Cat in the Hat Themed Coasters

Following my Cat in the Hat themed gifts for my sons teacher, I made a coaster out of a pattern I found but transformed it into Cat in the Hat colors...

(find my original post about these gifts here)

Striped Coasters 
(originally found here, edited it a bit for my needs & wrote it in US terms)
Use a size E hook and  size 4 worsted yarn in Red, White, & Blue (I found Simply Soft Caron's Blue Mint to be the best Seuss-ish color); and pull stitches TIGHT.


Chain 5, join to form circle
Round 1 (in Red): Chain 3 (counts as DC here and throughout), 11 DC 11 into loop, join (12 DC)
Round 2 (in White): Chain 3,  DC into same stitch, 2 DC in each around, join (24 DC)
Round 3 (in Red): Chain 3, (2 DC in next, DC in next) repeat around, join (36 DC)
Round 4 (in White): Chain 3, DC in next, 2 DC in next,  (DC in next 2, 2 DC in next) repeat around, join (48 DC)
Round 5 (in Red): Chain 3, DC in next 2, 2 DC in next, (DC in next 3, 2 TC in next) repeat around, join (60 DC)
Round 6 (in Blue): Chain 1, SC in each around (60 SC)
Finish off.




******Credit is given where due, I don't claim any patterns to be mine that are not*****

Cat in the Hat Themed Bookmark

Another of the gifts made for my son's teacher, a Cat in the Hat Bookmark...

(find my original post about these gifts here)

More pictures I took...

Cat in the Hat Bookmark
(originally found here, but edited it a bit)
Use a size G hook and size 4 worsted yarn in Red, White, & Blue (I used Simply Soft Caron's Blue Mint because it the most Seuss-ish color)

(Start with Red, leave a long tail about 6" long) Chain 2

Round 1 (in Red): 4 SC in second chain from hook, join to form a circle (4 SC)

Round 2 (in Red): Chain 1, 2 SC in each around, join (8 SC)

Round 3 (in Red): Chain 1, working in BACK LOOPS ONLY for row: SC in each around, join (8 SC)

Round 4 (in Red): Chain 1, SC in each around, join (8 SC)

Round 5 (in Red): Chain 1, SC in each around, join (drop red yarn but do not cut and do not crochet over, pick up at Round 8) (8 SC)

Round 6 (in White): Chain 1, SC in each around, join (8 SC)

Round 7 (in White): Chain 1, SC in each around, join (drop white yarn but do not cut and do not crochet over, pick up at Round 11) (8 SC)

Round 8-9 (in Red): Chain 1, SC in each around, join (8 SC)

Round 10 (in Red): Chain 1, SC in each around, join (drop red yarn but do not cut and do not crochet over, pick up at Round 13) (8 SC)

Round 11-12 (in White): Chain 1, repeat Rounds 6-7 (drop white yarn but do not cut and do not crochet over, pick up at Round 16)

Rounds 13-14 (in Red): Chain 1, repeat Rounds 8-9

Round 15 (in Red): Chain 1, repeat Round 10 (drop red yarn but do not cut and do not crochet over)

Round 16 (in White): Chain 2, working in FRONT LOOPS ONLY: HDC in same as joining, 2 HDC in each around, join (16 HDC) Finish off white yarn.

Bending the hat: Pull on the original tail of red yarn to flatten the top of the hat.  Continue pulling to cause the hat to bend a bit at the top and tie a knot to the working strand of red to hold the bend in the hat in place. Stuff the remaining tail up inside of the hat.

Closing the Bottom of the Hat: place the bare hook into the open loop of one of the stitches on the bottom of the hat and through the matching stitch on the opposite side.  Pull the working strand of red up through these stitches. Working in matching stitches across the bottom of the hat continue to close by slip st. When the bottom is closed finish off.

Tail: Attach blue yarn with a slip stitch to the bottom red seam of the hat (the part you just closed). Chain 45. Finish off.

