Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess!

If I had to choose a favorite author, Dr. Seuss would top the list. I can’t remember a time I didn’t love to read his books, whether I was being read to as a child, reading “Oh The Places You’ll Go” as a graduate, or now reading them to my own children. With Dr. Seuss’s birthday and Read Across America being this week, I thought it would be fun to make some Dr. Seuss inspired hats with my free Versatile Earflap Hat Pattern.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 Hats

I have two designs to share with you and I’ll start with the Thing 1 and Thing 2 Hats. To make these hats, simply follow the pattern instructions making a red hat with blue as your second edging color. Attach ties of red, blue and white, and add a blue pom pom on top. Next follow the directions below for the “thing label” according to the size you are making.

Thing Label

0-3 Month and 3-6 Month Sizes

• Round 1: With white yarn and an H (5.0 mm) hook, 6 sc in a magic circle; do not join, use a stitch marker at the end of rounds if you need to. (6)
• Round 2: 2 Sc in ea st around; do not join. (12)
• Round 3: * 2 Sc in next st, sc in next st * repeat around; do not join. (18)
• Round 4: * 2 Sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts * repeat around; ch 1, skip next st and sl st in the next st. Fasten off. (24)
• Round 5: Attach black yarn in any st, ch 1, sc in same st and in each st around; join with a sl st in first sc. (24) Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing to the hat.

6-12 Month and Toddler Sizes

• Round 1: With white yarn and an H (5.0 mm) hook, 6 sc in a magic circle; do not join, use a stitch marker at the end of rounds if you need to. (6)
• Round 2: 2 Sc in ea st around; do not join. (12)
• Round 3: * 2 Sc in next st, sc in next st * repeat around; do not join. (18)
• Round 4: * 2 Sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts * repeat around; do not join. (24)
• Round 5: * 2 Sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts * repeat around; ch 1, skip next st and sl st in the next st. Fasten off. (30)
• Round 6: Attach black yarn in any st, ch 1, sc in same st and in each st around; join with a sl st in first sc. (30) Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing to the hat.

Child and Teen/Adult Sizes

• Round 1: With white yarn and an H (5.0 mm) hook, 6 sc in a magic circle; do not join, use a stitch marker at the end of rounds if you need to. (6)
• Round 2: 2 Sc in ea st around; do not join. (12)
• Round 3: * 2 Sc in next st, sc in next st * repeat around; do not join. (18)
• Round 4: * 2 Sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts * repeat around; do not join. (24)
• Round 5: * 2 Sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts * repeat around; do not join. (30)
• Round 6: * 2 Sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts * repeat around; do not join. (36)
• Round 7: * 2 Sc in next st, sc in next 5 sts * repeat around; ch 1, skip next st and sl st in the next st. Fasten off. (42)
• Round 8: Attach black yarn in any st, ch 1, sc in same st and in each st around; join with a sl st in first sc. (42) Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing to the hat.

When you are finished, embroider your label with “Thing 1″ or “Thing 2″ as pictured, or simply a “1″ or “2.” Lastly, using the long tail, sew your label to the center front of your hat.

Stripy Hat

Up next is the Stripy Hat. I think this hat would be fun in any color combination, but we were keeping it Seuss-y this week. For this hat, work the pattern by changing colors as stated below and then finish off your hat by attaching pom poms to the earflaps.

0-3 Months

• Round 1 in red
• Rounds 2 & 3 in white
• Rounds 4 & 5 in red
• Rounds 6 & 7 in white
• Rounds 8 & 9 in red
• Rounds 10 & 11 in white
• Work earflaps and both edgings in blue

3-6 Months

• Rounds 1 & 2 in red
• Rounds 3 & 4 in white
• Rounds 5 & 6 in red
• Rounds 7 & 8 in white
• Rounds 9 & 10 in red
• Rounds 11 & 12 in white
• Work earflaps and both edgings in blue

6-12 Months

• Rounds 1 through 3 in red
• Rounds 4 & 5 in white
• Rounds 6 & 7 in red
• Rounds 8 & 9 in white
• Rounds 10 & 11 in red
• Rounds 12 & 13 in white
• Work earflaps and both edgings in blue

Toddler

• Rounds 1 through 3 in white
• Rounds 4 & 5 in red
• Rounds 6 & 7 in white
• Rounds 8 & 9 in red
• Rounds 10 & 11 in white
• Rounds 12 & 13 in red
• Rounds 14 & 15 in white
• Work earflaps and both edgings in blue

Child

• Rounds 1 through 3 in red
• Rounds 4 through 6 in white
• Rounds 7 through 9 in red
• Rounds 10 through 12 in white
• Rounds 13 through 15 in red
• Rounds 16 through 18 in white
• Work earflaps and both edgings in blue

Teen/Adult

• Rounds 1 & 2 in white
• Rounds 3 through 5 in red
• Rounds 6 through 8 in white
• Rounds 9 through 11 in red
• Rounds 12 through 14 in white
• Rounds 15 through 17 in red
• Rounds 18 through 20 in white
• Work earflaps and both edgings in blue

I hope you enjoyed these Seuss Hats. As aways, if you have any questions, please leave a comment or email me at email hidden; JavaScript is required. I think we will continue celebrating Dr. Seuss into next week as well. Are you doing anything special for Read Across America?