Baby Space Invader Hat

This pattern fits a 6-12 month old baby.

Step 1 Materials

Black and white yarn--I used Cascade brand 220 Superwash (100 grams/3.5oz 220 yards)
Size 8 (US) circular needles
Size 8 (US) double-pointed needles
Three stitch markers

The gauge is 1.5 sts for 1 cm, or 15 sts for 10 cm.

Comments

[clunymph]

thanks for an awesome instructable. here's a pic of my husband and son in their space invaders hats.

[tracy_the_astonishing]

Wow!!! How great! Can I have permission to put this on my knitting blog?

http://www.psychoastronomy.org/pinsandneedles/

Tracy

[clunymph]

sure, go ahead! neat blog.

[ewilhelm]

Here's two more of the same hat that I took with my camera.

[GomSeMaRi]

soooo cute

[X-mind]

Is there an instructable on this project for beginners? I really wanna make this hat!! please, anyone!

[Zontee at Lion Brand]

Adorable!

[DELETED_jorgegunn]

Great pattern Gonna make one for my new nephew. I went ahead and made a Pdf of the charts and i thought i woud post it for you all to use too.

[isavendetta]

thanks! it's really useful!! i will start this project today :D

[omnibot]

Nice pattern. Currently knitting an invader tribute-jacket.

[domestic_engineer]

that's cool. I just crocheted a space invaders scarf for my friend. It has a section of the space invaders screen on one end, and the atari logo on the other end.

[electrette]

Has anyone made this hat for an adult? I am about to knit it for a baby, but a grown-up friend is very jealous. Please let me know if you have a pattern for larger sizes. Thanks so much for the pattern. I can't wait to finish the hat and give it to the parents! They will love it.

[tracy_the_astonishing]

I have made a grown-up version, but I haven't posted the pattern. Or even written it down. I'd like to make an instructable about how to design your own space invaders hat, actually. It's on my to-do list, but I never have time!

[canida]

Oh yes, this looks awesome! Now I just need to find a geeky-enough friend with a baby.

[Honus]

Perfect for my little guy! He promises he won't get his lunch on it...... :D

[canida]

I'm not sure I believe him!

[Scurl!]

this is sweet, and i'm going to make one for my daughter....but first i'm giong to learn to knit. from the looks of this....it's complicated. but worth it.

[laernmoer]

don't be worried about learning to knit - if you're good at repetition and following instructions, knitting is pretty easy once the hand motions are down.

[Scurl!]

i'm excellent at both those, AND at hand motions. (i could get myself killed in at least 5 different gang territories!) so this should be a breeze. i'm buying the appropriate needles and yarn tomorrow, so we'll see how this goes. I've done alot of macrame and some crochet...it's just the technical talk in step 3 that got me worried LOL

[tracy_the_astonishing]

The awesome thing about knitting is that it is a lot easier than it looks. For a first project, try making a hat on circular needles that is all one color or just stripes (very easy), then move on to patterns from there.

[Pocket Universe]

Need it, want it!

[fungus amungus]

So, um, when does the adult version come out?

[tracy_the_astonishing]

I found this very cool design for a grown-up size Space invaders hat by a certain Vinny.

http://scifikal.blogspot.com/2007/04/space-invaders-earflap-hat.html

[tracy_the_astonishing]

I'm doing one for a 6-year old this week, so You'll probably have to wait at least two weeks for grown-up size.

[T3h_Muffinator]

Yeah, really!

[Kiteman]

This looks good, but I can't knit, so I showed this to SWMBO, and she likes it. Good enough for me.

[macdadyabc]

wow, thats pretty friggin sweet.i would make one but i cant knit or crochet or whatever it is. looks good though