Thursday, February 25, 2010

49 - What *is* it about stripes?

Hat 49 is a regular old cap, nothin' fancy like mosaic knitting. It's black with wisteria stripes and a seed stitch cuff. Sweet, simple, used up the last of the black.(I have plenty of wisteria left!)

What *IS* it about stripes that makes my kids go wacky? Certainly the mosaic eagle, puppies or trees were more work. Even the stand of droopy pine trees took far more concentration than hat 49. But my kids have ENTHUSED over the last 3 hats, the striped ones. You'd think I had invented stripes or something. Surely I did not.

Maybe it's the black that makes the stripes particularly eye-catching. I just don't know. I've made other striped caps without their receiving such an exuberant reception. Maybe it is due to the black.
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  1. UnknownFebruary 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    I think it's a Harry Potter thing. I just went looking to see if I could find good pics of Harry hats, having never seen the movies, and I found a site with a lot of good kids hats, although they are all Harry Potter-themed. http://www.freshislefibers.com/Patterns/hpknittinglinks.htm

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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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