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kojotutorial: supersimple pom pom hat from an old sweater

January 6, 2010

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I’ll be honest- Day 4 of the I Heart New Year’s Challenge was the one I was most looking forward to.  Make something?  Yes please.
If you haven’t made anything yet, I tell you, one of these little pom pom hats can be whipped up in half an hour, so you still have time… I can’t wait to hear about what else y’all made!That being said, I recently received a whole box of gorgeous, cozy, Goodwill bound sweaters.  My immediate inclination in such instances is to throw them in the washer and dryer and FELT them!  However, the sweaters in this particular batch were mostly cashmere (or cashmere blends), so I decided to make them into warm, fuzzy, comfy hats for Burke and his cousins.  The method I used is a combo of the lovely chez beeper bebe tutorial and an idea I saw at Denver’s oh-so-fabulous Holiday Handmade craft fair (I don’t remember the designer, but she’d refashioned old sweaters into darling little elf hats and sweater pants).

To make one of these hats, you’ll need:
-a soft and cuddly sweater
-a sewing machine
-a couple of pom poms
1. Turn your sweater inside out.  Trace the hat shape (I used the one from chez beeper bebe, but you could also pretty easily use measurements instead… for the 6-12 month size, the width/soon-to-be-circumference should be about 16″ and the height about 9″, for the 12-18 month size, the width/diameter/circumference should be about 18″ [still 9″ for the height] and for the 18-24 month size the width/circumference grows to 20″ [again, 9″ for the height]).  Cut out your soon-to-be hat.
2. Sew along the edge of your ‘hat,’ leaving about a 1/4″ seam.

3. Turn inside out.  Tie pom poms on each ‘ear.’  Cover the bean of your darling little one with this supercute number and he gets ever cuter.  Send a couple of these fuzzy numbers to your nieces.  Make some more? 🙂

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  1. Rachel@oneprettything.com says

    January 6, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    That is so cute and I love the simplicity! I'll be linking.

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  2. LuckyStarErin says

    January 6, 2010 at 3:23 pm

    so adorable! I like the blues/creams together.

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  3. casserole says

    January 6, 2010 at 7:33 pm

    Love the pom poms at the top! I bet these are sooooo cute on the little tikes!

    I linked to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing:
    http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-pom-pom-winter-hat-from-an-old-sweater/2010/01/06/

    –Anne

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  4. Bobbie says

    January 6, 2010 at 9:20 pm

    those hats are to die for! totally cute!

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  5. Anna says

    January 6, 2010 at 10:05 pm

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    The Lemonade Stand Award is awarded for being a blogger who shows great attitude and gratitude.

    here are the details! Thanks for inspiring me and so many others!

    http://noodleheads.blogspot.com/2010/01/two-awards-in-one-day.html

    ps, I love this tutorial! It's wayyy too cute!

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  6. Disney says

    January 7, 2010 at 2:36 pm

    Wait-how did I miss this one? Too cute!!

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  7. Naomi says

    January 7, 2010 at 6:12 pm

    This hat is cute for kids but I know that it is perfect for Canadian adults!! Do you have any idea how this can adapted to fit an adult?
    You rock!

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  8. Papgena Made It says

    January 9, 2010 at 4:29 am

    so cute!!!!
    thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  9. Tracy says

    January 9, 2010 at 1:23 pm

    So cute that I had to make it immediately. Just blogged about it too! Thank you for the great idea!

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  10. Holly says

    January 11, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    This is right up my alley! There's pretty much nothing you can't do with an old sweater. These are adorable; my daughter would love one!

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  11. Stephanie Lynn says

    January 12, 2010 at 1:09 am

    Oh ny goodness – these are adorable! I love the pompoms!

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  12. Angie @ The Country Chic Cottage says

    January 12, 2010 at 8:44 am

    Too cute!! I love em!

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  13. Kim says

    January 12, 2010 at 1:21 pm

    I love this idea! If only I would have thought of this when my kids were little.

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  14. Rene says

    January 12, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    CUTE CUTE! Love them for the kiddos and the adults!

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  15. Becca @ Blue Cricket Design says

    January 13, 2010 at 11:19 pm

    Super cute and easy! the perfect combo!

    Reply
  16. Tammy says

    November 25, 2010 at 12:41 am

    When you said "width" did you mean circumference? I'm confused… cuz that would be a really big hat. cute idea! I'm planning on making one for my daughter's big noggin! 😀

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  17. Tammy says

    November 25, 2010 at 12:44 am

    That's really cute. When you said "width" did you mean circumference of the hat? Cuz that would be a really big hat! I'm planning on making one of these cute things for my daughter. What a great way to use those sweaters we love but don't wear anymore. Thanks!

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  18. phyllis says

    January 21, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    another great idea i was unsure of myself doing anything with an old sweater.for fear
    it would go astray. well you surely gave me a new idea for other things. like a baby
    bunting. even gloves. tracing my fingers securing it from fraying sew around and
    wha la gloves. thanks

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    • Kirstin says

      January 22, 2012 at 10:08 am

      love the gloves idea (and love reusing old sweaters!). 🙂
      thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  19. Sharon says

    January 28, 2012 at 7:56 am

    Hi, Super cute hats and idea. Instead of “width” of hat, shouldn’t it be the “diameter” or circumference like Tammy said? I am thinking of the newbies out there that would cut the entire width of the sweater! 99% of us know what you are talking about but there are those that wouldn’t. On my way to Goodwill Store for sweaters now!!!

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    • Kirstin says

      January 28, 2012 at 8:04 pm

      Hey Sharon! Looking back at the tutorial, I have no idea why I wrote it like that. But YES, circumference/diameter is a much better term. I went back and edited- thanks for the tip! 🙂

      Reply
  20. Brenda says

    January 28, 2012 at 9:45 am

    Hi: what about using an old handmade sweater? How would you stop the stitches from coming undone?

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    • Kirstin says

      January 28, 2012 at 8:01 pm

      Hey Brenda! I think you could probably use an old handmade sweater- just give yourself plenty of margin so that when you’re sewing, you’re still stitching along the tight weave instead of the fraying edge. 🙂
      If you try this out, will you let me know if it worked???

      Reply
  21. Mandy says

    November 13, 2012 at 2:17 am

    So cute and easy! I will be linking. Thank you. Love them!

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    • Kirstin says

      November 13, 2012 at 4:39 pm

      Thanks Mandy! I actually found one of those today and was thinking about how much I love them! 🙂

      Reply
  22. becky says

    December 18, 2012 at 11:01 am

    just featured this on my blog– with other winter hat tutorials! thanks for sharing it. http://www.patchworkposse.com/blog/2012/12/11-winter-hat-tutorials/

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    • Kirstin says

      December 18, 2012 at 1:03 pm

      thanks becky! love the round up!

      Reply

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