Soft & Snuggly Fleece Hat

This is a really simple way to make a fleece hat - easier with a sewing machine, but it's possible to do it without too.

I made a whole bunch before Christmas, and can easily make 2 or 3 in an evening after work!

First things first, find your equipment.....

• Your choice of fleece - I like microfibre, but you can choose anything warm and cosy.Either go for a single colour for the simplest version, or a selection for a stripey hat or one with decoration (I'll explain how much in the next step - it varies!)
• A tape measure
• Scissors
• Tailors chalk, or a felt tip that will show up on your fleece
• Sewing Machine (or needles, if you're doing it the old fashioned way...)
• Thread, in a similar colour, or contrasting if you want the detail to show up

 

• Anything you want to decorate it with - buttons, beads, pretty bits of ribbon, pom poms.....

Ready? Off we go....

Step 1 Measuring and Marking

Ok! Grab your tape measure. You need to measure around the head of the person wearing it, just above the ears, a little like the diagram below (the red line) - don't pull tightly! Got your measurement? Add 3cm (or 1 inch, if working in imperial) to this number.

Heres mine: 60cm (24") round the head, which, with the 3cm (1") add on, gives me a length of 63cm or 25". This is the first of your measurements...

You're now going to mark out the rectangle you need to make your hat.

Lay your fleece out flat on a table. Grab your tape measure, and your chalk or felt tip.

Start by measuring out the length (the head measurement we just took). Work from an edge, and measure the length of the line before marking. If in doubt, add a little, don't take it away!

You're now going to add the height. Your rectangle needs to be 30cm tall.

Once it's all marked out, and you've checked your measurements, cut it out.

Comments

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Very cute and simple hat :)