Inspired by the popular internet children’s game, Neopets, this pattern is intended to resemble the Winter Blechy Hat - a red hat players can dress their pets in in-game.

The Blechy is a small, red worm-like creature with a segmented body and a large mouth, found in-game.

Hat includes several different techniques such as short rows, thrums, provisional cast-on and a minimal amount of surface decoration in crochet. For those who don’t crochet,don’t worry - I’m seemingly incapable of creating a decent single chain, yet managed this just fine. And if in doubt, the same effect can be achieved by embroidering in chain stitch.

The design uses one skein of red yarn and about half a skein of white, as well as some white merino fibre for thrums and black tapestry wool for the embroidered/crochet details.