I had several bags of yarn donated to my Crochet & Knit Club at school. One of my students spied a little stuffed Cookie Monster (just the head) and I didn’t know what it was for, so I let him keep it. When I finally got around to putting all of the yarn away, I found a small ball of Lion Brand’s Sesame Street One Hat Wonder yarn in the Cookie Monster colorway. The band had a pattern for a knitted hat, but a quick Google search led me to the crochet version (pattern #L90242).
Mine came out about an inch short, so I added a band on it by slip stitching a round, and then adding a row of half double crochet in white. I then finished it off with another round of slip stitch in the main color yarn. I used pretty much every ounce of the Cookie Monster yarn!
Since I no longer had the Cookie Monster for the hat pom-pom, I purchased some online. I attached a 1.5" button to the inside of the hat, and then, after pulling the elastic loop to the inside of the hat, I looped the elastic of the pom-pom around the button. This way, the pom-pom can be removed before washing. And, the button is large enough that it shouldn’t pose a choking hazard (although, the pom-pom could possibly be a choking hazard). In any case, it’s a cute little child-sized hat!
