Let me set the scene: I'm in the cinema with the Dilley family (watched The Artist, which is truly superb) and a trailer comes on for the upcoming Muppet movie. Cue general excitement. It is around this time that Rachael mentions seeing knitted Muppet hats on the Internet and I know that I won't be happy until I've had a go myself. Knitting inspiration really is an itch that must be scratched!
Now, obviously, I have only procreated to have a little subject for all of my knitting trials. Not entirely true, of course, but it is fun knitting for him! So I set about knitting Noah an Animal inspired hat because he's our little drummer boy. I started by blocking the pattern out on graph paper, copying a picture of Animal from the film magazine. It took a few goes to make it symmetrical but I got there in the end. I cast on 62 stitches in the round on three double-pointed UK/US size 7 needles and knitted a 1" band in seed stitch (k1,p1 then p1,k1 on alternate rounds). For the body, I used one strand of orange yarn and one strand of fluorescent pink to give the random, mottled colours of his fur. I then used intarsia to create the face. At the top, I decreased stitches evenly around before breaking and threading the yarn to cast off.
Now, sadly, my son has been gifted the gigantic head of his daddy, so it's not the best fit in the world, but I'm sure he'll get at least one week's wear out of it. Maybe then I'll make him a Beaker one to replace it...
NB: If you'd like the pattern, drop me a line! Happy to oblige :)
suziknitsandgiggles@googlemail.com
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