So last week I brought you a roundup of slouchy/beret style hats, and the previous week was fitted styles, so this week I'm ending the series with hats that don't fit into either category - unique constructions, animal shapes, points, ears, brims, hoods, bonnets, etc.  Starting with crochet again, I found some cool old designs on the Free Vintage Crochet website, like this Shaker Bonnet:

And this silly Crocheted Stocking Cap:

This Gollum Hat by Regina Rioux Gonzalez on crochetme is a bit too nerdy for me, but some of you might be able to handle it:

Woolly Wormhead's Hat of Horns on The Anticraft is pretty darn cool:

Woolly Wormhead has a bunch of great free patterns on her website, both crochet and knit!  So, moving on to knit patterns..... She also designed Hexed for knitty:

Thelma Egberts's Fish Hat is awesome:

All you squid lovers (that includes me!) check out Poor Mojo's Squid:

I love love Megan Reardon's Hallowig:

Marie-Christine Mahé's Klein Bottle Hat looks perfect for scientist knitters:

Morgan by Anne Kuo Lukito is a cute brimmed style:

And Kira Dulaney designed Couvercle, another brimmed one:

I love Cosy's Geometric Helmet Hat, knit in a fantastic color combination:

I recently knit up Hello Yarn's Top Down Bonnet - here's my version:

And Gros has a cute bonnet pattern - the Sweet Baby Cap - that you could modify to adult size if you want:

Flor designed the lovely Amelia Earhart Aviator Cap for Head Huggers, and Pugmama3 on flickr knit this one:

Earthly Fae has a pattern for this Not-So-Bulky Golden Compass Hood:

Nakedly Knitting has a pdf download for this Just Like a Peasant Cap:

Emily Anna posted a pattern for this cute The Point hat on closet, or cave?

John Brinegar designed this great hat, Pinky:

And I'll circle back around to end this 3 part roundup with the pointed version of my Vortex hat:

Ok I hope you enjoyed the roundup - add any of your favorite hats in the comments, and show us your creations in the forums!  And, just as a reminder, I'm going to copy the same thing I said in part 1: Of course, this was only a tiny selection of all the free hat patterns out there - the best way to find more is to search ravelry! And, I'm rounding up free patterns because I know they are most appreciated, especially now, but I do encourage you to purchase patterns from indie designers too! The only way designers like me, and all the great people in this roundup, will be able to continue coming up with new patterns is if we do sell a few here and there, so support your crafty community! Yay!