Hello Kitty Hat for December

I originally made a Hello Kitty Hat for December, my granddaughter, yes the Christmas month and yes, her name is December.

First Hello Kitty Hat

Our Christmas together was delayed until we could get together in February, so between making it and their visit, I ended up selling it and crocheting her another.

I copied the idea of the hat from Crochet In Color, but didn't follow the actual pattern. For that I used double crochets instead of half doubles. I used the earflaps from the Owl hats on RepeatCrafterMe.  I made my oval's for the eyes and nose and then stitched in the whiskers.  I found a different tutorial I used for the ears since I wasn't keen on the rounded ears.

For the bow,  I followed her pattern, but I don't think I had as many rows.

I really like this hat, the colours really stand out against the white and December really seemed to like it. She got a few compliments wearing it when we were in town shopping, so that made her happy.