Wednesday, December 30, 2009

... E2's hat 4....

Yesterday was a very busy day and it left little time for knitting or crochet. But I did get a good start on a hat with the remainder of my (STASH!) Lion Brand Wool-Ease eggplant purple yarn. I can't find a pattern on the web like it, but it will be a pixie hat most reminiscent of this pixie hat. I will (eventually, of course) write up what I did. Instead of having a pointy peak, however, it will have a braid and tassel to pull the peak down. I'm nearly done.

I will probably have enough of the Wool-Ease for one more hat if I follow a very basic pattern. I had two skeins of the purple to start.

I think the family is headed to Boston today for a museum trip (by train or car, TBD). Either way (train or car), I'll get some stitching time. By train means I have to carry the stitching with me all day through museums and streets. By car means I can leave the stitching in the car while we go to museums. I'll still be laden with all the hats and mittens, I'm sure. So what's one more hat plus a ball of yarn plus a crochet hook? Not much. :-) 

Will keep you posted.

- E2
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Crochet Basic Roll-Brimmed Hat

From 310 Hats


Worsted weight yarn
I hook (5 mm)
Marker


  • Chain 2
  • 6 sc in 2nd chain from hook. Place marker in last stitch.
  • 2 sc in each sc (12). Move marker.
  • (1 sc in first stitch, 2 sc in next stitch), repeat around (18 sc). Move marker.
  • (2 sc in each of first 2 sts, 2 sc in next stitch), repeat around (24 sc). Move marker.
  • (3 sc in ea of first 3 sts, 2 sc in next stitch), repeat around (30 sc). Move marker.
  • Continue in this manner for 13 or 14 rounds (increasing the number of scs before the increase by 1 each round) until your radius is about 3", diameter about 6", and circumference about 18". (78 scs or 84 scs). This should make a nice flat disc, which is the hat top.
  • Work even without increasing. It will start making a bowl shape. Continue even until the depth is about 6". It needs to be long enough and and big enough around to cover a Kindergarten-age child's head and ears.
  • To create a rolled brim, increase the stitches by 50%: (1 sc, 2 sc in next stitch) repeat around.
  • Work a few rounds even.
  • Slip stitch around to give a nice tight, neat edge.
  • Cut yarn. Work in ends.
  • If the hat is too "airy", you can weave colored yarns through the stitch spaces. Colored yarns will be very decorative.

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