Minion hat instructions.

Minion fans seem to be everywhere, even adults without children seem to have been bitten by the bug. In anticipation of Despicable Me 2 being released in November I thought it would be nice to share the pattern with you (and give slower crafters time to make one).

For most of my hat pattern I use the basic hat pattern from the Repeatcrafterme blog, and with just a few changes the owl will become a minion. http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2012/09/crochet-owl-hat-pattern-in-newborn.html .

sizes are from newborn to large adult, but if in doubt try the hat on as you make it to see if you need some extra rows.

The pattern uses American names for the stitches so if you are in the UK convert the stitches as follows.

SC- uk double crochet

DC- uk trebble

HDC - uk half trebble crochet.

if in doubt

This blog has so many great ideas and I wish I had as much time as Sarah to dedicate to making new patterns. She even provided a picture guide for beginners.

The picture is of my child size minion hat, the black stripe is done on row 9 – the row where the instructions tell you to change colour so it should easily translate into any size of hat.

For the eyes use white for the first 2 rounds then change colour on round 3 for the sc stitch. Then do an extra row but sc only half of the stitch, this will make the stitch sit at 90 degrees to the rest of the circle.  Sew a button onto the middle of the eye to finish them off or use some felt if you prefer. The hair is made by tying some scraps of black wool onto the hat.

Hopefully my next post will have a picture of the purple minion hat and the changes to the pattern to make it.