{"id":25232,"date":"2015-07-21T05:37:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T10:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=25232"},"modified":"2017-08-09T16:01:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T21:01:11","slug":"octopus-hats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=25232","title":{"rendered":"Octopus Hats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/octopushat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/octopushat-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Octopus Hat\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"contentimg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tpffaeriewear.com\/\">TPF Faerie Wear<\/a> created this adorable octopus hat with long fleecy tentacles; it clings to your head and keeps you snuggly warm.  The hat is available in different colors, sizes, and tentacle lengths in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/uk\/shop\/tpffaeriewear\">Etsy shop<\/a> (and also check out their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/uk\/listing\/202636123\/rainbow-fleece-dragon-scarf?ref=related-0\">dragon scarves<\/a> for an extra hit of cuteness).<\/p>\n<p>Although I love some of this design&#8217;s features (particularly the realistic-looking eyes and curvy tentacles), I have to admit that $160 is more than I&#8217;d probably spend on a fleece hat.  Fortunately, there are some other options.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a basic pattern for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/DIY-Squid-Hat\/\">squid hat<\/a> on Instructables.  The tentacles could be combined with a slouch hat pattern like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiandfinn.com\/2014\/10\/slouchy-beanie-hat-free-pattern-for.html\">this one<\/a> for a softer octopus-body look.<\/p>\n<p>Fabrics and Chopsticks has a <a href=\"http:\/\/fabricsandchopsticks.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/squid-hat-tutorial-and-process.html\">great tutorial<\/a> on a more complicated squid hat with longer tentacles.<\/p>\n<p>Grains of Earth has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grainsofearth.org\/9-quirky-crochet-octopus-hats\/\">roundup<\/a> of crocheted octopus hat patterns; there&#8217;s a simple knit pattern <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morehousefarm.com\/KnittingKits\/Hats\/Octopus\/\">here<\/a>, and a pattern for a stuffed octopus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purlbee.com\/2013\/05\/19\/whits-knits-knit-octopus\/\">here<\/a> that could probably be converted into a hat.<\/p>\n<p>Although there are no instructions, I quite like this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bespokemillinery.com\/hats\/octopus.php\">cloche octopus hat<\/a>; it seems to be felted tentacles attached to a hat of the same color.  The suckers are pearly beads, which makes it rather elegant.<\/p>\n<p>If you want realistic-looking eyes, you could use the plastic eyes sold for plush toys or even taxidermy eyes (you could go quite realistic with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vandykestaxidermy.com\/RVSP-Slit-Pupil-Eyes-C418.aspx\">slit pupils<\/a> or choose a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glasseyes.com\/cgi-bin\/search_all.pl?terms=red\">red iris<\/a> and make it a vampire squid).  Suckers could be beads, buttons, appliqued fabric, or even puffy paint.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of ways to create an octopus hat, but the point is that you need an octopus on your head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TPF Faerie Wear created this adorable octopus hat with long fleecy tentacles; it clings to your head and keeps you snuggly warm. The hat is available in different colors, sizes, and tentacle lengths in their Etsy shop (and also check out their dragon scarves for an extra hit of cuteness). Although I love some of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-needful-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25232"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25257,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25232\/revisions\/25257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}