Santa Hat Ornament

Happy December 1st!!!

There are a few patterns that I didn't get a chance to share last year so I made it a goal to share at least one this year.  I haven't had anyone test tat this yet so please let me know if there are corrections to be made.

Terms

R- Ring

C- Chain

vsp- very small picot

lj- lock join

+ join

prev- previous

p- picot

mp- mock picot

ls- 1 half stitch flipped, 1 half stitch unflipped

tw- turn work

SCMR self closing mock ring

Materials

White thread   

Red thread   

Shuttle or tatting needle

Crochet hook

 

R             6 p 2 p 2 p 2

C             8

SCMR    4 p 4

C             8 lj (p on ring) 8

SCMR    4 p 4

C             8 lj (next p on ring) 8

SCMR    4 p 4

C             8 lj (next p on ring) 4 p 4 lj (to beginning)

Round 2

C             6 p 6 j (p on 1^St SMCR) 4 p 4 lj (same as previous) 10

R             6 +(above 1^st lj on previous round) 6

C             14

R             4 + (p on 2^nd SCMR) 4

C             4 p 4

R             4 + (same as previous) 4

C             14

R             6 + (above 2^nd lj of round 1) 6

C             10 lj (p on 3^rd SCMR) 4 p 4 lj (same as prev) 6 p 6 join above lj to p on 1st ring.  hide ends

 

Change to white thread

Trim

Start by joining to the 2^nd p on Round 2 , you are tatting along the bottom of the hat.

C             2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 lj (next p) 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 lj (next p) 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 lj (next p) 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 lj (last p on bottom of hat) TW

C             2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 lj (above next lj) 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 lj (above next lj) 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 lj (above next lj)  2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 p 2 lj (beginning of round) cut and tie

 

Pom Pom on hat

R             2 p 1 p 1 p 1+ (p on top of hat) 1 p 1 p 1 p 2  use the tails as a hanger.