Totoro Inspired Birthday Present for Tomoka

Amresh, Diane, and Sofia

Some of my colleagues-friends stayed back in NYC/visited NYC after the conference. Of course, that meant that they had to do some shopping and eating. I was quite jetlagged, with all the conference attending, paper presenting, and unpacking, but that did not stop me from tagging along for the fun. I had a great time--thank you to my friends. It is great to be back.

Tomoka, also my colleague from school and currently in Japan, traveled to NYC for the conference. Her birthday was last month and though I had her mailing address, I did not manage to send her birthday gift. (How life could comes in between such things). Anyway, it is always fun to personally deliver presents, right?

Totoro-inspired birthday hat

:)

This was a super fun, super easy hat to knit. It is inspired by Tomoka's favorite person, Totoro, and then embellished with a cute iron on. This hat totally fits Tomoka's personality--a little quirky, very funky.

Tomoka!

Oh yes. My friend Ami also wanted to model the hat.

Pattern for adult size Totoro hat:
Use worsted weight yarn and US 8 needles. I used in-house cotton polyamid yarn from Gotta Knit, NYC.
Cast on 64 stitches and join in the round.
Garter stitch (knit one round, purl one round) for about 5 rounds.
Then knit until desired length.
End with a three needle bind off.
Embellish attractively!