Friday, February 12, 2010

letters back and forth

E1 wrote to Rebecca H of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Head Start program to tell her that she could count on getting 310 Hats this summer in time for the next school year. She was very excited to read such news and wrote back to E1 saying that she and others would be watching the blog, and that the children who receive the hats are blessed.

It is true! E1, E2, E3, P, D in California, Angela, D in Cumberland and her friend Gigi, some knitters from Saint Francis Knitters and beyond,... perhaps others, too... will be blessing beautiful children with beautiful hats next school year. And not just the knitters and crocheters and people who sew will be blessing the children: I've received money from Anne to help towards postage and a promise from V to help with postage. What blessings! I get teary eyed just to think of it.

Hi to Rebecca if you are reading this! Know that many people around the country are going to be warming 310 Heads with 310 Hats before Autumn 2010.

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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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