Chibi Baby Girl Panda Beanie Hat Crochet Pattern

Chibi Baby Girl Panda Beanie Hat Crochet Pattern

  free crochet pattern from cRAfterChick.com

I fell in love with this sweet baby girl panda hat as I crocheted the pieces and assembled it.  I think it is just downright adorable but I could be a bit biased on that. 😉  What is more cute than a panda? A baby panda!  My soon to be stepdaughter adores pandas so I’m sure she will try to steal this one but it will be hard to let it go.  Maybe I will make up a second one for myself once I finish all my works in progress.

Chibi  Baby Girl Panda Beanie Hat Crochet Pattern Notes

Project requires:
White Yarn for Beanie Hat main color (or desired color)- (I use a lot of Red Heart Saver yarn but any medium to normal weight yarn will do)
Black Yarn for features and ears
Pink Yarn for blush circles and bow
“J” hook (6.0 mm)
Scissors or Yarn Cutter
Blunt large eye yarn / tapestry needle to weave in ends

Abbreviations used in this pattern (US crochet stitches):
ch – chain
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet (US)
dc – double crochet (US) 
hdc – half double crochet (US) 

Pattern Instructions:

*Note: This project is worked in the round on the base of a magic ring. If you do not know how to do this, please see tutorial here from: yarntomato on CrochetMe

The hat in this picture is made with my free Easy Peasy  Pre-Teen / Teen / Women Double Crochet Beanie Pattern, which you can find here as a foundation for the project. Want it in another size? No worries. Head over to Easy Peasy All Family Sizes Free Double Crochet Beanie Patterns to select the size of the free pattern you want for your project.

Hat Base: in main color white yarn

Use Easy Peasy Crochet Beanie Size of your choice

Once you have completed your beanie for the base you are ready to start on making your chibi baby girl panda bear hat!

Eye Whites (Make 2): using white yarn
Round 1: In magic circle, ch 2 before placing 10 dc in to the circle. Pull circle closed tight. Sl st in to top of 1st st in round. (10 dc)
You will want to leave a yarn tail long enough to secure your eye white to the black eye area pieces during assembly securely. Pull yarn and put to side until needed in finishing stage.
Repeat instructions for second eye.
*For newborn to 12 month sizes, make 8 hdc instead of 10 dc.

Eyes Pupils (Make 2): using black yarn
Round 1: In magic circle, ch 1 before placing 4 sc in to the circle. Pull circle closed tight. Sl st in to top of 1st st in round. (4 sc)
Cut your yarn making sure you leave a tail long enough to sew the eyes pupils on to your eye whites during assembly. Pull yarn through and put to side until needed in later steps.
Repeat process for second eye.
*For newborn to 12 month sizes, make 3 sc or a chain of 4 with sl st to last ch from hook to make a small circle.

Black Eye Area Base (Make 2): Using black yarn
Round 1: In magic circle, ch 1 before placing the following st in this order: 3 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 4 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, and 1 sc. Pull the circle closed to line up in tight circle. Sl st in to top of 1st st. (14 st total)
Round 2: Ch 2 before placing 1 dc in 1st 3 st, 2 dc in next 3 st, 1 dc in next 4 st, 2 dc in next 3 st, 1 dc in last st. Sl st in top of 1st st in round.  (20 st total)
Cut your yarn making sure you leave a tail long enough to sew the black eye area on to your panda hat during assembly /finishing off stage.
Repeat for second eye area. Place to the side until needed for during assembly.
*For newborn to 12 month sizes, in Round 2 replace all dc stitches with hdc.

Ear Front (Make 2): using black yarn
Round 1: In a magic circle  ch 2 before placing 10 dc in circle. Pull circle closed in tight circle. Sl st in to top of 1st st in round. (10 dc)
Round 2: Ch 2 before placing 2 dc in 1st st and 2 dc in each of the next 9 st. Sl st in top of 1st st in round. (20 dc)
Fasten off and repeat instructions for second ear.
*For newborn to 12 month sizes, replace all dc stitches in ears with hdc instead.

Ear Back (Make 2): using black yarn
Repeat Rounds 1-2 from Ear Front step above but do not fasten off at end of Round 3.
Round 3: Place one finished Ear Front in front of the Ear Back you are working on before ch 1, then work a round of  *2 sc in first st and 1 sc in next 2 st* repeating around the perimeter through both pieces until you have 4 st left. Place 1 sl st in each of the last 4 st before sl st in to top of 1st st in round.  The 4 sl st will be the bottom of your ear that you will sew on to your baby girl panda hat.
Cut your yarn making sure you leave a tail long enough to sew the panda ears on to top of your chibi baby girl panda hat during assembly.
*For newborn to 12 month sizes, replace all dc stitches in ears with hdc.

