The Vulcan Mind Meld/ New Hat Pattern

Spocktopus Hat

This is that pattern for a basic adult beanie. I like a hat that is long enough to fold up at the bottom so that it can keep your ears warm and fit a wide variety of head sizes. Since you are making it from the top down you can check it periodically and see if it is the right length for you. If you don't want to fold it up you can stop around row 14 or 15 and simply skip to row 19 to finish it off. I have also include a youth hat and a baby hat. These hats are pretty flexible on the size and stretchy as well so you should have a lot of flexibility on sizing. But if you find you need to add a little width simply add another increase row... or if you find the hats are too big then alter it on that end instead.

Use an H hook and worsted weight yarn for this hat.
Round 1: Form a magic ring and ch 1 hdc 10 times into the ring.
Round 2: hdc inc into each stitch (20)

Round 3: (dc, dc inc) around (30)
Round 4: (dc, dc, dc inc) around (40)
Round 5: (dc, dc, dc, dc inc) around (50)
Round 6: (dc, dc, dc, dc, dc inc) around (60)
Rounds 7-18: dc into each stitch around (60)
Round 19: sc into each stitch around and then sl st into the next two stitches and fasten off.
Sew on an octopus!

Youth hat or Woman's small
Use an H hook and worsted weight yarn for this hat.
Round 1: Form a magic ring and ch 1 hdc 10 times into the ring.
Round 2: hdc inc into each stitch (20)
Round 3: (dc, dc inc) around (30)
Round 4: (dc, dc, dc inc) around (40)
Round 5: (dc, dc, dc, dc inc) around (50)
Rounds 6- 16: dc into each stitch around
Round 17: sc into each stitch around and then sl st into the next two stitches and fasten off.

Baby Hat
Use an G hook and worsted weight yarn for this hat.
Round 1: Form a magic ring and ch 1 hdc 10 times into the ring.
Round 2: hdc inc into each stitch (20)
Round 3: (dc, dc inc) around (30)
Round 4: (dc, dc, dc inc) around (40)
Rounds 5-14: dc into each stitch around (40)
Round 15: sc into each stitch around and then sl st into the next two stitches and fasten off.

You can get the basic octopus with several variations by buying the pattern below. For the baby hat just make one of the smaller versions to perch on top.

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