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Description Watch out, it's a big file!

Also see how to color fleece eyes to go on your hat. --> [link]
How to replace the band with ear-flaps! --> [link]
And how to sew on ears! --> [link]

Pattern: also notes the size of the rectangle
NOTE: pattern includes a 1/4" or .6cm seam allowance. That means sew that far from the edge.

If you are one of the many people only familiar with the metric system, I'm sorry I didn't include those measurements but here is a wonderful conversion tool. --> [link]

Alright you've been waiting for it so here it is. Firstly I'd like to state that this was a big pain to make. I have no idea how others can stand to make these.

Now this is just a basic hat so you can embellish it however you want. Please don't ask me how to make anything specific; either you'll have to figure it out or buy it from me.

Please don't post this anywhere, kindly leave a link instead.
Tutorial (c) me, Clearkid - For the glory of God!

Edit: OK, so I've had several people express confusion on the last step. I will attempt to clarify it here:

First sew the short edges of the band together, forming a loop. Then fold it the long way with the seam inside so you have a double thick loop. Take your main hat part and turn it inside out with the seams facing out. Turn the hat upside-down like a bowl! Now, take your double thick band with it's two raw edges facing up, and place it INSIDE the hat so that those two edges line up the the edge of the hat. Pin it together starting with the seam of the loop lined up with the back seam of you hat. Then fold it in half and pin the front, and then the sides and in-between. Then you're going to sew the tree layers together at the top. When you've finished, take out your pins and fold the brim down, and turn the hat right-side-out again to finish.

Now, that's the detailed explaination. In essence, all you're really doing in the last step, is sewing the brim to the bottom of the hat in a way that hides the seam on the inside. Hope it helps guys! If you still have questions, feel free to post them here.

Want to see what others have made? --> [link]

And one last thing. If you make a hat, I'd love to see it. You can post your links here. :3
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Comments: 1625

Moon-Light-96 In reply to ??? [2010-08-31 20:35:11 +0000 UTC]

oh okay. i made a hat. its a little monster. i did it by hand. ur lucky, u have a sewing machine! anyways ill send u a link when i take a pic of it k? ps thanks for the tut.

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Hatty-hime In reply to Moon-Light-96 [2010-09-01 12:43:22 +0000 UTC]

;3 silly I don't own the tut, I just noticed she wasn't reply to any questions, and I knew your answer. :3 Although I do have a sewing machine, hehe.

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Moon-Light-96 In reply to Hatty-hime [2010-09-01 18:51:48 +0000 UTC]

oops sorry. i thought she changed her avatar so i thought she was you. well thanks for repling anyways.

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Hatty-hime In reply to Moon-Light-96 [2010-09-01 18:53:59 +0000 UTC]

hehe ^^ its ok

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Moon-Light-96 In reply to Hatty-hime [2010-09-01 18:59:51 +0000 UTC]

thanks.

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Luna-Minura In reply to ??? [2010-08-28 04:35:26 +0000 UTC]

Where do we print out the patern piece? What does she means by ''my notes?''

I'm a bit confuse here '^^

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clearkid In reply to Luna-Minura [2010-12-31 16:49:55 +0000 UTC]

In the description.
[link]

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yvor In reply to Luna-Minura [2010-08-30 09:34:45 +0000 UTC]

I think she means [link] pattern piece?

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Luna-Minura In reply to yvor [2010-08-30 22:21:54 +0000 UTC]

oH! cool! that's what i was searchin for, but I couldn't find the link '^^

Thanks a bunchy bunch!

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ekf501 In reply to ??? [2010-08-27 18:20:49 +0000 UTC]

wow I wanna make this so badly but the pattern measurement confused me. We have to cut out one large rectangle that's 3.5" x distance around my head(which is 35") so that equals 122.5". I wanted to know why yours says (about 22")?
Also, do the measurements for the 6.5"x7" pattern shape change depending on the size of your head? O_O

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clearkid In reply to ekf501 [2010-12-31 16:54:01 +0000 UTC]

The x means by as in 3.5" by 25"
And the triangles shouldn't change unless you want a massively different size, like a baby or giant.

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ekf501 In reply to clearkid [2011-01-01 22:29:44 +0000 UTC]

thanks, someone had clarified this for me and I've even made a hat with this tutorial

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mythbustersDelcatty In reply to ekf501 [2010-08-28 19:44:29 +0000 UTC]

No, no, she doesn't mean the distance around your head multiplied by 3.5", she means height: 3.5" width: 22" ^-^
I don't think the pattern size differs...

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ekf501 In reply to mythbustersDelcatty [2010-08-29 01:44:02 +0000 UTC]

oh so it means
-cut a rectangle 3.5" by the distance around your head(about 22")?
...my heads bigger than that lmao XD ok that makes sense. thank you very much!!

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mythbustersDelcatty In reply to ekf501 [2010-08-29 01:59:19 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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diablajane In reply to ??? [2010-08-26 07:35:55 +0000 UTC]

Oooooohhhhhhhhh.....last step finally clicked. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this!

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Vocaloid-Joupa In reply to ??? [2010-08-26 02:26:42 +0000 UTC]

I made a sandshrew! Thanks a million for uploading this! Here it is: [link]

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xXNightRose14Xx In reply to ??? [2010-08-23 02:29:12 +0000 UTC]

I have a question. I don't have a sowning machine, do you think I can hand sow or will it not look right?

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rudeminnesotan In reply to ??? [2010-08-20 08:29:02 +0000 UTC]

[link] < My second hat I made. I went for the ears. :3 I need to get some practice ones in before I make the one I need for my costume! Thank you for the tutorial!

