12 Days of Christmas Hats: Day 12 - In a Jiffy Beanie and Rocketship Applique

All of my 12 Days of Christmas Hats were created as Christmas gifts for less fortunate students at my best friend's school in Nashville who do not have adequate winter wear. These patterns are available free of charge, but please consider making a donation here to help brighten a child's Christmas.

Since my best friend works for Rocketship Education, I couldn't send a box of hats without at least one having a rocketship on it. So, with a picture in my head of what I wanted, I sat down and made it happen. Now you can too!

This beanie is sized for elementary school children and works up in a jiffy (Get it? Cause I'm using Jiffy yarn...haha!). The rocketship applique can be used for any hat, or maybe a blanket or bag. The sky is the limit...or not...since it's a rocketship (Get it?).

I apologize...it's been a long hat series and my brain is tired :)

In a Jiffy Beanie
 

 

Materials:

• half skein bulky yarn (pictured: Lion Brand Jiffy in Violet)
• J hook
• Yarn needle

Directions:

Round 1: In magic circle, 11dc, join to first dc

Round 2: ch 2 (counts as stitch throughout), dc in same stitch, 2dc in every stitch (22 stitches), join to beginning ch

Round 3: ch 2, dc in same stitch, *dc in next stitch, 2dc in following stitch, repeat from * (33 stitches), join

Round 4: ch 2, dc in same stitch, *dc in next 2 stitches, 2dc in following stitch, repeat from * (44 stitches), join

Round 5: ch 2, dc in same stitch, *dc in next 3 stitches, 2dc in following stitch, repeat from * (55 stitches), join

Round 6-13: ch 2, dc in each stitch (55 stitches), join

Round 14: ch 1, sc in same stitch, sc in each stitch (55 stitches), join, fasten off and weave in ends.

Rocketship Applique
 

Materials:

• small amount of  worsted weight yarn in 4 colors
• G hook
• Yarn needle

Directions:

Body

With color A, ch 9

Row 1: sc in the second chain from hook, sc across (8)

Row 2: ch 1, sc across (8)

Row 3: change to color B, ch 1, sc across (8)

Row 4-14: ch 1, sc across (8)

Row 15: change to color A, ch 1, sc across (8)

Row 16: ch 1, sc across (8)

Row 17: ch 1, 2sctog, sc in next 4 stitches, 2sctog (6)

Row 18: ch 1, 2 sctog, sc in next 2 stitches, 2sctog (4)

Row 19: ch 1, 2sctog, 2sctog (2)

Row 20: ch 1, 2sctog (1) fasten off and weave in ends

Fins

Row 1: with color B, work 4 sc into the edge of rows 5-8 (4)

Row 2: ch 1, skip first sc, sc in next 2 stitches, 2sc in last stitch (4)

Row 3: ch 1, 2sc in first stitch, sc in next 2 stitches, sl st in last stitch (5, including sl st)

Row 4: ch 1, skip first sc, sc in next 2 stitches, 2 sc in last stitch (4)

Row 5: ch 1, 2 sc in first stitch, sc in next 2 stitches, sl st in last stitch and then work 4 sl st into the top edge of the fin and one last sl st into the same space as the first sc from row 1, fasten off and weave in ends

For the second fin turn the work over and repeat on the other side.

Window

With color C, 12 dc in magic circle, join, fasten off but leave a long tail to sew the window onto the body

Flames
Add a couple of fringe tassels to the beginning chain for the flames. I used 4 tassels with 3 4" pieces of yarn each and then trimmed them all to my desired length of about an inch.

 

Alright, 12 Days of Christmas Hats = done! I hope you enjoyed these patterns and that you use them to make some wonderful gifts for the awesome people in your life! I wish you all a great and creative holiday season and I'll see you in the New Year with some more crochet patterns. I'm pretty excited about what I've got in mind for next year, you won't want to miss it!