Yes. Think of Pharaoh. Do I think God made Pharaoh evil? No. Pharaoh was evil to begin with. God’s grace keeps men from being as evil as they can be; and I believe when the Bible says that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart, it means He withdrew His restraining hand and allowed Pharaoh’s evil to develop. Romans 9 holds the key to why God does this. Bottom line, we wouldn’t know how evil sin is unless He allowed it to occur. He’s still in control of every situation to where Satan can not go further than God give him permission. But, even the bad stuff is within God’s control, though He Himself does not cause it to happen. He allows it and has worked His plan around it.
How can someone that God knowingly creates, be evil to begin with? Besides, God created satan knowing what he would be like, didn’t He?