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Kaeleira In reply to ??? [2010-08-19 22:16:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial! It was very helpful in making my very first fleece hat, my panda hat! You can see it here: [link]

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Edamahun In reply to ??? [2010-08-19 05:32:12 +0000 UTC]

OMIGOSH. THANK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU.
I've been looking for a good hat tute/pattern for a little while now.

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onlyone7 In reply to ??? [2010-08-18 21:46:28 +0000 UTC]

I used your tutorial to make this hat ---->[link]

Your tutorial was wonderfully done

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Electricshock01 In reply to ??? [2010-08-18 16:14:21 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutoriel. I'll attempt to make one sometime in the near future despite the fact I'm not good at sewing(Machine or by hand, I've tried both).

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Demolitioncolorsceme In reply to ??? [2010-08-13 05:10:02 +0000 UTC]

:3 this is nice!

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Cree-cree In reply to ??? [2010-08-12 05:54:54 +0000 UTC]

thx a million i have looked every where for this

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mythbustersDelcatty In reply to ??? [2010-08-11 21:41:27 +0000 UTC]

Call me stupid, but what do you mean by a foot of fleese? o-0 Cuz, it looks like you have way more than a foot of fleece, and if your head is 22"-24" around, how are you supposed cut that out of 12"? ... Sorry about my ignorance in sewing... heh...

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LeiteDestiny In reply to ??? [2010-08-11 01:54:36 +0000 UTC]

I love this tutorial! I'm getting close to finishing a Pikachu hat for my friend's Birthday(I love your pikachu hat xD) thou mine has....rly long ears...and the hat is a little big xD
Thou....the inside of my hat looks like a huge mess(I'm not good with my sewing machine) and my hands hurt from cutting the fleece....bad scissors xD

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blackk49 In reply to ??? [2010-08-10 01:25:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so muh for this

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Tymrin [2010-08-09 00:56:37 +0000 UTC]

Awesome yet simple tutorial! Thanks so much X]

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Z-erin In reply to ??? [2010-08-03 16:48:25 +0000 UTC]

WOW!! sooo easy and sooo cool!!
-_- of course I never figured out myself alone.
tks!!

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panda-chan-x3 In reply to ??? [2010-07-31 17:32:19 +0000 UTC]

Awesome <3
I wanna try this after vacation is over ^^.

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rudeminnesotan In reply to ??? [2010-07-30 22:30:42 +0000 UTC]

D: THIS IS AWESOME THANK YOU!!!! (bah, caps lock)

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RinaNara In reply to ??? [2010-07-29 17:14:50 +0000 UTC]

This is a FANTASTIC fleece hat tutorial, I used it to make Sora's hat from Digimon. [link]

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Fooy723 In reply to ??? [2010-07-29 06:00:25 +0000 UTC]

Ive read your explination for the last step but still dont understand...

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Fooy723 In reply to ??? [2010-07-29 04:57:35 +0000 UTC]

at what point should you put in ears if your makin a cat hat?

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gingeeer In reply to ??? [2010-07-26 21:52:06 +0000 UTC]

"Don't let your kitty sit on your work"
haha xDDDDD
nice tutorial! :3

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asimpleparadox In reply to ??? [2010-07-25 16:13:10 +0000 UTC]

Woo I made this [link] thanks soo much

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xmissdiazx In reply to ??? [2010-07-24 00:30:08 +0000 UTC]

your tutorial seriously rock i looove it (this one and the one for the ears too), thank you so much! you make it look so easy i wanna make a thousand fleece hats now! (well, maybe just two XD) thanks again ^-^ i've been looking for instructions all afternoon, and this just saved my life (or my future hats XD)

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ChibiAisuu In reply to ??? [2010-07-23 04:22:41 +0000 UTC]

[link] thanks to your amazing tutorial, I made this!! <3 I'll post a pic when it's not so late at night of me actually wearing it, I'll link to it here again. And I'm planning on making more. Thank you so much for making this! You're amazing! <3333

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ChibiAisuu In reply to ChibiAisuu [2010-07-23 04:25:59 +0000 UTC]

I think I did something wrong, lol. I think the rim thing is too small... but it works for the character I was going for

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ArsenicEater In reply to ??? [2010-07-20 14:51:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for your tutorial! It was really helpful and with it I made my very first hat! I can't wait till winter comes around so I can wear it to class and make everyone jealous ;3

Here's my panda hat: [link]

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asimpleparadox In reply to ??? [2010-07-18 14:29:19 +0000 UTC]

I'm so very inspired by this and all your other hats <3 I've only recently picked up sewing but I think after I make about a bazillion of these I might learn a thing or two. Thanks so much for being so good as to make these tutorials and share the information - I wouldn't even know where to start without them.

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asimpleparadox In reply to ??? [2010-07-18 09:28:08 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad you exist and made this <3 everyone I know is going to get a ridiculous hat for birthdays and christmas for at least two years now :3

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Netsuma In reply to ??? [2010-07-18 05:14:30 +0000 UTC]

I love you so freaking much for making this. D:

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MahUsername In reply to ??? [2010-07-18 00:36:14 +0000 UTC]

Sorry if this question was already asked, but how well would felt work in making this?

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Nigel-Coventry [2010-07-17 17:21:20 +0000 UTC]

is the length all the way along the bottom of one of the hat pieces 6 1/2''
or is it like, 13'' ?
D:

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MusicsAngel92 [2010-07-17 16:42:17 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial!!!! thank you for all the work you put into it^^ I am currently sewing a crap load of stuff but I would love to try to make this I think these hats are sooo cute

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threewiishes In reply to ??? [2010-07-17 16:30:59 +0000 UTC]

kawaii!!!!

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konantype0 In reply to ??? [2010-07-16 23:20:45 +0000 UTC]

awesome!

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netherwings In reply to ??? [2010-07-16 19:10:18 +0000 UTC]

Interesting! Faved for future usage!

Thank you for making

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