Free Halloween Pattern: Where’s Waldo Hats

It doesn’t seem possible that it should be time to start thinking about Halloween, but if you want to knit all or part of your costume or decor, it really is time to get cracking. I’ll be trying to bring you some great ideas every couple of days through the month of September, and more often as the holiday approaches.

Let’s start with the cute Where’s Waldo? knit hats from String or Nothing. (That’s a link to the pattern page; the actual pattern is here as a PDF.)

These red and white striped hats are a quick and easy addition to a Waldo costume. Just pair them with red and white shirts and round black glasses.

The pattern is sized for teens and adults, but smaller yarn and needles could make it kid-sized so your whole family can be a bunch of Waldos for Halloween.

[Photo by Kelley via String or Nothing.]

Looking for more Halloween Knitting patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

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Using your yarn stash is important to me throughout the year, but as I start to feel the end of the year coming on I get more excited about using things I already have in the house. Maybe that’s because I don’t want to go to a store in the thick of holiday shopping times, or I like the idea of having a little space in my stash when the new year rolls around.

It’s super satisfying to use up all the little odd balls you’ve made over the year (or years), and I have several stash busting blankets I work on when it’s cold and will maybe finish someday.

If you’d like to start a stash busting project that’s perfect for using up odd balls, check out the Soukish pattern from Neisha Abdulla. This pattern is made for fingering weight/sock yarn, and it’s worked in a tube with allover color work.

This is great for a couple of reasons. You don’t really have to weave in your ends when you can hide them in a tube (this is one time you might even get by just tying a knot when you change colors!) and you can change colors whenever you run out of yarn and it will look good.

Of course the pattern is made with blocks where the designer changed colors, but you can change yours more or less often as you need to make it work for your stash. You can use blank charts to design your own color combinations, or even your own stitch patterns if you like. You can also adjust the length of the scarf as needed or turn it into a cowl based on the amount of yarn you have.

This project looks like a lot of fun and would be a great thing to have on hand to stitch up and then to wear during the cold, gloomy months.

You can get a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Neisha Abdulla]

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kbsalazar says
October 16, 2020 at 7:31 am
Thanks for the mention! My site, http://String-or-Nothing.com also hosts another free pattern that might please: kids’ knitted “chain mail” – a coif and a hauberk (hood and vest) made from heavy cotton twine from the hardware store, and dyed grey. Outfit that little knight of yours!

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