R2-D2 x 2

I love making novelty hats for babies. The projects are quick, the results are adorable - and babies aren't old enough to object to wearing the hats. When I mentioned an R2-D2 hat to my brother (while we were talking turkey hats, naturally), he asked if I would make one for his son, Miles. Apparently, he was excited enough about the hat to tell his work colleagues, and now I'm making one more.
 

I'm really ridiculously excited about these little hats - even googled some pictures of R2-D2 to add in some more detail. (Did you know you can purchase R2-D2 swimsuits? Google is amazing.)

Because I was making both hats for babies, I used Cascade 220 Sport (instead of the worsted weight) and size 6 needles to size it down a bit for tinier heads. The design is really quite simple - just a basic striped hat with duplicate stitching for details. The Purl Bee has a fantastic tutorial on duplicate stitching, and I'm addicted to it now - such a simple, fun way to add in details! I really like the subtle three-dimensional quality it gave to the R2-D2 hat, too.

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