PANDA HAT -- JOSE WANG

PANDA HAT WITH SOMBRERO



JOSE WANG THE PANDA



My daughter asked me to make her a panda hat, she said that the panda represents all races being black and white and from China and so to make him even more multicultural she decided he should have a sombrero hat; she feels very strongly that all racism must be eradicated and that is what this hat represents to her...unity across the races. 

I found this great panda hat pattern here:
 http://tampabaycrochet.blogspot.com/2012/02/panda-bear-earflap-hat.html

This talented designer has links to many of her own patterns and to other designers free patterns so it's well worth checking out.

The sombrero was improvised but loosly based on a pattern found here:
http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2011/06/crochet-sombrero-cape-for-louisiana-hot.html

This designer also has many cute patterns.

BABY BEANIE PATTERN--free



BEGINNER CROCHET BABY BEANIE PATTERN

OK here goes my first attempt at publishing a pattern, it's just a simple beanie so there are many patterns like it out there.  It is a beginners dream!!  Perhaps the difference in mine is that I am recommending a much larger hook than would normally be used with this weight of yarn...but maybe that's nothing new.  Anyhow I'm hoping that this will help you beginners get the fever I got when I found a simple pattern that made a great hat...