
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