Crocheted & felted Leprechaun hat

This hat will fit a small doll, or you can simply use it as a decoration for St. Patrick's Day :) I used a whole 50g ball of green for this hat, with only a yard to spare, so I suggest you have more than one ball at hand, or you can use a smaller hook. The hat is 13cm tall and the bottom opening is about 5cm across.

You will need:

* 8mm crochet hook

* Green pure wool yarn (bulky)

* Black wool yarn
* A scrap of yellow wool yarn

Pattern:

With 8mm hook and green yarn,

Sc 8 in ring

Inc around - 16 sts

*1 sc, inc* eight times - 24 sts

*2 sc, inc* eight times - 32 sts

*3 sc, inc* eight times - 40 sts

*4 sc, inc* eight times - 48 sts

BLO: *10 sc, dec* four times - 44 sts

*9 sc, dec* four times - 40 sts

*8 sc, dec* four times - 36 sts

*7 sc, dec* four times - 32 sts

*6 sc, dec* four times - 28 sts
Sc around 5 rounds - 28 sts
Change to black yarn
Sc around 3 rounds - 28 sts
Change to green yarn
*5 sc, dec* four times - 24 sts
FLO: *2 sc, inc* eight times - 32 sts
*3 sc, inc* eight times - 40 sts
*3 sc, inc* eight times - 48 sts
*4 sc, inc* eight times - 56 sts
*5 sc, inc* eight times - 64 sts
Sl st in next, fasten off

Finishing:
To make the buckle, slip stitch or embroider chain stitch with a scrap of yellow yarn. Using the picture as guide, make the buckle 5 sts wide and 3 sts high. Fasten off and weave in the ends.

Slip stitch or chain stitch with black yarn around the edges of the hat band. Weave in all ends.

Felting:

To felt the hat, put it in the washing machine on a normal cycle, 40-60 degrees C. If possible, reduce the amount of water to increase agitation. Add a pair of jeans or a towel with similar colors for added agitation. Skip the spinning cycle at the end because this can create creases in the hat and cause some areas to felt less than the rest. Repeat the felting if necessary, it's always better to felt several times than to felt it too much the first time :)

Shape the hat while it's wet and leave it to dry in shape.

Knitted & felted Christmas tree cone

This is meant to be a small thing, but the pattern is easily converted to make any size you want! Fill it with nuts or candy or leave it as is is, it makes a cute ornament either way :)

You will need:

* pair of 6.5mm knitting needles

* 4mm crochet hook (optional)

* small amount of red pure wool yarn

* scrap of white eyelash/fuzzy yarn

Pattern:

Cast on 8 stitches with red yarn

Knit 2 rows of stocking stitch

*Increase, knit to end of row, increase in last stitch - 10 sts

Purl

Knit

Purl*

Repeat from * to * until you have 18 stitches

Cast off with white fuzzy yarn, leave a long end of red yarn for the handle

Finishing:

Sew up the cone. With the red yarn end, chain 20 and slip stitch in the edge of the cone to make the loop. Weave in all ends. Felt in washing machine (40-60 degrees C) along with a pair of jeans (or a towel of similar color). Shape the cone when wet, leave to dry. Tamtadam :)