Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Hat 26 is reversible

Hat 26 is made of burgundy and gray LEADER yarn (acrylic). I made the burgundy hat first, but threw in a lifeline at last row of ribbing. When the burgundy hat was done, I turned it inside out. I picked up the stitches knit-wise with the gray yarn where the life line revealed each one perfectly as can be. Then I knit the second hat (gray, no ribbing). When finished, I have a reversible hat. One side can be burgundy with the ribbing down, or burgundy with the ribbing up. The other side is gray with burgundy ribbing down or cuffed up.

I have changed my MO for pictures and don't know yet how well the new MO will work. So, there may or may not be pictures of hat 26 any time soon. I may end up reverting to the old MO because I'm never very patient with myself when it comes to "learning curves"! (The old MO? Make my daughter do it!)

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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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