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An oldie but a goldie: Mohawk Beanie!
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I don’t have time to make anything today, so I figured I’d show you guys one of my older crafts that I’m pretty proud of. Since I made a beanie last night, I’ll post another beanie today! I give you, the mohawk beanie. It’s inspired by the book from knit-head, Pretty in Punk. They offer knitting patterns, but at that time, I wasn’t confident with my knitting skills, so I decided to crochet it up!
Here are the results:
Myspace angled shot.
Closeup of the ‘hawk.
Detail of the string off of the ear warmers.
Here’s a blue one!
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Take it to burningman
Haha, I would if I lived in Nevada.
heyy i like them mohawk hats u still make them whats the price range for them
hmmm… i need one in a week and a half.
I don’t think I’d be able to make one and send it up to you that soon.. sorry
they take a while to make.
yeah, do you take orders?
how much money would I have to give you to persuade you to make me one?
Shoot me a message using the “contact me” link under navigation on the top left side of my blog with more information (colors and such) and I’ll get back to you on it!
HOLY COW! this has to be one of the most amazingest things i’ve seen in a while. Great work :] i’d pay u to make me one, how much would u charge?
I probably wouldn’t be able to make one soon because of school and whatnot, though. But if that doesn’t bother you, send me a message using the “contact me” link under my navigation on the top left side of my blog, and I’ll talk to you about it on there.
That’s really cool. Too bad I can’t sew.
Thanks
Actually, this project involved no sewing at all
Just a lot of crocheting.
how much would i have to pay for you to make me one thats black with a lime green mohawk? <(:D)
Send me a message using the “contact me” link in the top left corner of my navigation bar, and I will give you more info
Wow, I absolutely love this hat. Is it remotely possible to find the pattern online, you’d mentioned that it came in a knitting book, or would it just generally be easier to crochet it?
Thanks! Well, I was inspired by knit heads, but I didn’t know how to knit at the time, so I looked up a beanie crochet pattern.. crocheted that up, and then added the mohawk onto it by basically tying wool yarn down the center.
If you end up making one, you should send me a picture!
GOD but you look like a flaming idiot D=
I’m sorry you think that way. Different strokes for different folks I guess?
Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog
Hi, that beanie is awesome, are you posting or selling the pattern? I would love to make one.
I just looked up a beanie tutorial online, and after making that I used pieces of wool yarn about 4 inches long (I think) and tied them onto the beanie in the shape of a mo hawk. After that I threw it in the washing machine and let it run for a while, checking it occasionally until the mo hawk was sticking together just right.
I might make up a tutorial for all of you who want to make one for yourselves.
Thanx, that helps a lot, I think i’ll give it a go this weekend. Can you use acrylic yarn or does it have to be wool? cheers, m’leigh
If you want it to stand up and be point-like then you have to use wool for the mo hawk. It doesn’t matter for the actual beanie.. I think I used acrylic for that part. You need wool because you kind of sort of felt it.. but not really… you need to keep a close eye on it when it’s in the wash, so that it doesn’t clump together too much. And don’t put it through the dryer, you just roll it up in a towel to dry it. Hope that helps!
Hey! I want to make that cute weird beanie shape! How doyou do it? Please teach me!!
I just crochetted a normal beanie and added the mohawk to it. I’ve been thinking about making a tutorial for them.. but I’m not sure when.
Wow! This is great! I was looking at knitted versions of the mohawk beanie online, but I don’t really know how to knit very well yet! I do know how to crochet, though, and this site was one of the first to pop up on my search.
So it looks like you crocheted the hat in the round, but how did you do the earflaps? It’s a bit hard to see, but it looks like there’s some braiding involved on the tail end of the flaps…what was your technique, exactly?
I loveloveLOVE the colors you picked for the top one - that shade of green is my favorite color, and the cream and grey look fantastic with it. The green & cream detail on the strings are a really cute touch!
Do you ever find you have problems with the whole mohawk flopping to the side at all? Or does it help having short yarn to avoid that?
I’d like to contact you regarding a hat…the contact link doesn’t work, you still around?
Hi!!! That beanie is simply AWESOME!!
i’m about to make mine, but…. how the hell did you do the hank???
I StumbleUpon-ed your website some time ago, and being the kind of person who loves to wear and carry random crazy things like a little kid’s frog umbrella with pop up eyes, even when it isn’t raining, I absolutely fell in love with this mohawk beanie. I decided to make one myself and it turned out amazing! Of course I forgot where I got the idea for a long time until I StumbleUpon-ed your website again. I just wanted to thank you for giving me the idea for my coolest winter hats.
it’s so cool to know there are badass crafters all over the world! so glad i found your site. i’m working on learning to knit right now, but all i can manage are scarfs of verying lengths. i think i am going to try to find that knit head book. i showed all my friends your killer hat and they love it! i have to start making them for x-mas presents now
is the beanie tutorial on youtube?
I think you’re great. I’m getting all kinds of ideas for my first grandbaby (boy due in Feb) from you..don’t listen to anyone negative. GO GIRL…if you were my daughter i’d be so proud. btw..i want to make one of those mohawk hats
i made a beanie with a long tail..of course my grown daughter’s laughed at it..until they saw one in a store. ha!