Loom Knit Doll Hat Project -- Sweet Dreams

I've got a goal to have knitted at least fifty doll hats within the next fifty days to sell at a huge neighborhood yard sale in the fall.  To my surprise, I found there were very few doll hat patterns available for free on the internet.  This is a pity since a doll hat is a very good project for a beginning loomer and it isn't always obvious how a full-sized hat pattern should be changed to be appropriate for a doll.  Therefore, I've decided to share my notes on creating and converting hat patterns to fit 18" dolls (such as the American Girl, Journey Girl, Our Generation, or My Life dolls).

The Sweet Dreams Hat

After moaning about how awful my French knots are in my directions for the Bubblegum Machine Hat, I'm at it again!  I saw these darling little hats:

Baby Sheep Hat

And thought, "Oh, I could make tiny, doll-scale sheep with French knots!" Forgetting that my French knots look more like chewed gum than fluffy wool... Oh, well!  Hope springs eternal, I guess.  

I know that your French knots will be perfectly neat and symmetrical and that your mother won't have to say to you,  "Oh, yeah, I can see it's little sheep... if I stand way back and squint..."

Pattern Information

Knitting Loom:  Knifty Knitter 24 peg "Preemie" loom

Yarn:  
     Color A:  Red Heart "Sage" #4 size yarn
     Color B:  Red Heart "Tourqouise" #4 size yarn 
     Color C:  Red Heart "Black" #4 size yarn  
     Color D:  Red Heart "White" #4 size yarn 
  
Skill Level: Intermediate

Abbreviations:
     k = knit
     p = purl
     ew = e-wrap

Instructions:

With Yarn Color A, cast on 24 pegs.

BRIM
Row 1: knit to the end
Row 2: e-wrap to the end

Rows 3-20:  Repeat Rows 1 and 2

When you've completed Row 20, find the first stitch (the end of your yarn should still be dangling from it). Loop the first stitch back up over Peg #1.  Continue around the loom until the entire first row is looped back up onto the loom. Knit the last row of stitches over the first row of stitches.

BODY  
Rows 21 - 30: knit to the end

Switch to Yarn Color B
Rows 31 - 50: knit to the end
 
Bind off using gathered removal method.

To create the grazing sheep:  Cut off around 16" of Yarn Color C.  Thread onto plastic tapestry needle.  To make the legs of the sheep, sew 2 short vertical stitches about a row apart. To make the sheep's head, sew 2 short (shorter than mine, or your sheep will end up looking a little like anteaters) slanting stiches close together.

To make the sheep's body, thread your needle with a strand of Yarn Color C.  Above the sheep's "legs" make a couple of French knots (I made two, but my French knots are big and blobby.  You will probably be able to make for neat, tidy little knots).  Make another knot just behind your slanting stitches to form the sheep's head.  

To create a tousle, wind Yarn A around three fingers around 20 times.  Tie a short piece of yarn tightly around the middle of this bundle of yarn.  Cut the looped ends of the yarn and trim to the desired shape.  Sew to the top of your toboggan using your yarn and a tapestry needle.