Crochet Mandrake Baby Hat – Free Crochet Pattern

This darling crochet mandrake baby hat makes an easy and cute Halloween costume! The crochet pattern includes instructions for the mandrake hat as well as a printable for the Mandrake label that you can iron onto a plaid onesie. Remember, ear protection required!
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I am so excited to share Sis’s Halloween costume with you.  This crochet mandrake baby hat costume is awesome for a few reasons: first, the Harry Potter reference –we are huge Potterheads in this house and this simple and cute crochet mandrake baby hat is an awesome way to show-off our fandom; second, the simplicity of it. You can make this little costume in a couple of hours.

My husband does not enjoy dressing up. I, on the other hand, love dressing up. So each Halloween, it’s a struggle to find a costume that is  “dressing-up”, but in fact, is not really dressing up. This year is a total win, I just ordered two Gryffindor scarves off Ebay, and will be purchasing two sets of ear muffs the next time I see them in a store.

If you are not familiar with the Harry Potter scene from The Chamber Of Secrets, the characters must harvest baby mandrakes and make a draught to cure petrification, which happens when you accidentally see the reflection of a basilisk. You must wear ear muffs to protect your ears from the mandrake screams (they scream when pulled up from the dirt), which causes unconsciousness with baby mandrakes, and death with full-grown mandrakes.

Very scientific. 

I also created a printable mandrake label {Get a small mirrored one here and the regular one here}. You can put in on a onesie like I did (with iron-on transfer paper), or you can print it and put it on a box or pot, however you decide to style the costume.

CROCHET MANDRAKE BABY HAT – FREE CROCHET PATTERN 

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What you need: (affiliate links)
–G Hook
-Medium Weight Yarn (Knit Picks Brava – Almond, Dublin)
– Polyfil
– Darning Needle

Abbreviations: US Terms
Ch – chain
Sc – single crochet
Dc – Double Crochet
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Sl st – Slip Stitch
St – stitch



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Size 6-12 months Hat: 

Start with Magic Ring or 3-ch loop.

1. Hdc 8 inside the ring. (8 sts)Join with a sl st.

2. Work 2 hdc in same st. Work 2 hdc in next 7 sts. (16 sts) Join with sl st.

3. Ch 1. Hdc  in same st. Work 2 hdc in next st. *Hdc in next st, work 2 hdc in next st* work 7 times.  (24 sts) Join with a sl st.

4. Ch 1. Hdc in same st. Hdc in next st. Work 2 hdc in next st. *Hdc in next 2 sts, work 2 hdc in next st* work 7 times.  (32 sts) (3 “diameter) Join with sl st.

5. Ch 1. Hdc in same st. Hdc in next 2 sts. Work 2 hdc in next st. *Hdc in next 3 sts, work 2 hdc in next st* work 7 times. (40 sts)Join with sl st.

6. Ch 1. Hdc in same st. Hdc in next 3 sts. Work 2 hdc in next st. *Hdc in next 4 sts, work 2 hdc in next st* work 7 times. (48 sts) Join with with a sl st.

7. Ch 1. Hdc in same st. Hdc in next 4 sts. Work 2 hdc in next st. *Hdc in next st 5, work 2 hdc in next st* work 7 times. Join with sl st.(56 sts)    

8. – 17. Ch 1. Hdc in same st. Hdc in each st all around the hat. (56 sts)
Join with sl st.

Tie off.

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Leaves: Make 7 (or more)

1. Ch 12. Sl st in 2^nd ch from hook. Sc in next 2 chs. Hdc in next ch. Dc in next 5 chs. Hdc in next ch. Sc in last ch. Ch 1. Working across other side, sc in same st. Sc in next st. Hdc in next st. Dc in next 5 sts. Hdc in next st. Sc in next st. Turn. 

2. Ch 2. Sk same st. sc in next st. Sc in next st. Hdc in next st. Work 2 dc in next 5 sts. Hdc in next st. Sc in next st. Ch 1. Sl st in next st. Tie off.

Stems: (make 3) 
Start with a magic ring. 
1. Hdc 12 in ring. Join with sl st. 
2.- 8. Ch 1. Sc in same st. Sc in next 11 sts. Join with sl st. Leave a long tail. 

Construction:

Stuff each stem with polyfil. Using the tail, sew the stems on the top of the hat. Sew them a bit forward on the hat, and not perfectly centered on the first round. 
Sew on the the leaves in any manner that works for you. Sew the base of the leaves to the stem. To keep the stems upright, baste stitch the leaves together with a few strategically places stitches. This keeps the hat and roots upright and sturdy. 
 

I will be posting full costume photos as soon as I get the rest of my stuff, but I am loving how easy this costume came together with the crochet mandrake baby hat! 
The Boy is doing his own thing and being a robot. ;)

 

xoxo,