My son wanted to be Optimus Prime for Halloween this year. I’m not a huge fan of full face masks, and trick or treating in Ottawa means having to bundle up so I decided to knit him a hat with detachable mask to cover the lower part of his face. There were a bunch of crochet patterns but I didn’t have time to teach myself a new craft so I winged it. In case any of you have a little Autobot in need of a hat I thought I’d share what I did.

Hat
Cast on 95 stitches in MC, place market and join in the round.
Row 1 k1p1 repeat to end of row
Row 2-5 same as row 1
Knit in sticking stitch until the hat measures 5.5” from cast on.
Crown
Row 1 K5 k2tog repeat to end of row
Row 2-3 knit
Row 4 K4 k2tog repeat to end of row
Row 5-6 knit
Row 7 K3 k2tog repeat to end of row
Row 8-9 knit
Row 10 K2 k2tog repeat to end of row
Row 11 knit
Row 12 K1 k2tog repeat to end of row
Break yarn and draw through remaining stitches.

Antenna (need 2)
Cast on 40 stitches in MC, place marker, and join in the round
Knit in stocking stitch unit the piece measures 5” from cast on
K2TOG twice, knit until 4 stitches remain, k2tog twice
Repeat the above row until only 1 stitch remains.
Break yarn and draw through remaining stitch

Rear flaps (need 2)
Cast on 30 stitches in MC, place marker, sand join in the round
Knit in stocking stitch until piece measures 3”
Sew live stitches together to create a square edge

Circles (need 2)
Cast on 40 stitches in MC, place market, and join in the round
Knit 6 rows
K5 k2tog repeat to end of row
Knit
K4 k2tog repeat to end of row
Knit
* K3 k2tog* repeat to end of row
Knit
K2 k2tog repeat to ends of row
Knit
K1 k2tog repeat to end of row
Knit
K2TOG repeat to end of row
Break yarn and draw through remaining stitches

Embellishment
Cast on 1 stitch in CC
P1fb
K1fb twice
Purl
K1fb knit unit 1 stitch remains k1fb
Repeat last 2 rows until you have 10 stitches
Knit in stocking stitch until piece measures 2”
K1 k2tog knit until 3 stitches remain k2tog k1
Purl
Repeat last 2 rows until 6 stitches remain
Cast off

Mask
Cast on 40 stitches in CC
K1P1 repeat to end of row
P1k1 repeat to end of row
K1P1 repeat to end of row
K3 cast off 2 knit until 5 remain cast off 3 k3
P3 cast on 2 purl until 3 stitches remain cast on 2 p3
Knit in stocking stitch until piece measures 2.5”
K1 k2tog knit until 3 stitches remain k2tog k1
Purl
Repeat last 2 rows 5 times
K1 k2tog twice knit until 5 stitches remain k2tog twice k1
Purl
Repeat last 2 rows until 14 stitches remain
Cast off

Sew pieces together as seen in photos
Sew 1 button on the inside of the hat on the ribbing in the middle of where the ear flap is

Enjoy!