Fleece Knight Helmet Hat with tutorial and free pattern! So many people have made and loved this hat, and you will be sure to love it too!
KNIGHT HELMENT HAT TUTORIAL
Let me just start this post by saying that it was so insanely difficult to photograph Gavin in this hat, because he couldn’t break character. He was so busy posing and being a knight that it was seriously almost impossible to get a decent picture that shows off the hat.
See?
Such a ham.
Gavin wanted to be a knight for Halloween, and I decided to make him the frock thing (Nathan is reading this hanging his head in shame that I don’t know the right terminology), and the shield. But we planned on buying him a sword and helmet. The sword we found right away, but we couldn’t for the life of us find just a plain helmet without a bunch of other stuff included. So I decided to make him one! I figured that it could be part of his Halloween costume and then would last into winter as a winter hat.
{Please ignore my insanely messy living room . . . and the red foam bowling ball.}
KNIGHT HELMET PATTERN
The base for this hat comes from this amazing Dinosaur Hat from Stitched. I switched out the spikes for the red piece in the back, and changed the ear piece to be a little more square. Then I added a front piece with buttons that can flip down, flip up, or just be taken off.
Want to make one too? Gavin’s head is about 22 inches around, and here is the pattern I made to make it!
Here is the pattern on three sheets:
Download page 1 here | Download page 2 here | Download page 3 here
HOW TO MAKE A FLEECE KNIGHT HELMET HAT
Once you have printed out all three sheets, cut all the pieces of paper out, and tape together piece 3a to piece 3b and piece 4a to piece 4b.
You need about a half yard of gray and just scraps of red. The cutting out of the fleece is very straight forward, with the exception of piece 4. You need four piece 4’s, but you want to cut it in such a way that it is cut as two pieces, this way there won’t be a seam in the front of the hat. This is what it looks like all cut out:
I used a half inch seam allowance for the whole project.
The front piece isn’t pictured because I needed to see how it fit first to see how long it needed to be. Make sure you cut out two piece 3’s.
Now sew one side of a piece 1 to another side of a piece 1. Repeat that with the two remaining piece 1’s. (Pictures of this would be helpful huh? Head over to STITCHED.) Sew the red pieces together and flip inside out. Now you can complete the top of the hat. Pin the two sides of the hat together with the red part on the inside sandwiched between the right sides of the fabric.
Now sew together the two piece fours, leaving the wide piece at the end unsewn. Once it is sewn together, flip it so that the right sides of it are together, and sew down the length of the wide part. This will make it a full circle.
Put the top part of the hat inside the ear flap circle. Make sure that the red piece that goes in the back is lined up with the widest part of the ear flap (longest part?). Pin it in place. Sew around.
Sew the two piece 3’s together, leaving a small two inch gap. Flip it inside out, and then top stitch around it.
With your kid having the hat on very carefully pin piece 3 in place, add buttons, cut holes in piece 3, and you are done!
My sincere apologies for the lack of pictures. I made this on the fly and wasn’t sure that it would even work let along be blog worthy. Head over to STITCHED. The concept is totally the same, and she has step by step pictures. You know, like a classy blogger.
Heather says
I adore this. I am going to make one as a Christmas gift – my partner would adore one, and keeps borrowing mine (which don’t really suit him haha!) And who doesn’t think a bearded 6’3″ 23 year old man would look excellent running around in a knight’s helmet hat!
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Lisa Longley says
That is awesome Heather.
Beth says
How can this be sized for an adult?
Lisa Longley says
Hi Beth! I mocked up my pattern from another great blogger (this post: http://www.stitchedbycrystal.com/2011/10/tutorial-dino-hat.html) and she talks about how to figure out the sizing and make a pattern from there. I’m sure you could do an adult version of this hat, but you would probably need to create the pattern from scratch.
Anne says
Cute, cute!! I love the neck strap!! I’ve linked to your pattern over at Craft Gossip: http://sewing.craftgossip.com/free-pattern-fleece-knight-hat/2013/11/21/
–Anne
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Lisa Longley says
Thanks so much Anne!
Shannon says
This is perfect for my first grader. He just told his teacher he wants to be a knight in shining armor when he grows up. It looks much more comfortable than a hard plastic helmet.
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Lisa Longley says
Thanks Shannon! I hope your little knight likes it 🙂
Janell K. says
Pinning for sure! My son would be so excited if I made him one of these!
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Lisa Longley says
Thanks Janell!