Fringe: Cut 2 8” strands of each color. Insert hook through the last chain stitch. Fold the set of 6 strands in half to form a loop. Pull the loop through the last chain stitch far enough so that you can insert your thumb and forefinger. Grab the loose tail of the 6 strands and pull them through the loop.  Pull tight. If you have loose loops in the knot portion of your fringe just pull individual strands until they tighten up. Trim to even.

******Credit is given where due, I don't claim any patterns to be mine that are not*****

Cat in the Hat Themed Cup Cozy

Another Cat in the Hat themed gift for my son's teacher, a cup cozy....

(find my original post about these gifts here)

On this one, I combined a couple of different patterns. I used this cup cozy pattern, just using the cozy part of the instructions of course. And, I used this Cat in the Hat Applique Pattern.

Cup Cozy 

(Again, originally found here, just wrote out the cozy part of the pattern)

Use a size G hook and size 4 worsted yarn in Black.

Chain 13

Row 1: SC in second chain from hook and in each across, Chain 1, turn (12 SC)

Row 2: SC in BACK LOOPS ONLY of each across, Chain 1, turn (12 SC)

Row 3-End: Repeat Row 2 until piece measures 8” long. 

Finishing: Slip st, working through top of last row and remaining loop of row of foundation chains, slip st in each across. Finish off.

Cat in the Hat Applique 

(Again, originally found here, & edited to make it look better)

Use a size E hook and size 4 worsted yarn in Red & White.

Row 1 (in White): Chain 11, SC in second chain from hook & in the next 8, (SC, slip st) in last, turn, slip st in first 3 (10 SC)
Row 2 (in Red): Chain 2, HDC in same as joining and next 5 (6 HDC)
Row 3 (in White): Chain 2, turn, HDC in each across (6 HDC)
Row 4 (in Red): Chain 2, turn, HDC in each across (6 HDC)
Row 5 (in White): Chain 2, turn, HDC in each across (6 HDC)
Row 6 (in Red): Chain 2, turn, HDC in each across (6 HDC)
Finish off, leaving long tail for sewing onto cozy.







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Teacher Appreciation: Dr Seuss Gift Basket

My son just started school last week for the first time! Well, while meeting his teacher, I realized that her room is HEAVILY decorated in a Dr Seuss theme. I decided to make her a few gifts in appreciation for what she does as a teacher (since their jobs are so thankless), and decided on a Cat in the Hat theme. So, these are what I came up with (the book is just for the photo, I didn't get that for her)....

I found a few patterns online and edited/merged them to make (from left to right, top to bottom in picture) a cup cozy, a bookmark, a coaster, and a scarf.

Here are my posts on the individual items:

Cat in the Hat Themed Cup Cozy

Cat in the Hat Themed Bookmark

Cat in the Hat Themed Coasters

Cat in the Hat Themed Scarf

Enjoy the patterns!

Drink Coasters

I was recently trying to come up with something to add into some gifts that I had given people, something that wouldn't take too long... so, I found this tutorial for drink coasters. I made two sets for two different people.....

These took no time at all, so they would make a great last minute addition to a gift if you feel like you're gift is lacking. Make sure you try to do them in colors matching their living/dining room or kitchen.

As always, I edited the patterns a bit to make them make more sense and to compress them a bit....


Drink Coasters
(I used size H hook)

Chain 5, join to form a loop
Round 1: Chain 3, (DC 1, Chain 1) 7 times into the loop, DC once more, join the round
Round 2: Chain 1, SC around (into each DC and each Chain 1 space of previous round), join
Round 3: Chain 3, (DC in next, Chain 1) 16 times, DC once more, join
Round 4: Chain 1, SC around
Round 5 (this is where I used a different color yarn for the coasters with a border): (Skip next, DC 5 in next, skip next, SC in next) 7 times, skip next, DC 5 in next, skip next, join
Finish off.




******Credit is given where due, I don't claim any patterns to be mine that are not*****