Crochet Yip Yip Hat

  Sesame Street Yip Yips

Skill Level – Beginner

Hook Size – Clover K (6.5 mm)

Yarn – Lion Brand Hometown USA (6 super bulky), Monterrey Lime, Kansas City Wheat

Finished Size – Fit to your own head

INSTRUCTIONS:

Hat is worked from the brim up in back loops.

Ch 50 or number needed to fit around head circumference.  Sl st in top loop to make ring with front of ch facing out, sc in top loop around loosely, sl st back loop.

Round 1: Ch 2, dc around, sl st. (50)

Round 2:  change color. sc in both loops around, sl st.

Round 3: ch 3, dc 4 times, skip 1, dc 4 times, skip 1, dc 9 times, skip 1, dc 9 times, skip 1, dc 4 times, skip 1, dc 4 times, skip 1, dc 4 times, skip 1, dc 4 times, skip 1, sl st. (43, decrease 7)

Round 4: ch 3, dc 1 times, skip 1, dc 3 times, skip 1, dc 3 dc 6 times, skip 1, times, skip 1, dc 4 times, skip 1, dc 5 times, skip 1, 5 times, skip 1, dc 5 times, skip 1, dc 2 times, sl st. (35, decrease 15)

Round 5: ch 3, dc 2 times, skip 1, dc 1 times, skip 1, dc 2 times, 2 dc tog, 2 dc tog, 2 dc tog, dc 4 times, skip 1, dc 1 times, skip 1, dc 1 times, skip 1, dc 1 times, skip 1, dc 1 times, skip 1, dc, 2 dc tog, 2 dc tog, 2 dc tog, skip 1, dc 1 times, skip 1, dc 1 times, skip 1, dc 1 times, sl st. (29, decrease 21)

Round 6: ch 3, skip 1, dc 1 times, skip 1, dc 2 times, skip 1, 2 dc tog, 2 dc tog, 2 dc tog, 2 dc tog, dc 8 times, 2 dc tog, 2 dc tog, 2 dc tog, dc 5 times. (31) 

Whip st closed, make 2 pom poms using Clover 3 3/8" pom pom maker.