Bobbie says
Love it! Such a great idea! I would love for you to add your link to the link party on my blog at http://iamonly1woman.blogspot.com/2013/11/check-me-out-saturday-craft-link-party_22.html
Sabrina says
sooo cool!!!
sue says
Simply Brilliant!
Lisa Longley says
Thanks Sue!
Holly says
So much more comfortable than the construction helmet-covered-with-foil I fashioned for my son when he was a knight for Halloween years ago! He’s too old now, but I made one of these for my nephew for Christmas. Thanks so much! You can see mine here: http://www.stitchcraftcreations.com/2014/01/21/finish-first-update-1/
Lisa Longley says
Holly, one of the things that makes me the happiest with this little blog of mine is when people make my creations and it turns out well! Your hat looks awesome and your nephew looks so happy!! And my husband was TOTALLY going to go with the foil until I came up with this, lol! Thank you so much for sharing! You made my day!
B Diederich says
So cool! My grandson has worn a green dinosaur costume for over 5 months straight…And since he’s seen a Mike the Knight video, I might be able to talk him into a costume change, which his mother would love!
Lisa says
Where would I find the pattern for the rest of the outfit, like the cheesy piece and shield?
Lisa Longley says
Hi Lisa! I didn’t make patters for them. I really just measured the shoulder width of my kiddo and the length from his shoulders to just below his knees. I cut, cut out the bottom part, cut a hole for his head, and then added some tabs on the side with velcro to hold it together. The shield was just something I eyeballed. Cut two pieces of the dark gray, one of the light. And then I put some cardboard and stuffing between the two pieces.
Lisa says
Sorry chest not cheesy.. lol gotta love phones.
Miriam says
Hi saw your fudge recipe thru pinterest while searching for a hat pattern, and i would like to make some but what is cookie butter and how do i make it , thanks
Lisa Longley says
Hi Miriam! I think that you would probably find this post most helpful: https://simplejoy.com/2013/10/homemade-cookie-butter.html
suzy says
love this! thanks so much for posting the pattern. i made mine out of felt so skipped a few steps. pattern was great and it came out perfect for my 3 year old. thanks again. 🙂
Ayelet says
This looks wonderful! I have two boys that are happy to be knights for Halloween. Do you have any asstimation how much extra fabric you need for the armor and the sheild? Are those from the same fleece or felt?
Halloween is right behind the corner…. 🙂
Lisa Longley says
I totally missed the boat on replying to this comment Ayelet! The shield and the armor are made out of fleece, and I’m pretty sure I got two yards of the dark fleece.
Joke says
What a great had! My sun wants to be a knight at carnaval and I want to make him you’re helmet but … how do I reduce the patern?… My son’s head is 20 inch…
thanks!!
Joke
Lisa Longley says
So, I would suggest you can either for for it with this pattern for a 22 inch head because before long he’ll grow into it, and it’s not like it will be SO BIG that it will flop over his eyes. Orrrrrrr, because 20 divided by 22 is 90.9, when you print this you could put in 91% into your printer settings so it will print smaller. Does that make sense?
veerle says
one happy knight and one happy mom … the most comfortable helmet ever! thanks!
Lisa Longley says
Yay! Thank you!
Andrea says
The “frock thing” is called a tabard. It originally would have been a piece that went over the armor to show off ones heraldry.
Leslie says
Thank you for this! I just whipped one up for my great-nephew (soon to be 5). After I fixed the broken strap on a homemade shield he had he said he needed a helmet. I introduced him to Pinterest and he chose yours! He’s tickled with it!
Lisa Longley says
Thanks Leslie!! I’m so glad it turned out well!
Gisela says
Thank you very much! you have saved me for my son’s Christmas show. Kisses from Mallorca (Spain).
Lisa Longley says
That’s great!
Angela says
thank you for posting this, my son is happy with his helmed. Hij wanted to be Mike the Knight so made it in blue.
Lisa Longley says
You are welcome!
Marlene says
Hey !
Many thanks for the tuto, I’ve just finished a helmet for my 4 years old son.
He’s very proud of it (and me too !)
It was not so easy for me because of different units (I’m french) but with your very usefull pattern it was ok !
I’ve planed to join a picture but it seems to be not possible in this comment box…
BR,
Marlène
Lisa Longley says
I’m so happy you liked it!
Daisy says
I saw the helmet in Homespun magazine…..it looks terrific and I know my grandson will love it. Thanks for the tutorial 🙂