Crochet Bunny Hat Patterns

My girls love to wear hats, so last week I searched for a free crochet bunny hat pattern. I found two that I liked, this one from Red Heart;

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Photo from Red Heart

and The Floppy Bunny Hat from Mama G's Big Crafty Blog.

Photo from Mama G's Blog

It turns out that I don't like to follow patterns.  I never have the right yarn on hand, so I improvise :)  For my first white bunny hat I used Light & Lofty yarn and my classic hat pattern, then added a scallop edge and some ears that I improvised.  For the pink bunny hat, I followed the Red Heart pattern above, using two strands of sports-weight yarn, then my ears again.  Mally wore hers to church and town - they love them!  Please send me pictures if you use one of these patterns...I'd love to see your little bunnies!

Here is the pattern I used for the ears:

Mama Lusco's Crochet Bunny Ears

Continue using same yarn & hook as you used for the hat.

Row 1:Chain on 15;

Row 2- 11: Turn and sc in 2nd stitch and across back to end of row (14 sc), chain 1;

Row 12: Turn and sc 2nd and 3rd stitches together (decreasing), then sc across and sc 13th & 14th st together (decreasing to 12 sc), chain 1;

Row 13-23: Turn and sc in 2nd stitch and across to end of row (12 sc), chain 1;

Row 24: Turn and sc 2nd and 3rd st together(decreasing), then sc across until sc 11 &12 st together(decreasing to 10sc), chain 1;

Row 25-29: Turn and sc in 2nd st and in each st across, chain 1;

Row 30: Turn and sc in 2nd and 3rd st together (decreasing to 9sc), then sc across, chain 1;

Row 31-35: Turn and sc in 2nd st and in each st across, chain 1;

Row 36: Turn and sc 2nd and 3rd st together (decreasing to 8 sc), then sc across, chain 1;

Row 37-40: Turn and sc in 2nd st each st across, chain 1;

Turn and sc all around ear, joining at tip of ear at Row 40.

Sew or sc ear to top of hat.

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