Nose: using black yarn 
Round 1: In magic circle, ch 1 before placing the following st in this order: 1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 2 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, and 1 sc. Pull the circle closed to line up in tight oval. Sl st in to top of 1st st. (10 st total)
Leave long enough tail to sew it securely on to beanie hat during assembly plus freehand stitch your mouth / smile in place on the hat before cutting yarn and pulling through.
*For newborn to 12 month sizes, place the following in this order in to your circle: 1 sc, 2 hdc, 2 sc, 2 hdc, 1 sc then pulling nose closed before making a sl st in top of 1st in round.

Bow: using pink yarn
Center Bow Circle: using pink yarn
Round 1: In a magic circle  ch 2 before placing 8 hdc in circle. Pull circle closed in tight circle. Sl st in to top of 1st st in round. (8 hdc)
Round 2: Ch 2 before placing 2 hdc in 1st st and each of the next 7 st. Sl st in top of 1st st in round. (16 hdc)
Leave a long enough tail to sew your bow circle on top of the bow base and then secure the assembled bow in place on top of panda hat. Cut yarn and pull through. Put to side until ready to assemble.s
*For newborn to 12 month sizes, in Round 1 make 6 hdc instead of 8 hdc and replace all the hdc stitches in Round 2 with sc.

Bow Base: using pink yarn
Row 1: Ch 7 before placing 1 hdc in 3rd ch from hook and 1 hdc in each of the following 4 ch. Ch 2 and turn. (5 hdc)
Row 2: Place 1 hdc in 2nd st in round, leaving 1st st unworked, place 1 hdc in next 3 st. Ch 2 and turn. (4 hdc)
Row 3:  Place 1 hdc in 2nd st in round, leaving 1st st unworked, place 1 hdc in next 2 st. Ch 2 and turn. (3 hdc)
Row 4-7:  Work 1 hdc in each st across. Ch 2 and turn. (3 hdc)
Row 8:  Work 2 hdc in 1st st and 1 hdc in each of the next 2 st. Ch 2 and turn. (4 hdc)
Row 9:  Work 2 hdc in 1st st and 1 hdc in each of the next 2 st. Ch 1 and turn. (5 hdc)
Row 10: Sl st around whole perimeter of bow base placing 1 sl st in each st and 2 sl st in each corner to give a more polished look to the bow. Sl st in top of 1st st in round.
Fasten off and place to side until ready to assemble bow in finishing off steps.
*For newborn to 12 month sizes, replace all hdc stitches with sc and all ch 2 into ch 1.

Finishing off:
Starting from the bottom up, use the tail left on your nose and yarn needle to sew your nose in place on beanie hat. Use extra tail length to freehand stitch on a mouth one nose is secure. You can reference my pictures on how I placed mine. Once mouth is complete, pull your yarn to inside of hat before finishing off.
Next take the tail left over from one of the blush circles and sew it in place on either side of the mouth near bottom of panda hat. Once securely in place, pull yarn to inside before fastening off. Now repeat this process for the second blush circle.
Using tail on one eye pupil, sew it in place securely on top of an eye white.  I centered mine on the eye white. Once secure, pull yarn to back of eye then fasten off.  Repeat this process for second eye.
Once you have the previous step done for the eye whites and pupil, you are ready to attach the eyes on to the black eye area ovals. Use the white yarn tail left from the eye white and yarn needle to sew them on to the black eye area.  You can see my pictures to see how I placed mine but feel free to mix it up.  Repeat this process for second eye.
Now you want to use the tail from one assembled eye (which should be long black yarn tail from your black eye area) and your yarn needle to sew one eye in to the proper place on beanie. You can reference my pictures as to where I placed them on my chibi panda hat.   Once sewn on, pull yarn to inside of hat and finish off.  Now go ahead and repeat this process for second eye.
Next using the tail left behind on one of the panda ears, use your needle to secure the ear to the side top area of the beanie in desired location with the contrast on hat. (You can see my pictures for where I placed my own.)  Once you have it in place, pull your yarn in to the inside of the beanie before finishing off any extra length.  Repeat this process for the second ear.
Taking the long tail from your bow circle, sew it in place on center of your bow base.  You will then use extra length to sew your assembled bow directly on to your beanie hat.  Once secure pull your yarn to inside of hat before fastening off.
Now check over your crochet project for any tails or ends that you may have missed in process to weave in and finish off. Do so if you find any.

I absolutely adore this chibi panda hat I made up one afternoon.  Normally I make hats with a certain person or requested character.  This one just came to me while working on another hat and I had to make it.  Just like many of my projects I fell in love with it during assembly process. <3 Happy crafting!

Here are some of the pictures I took to show how this Chibi Baby Girl Panda hat looks from different directions when completed:

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