Saturday, August 25, 2012

newest hat, finished 8/24/12

I don't know what number hat this is, but it is the one I finished last night using Knitter's Pride #10 16" Cubics needles. That's the needle you see dangling from the hat.

You know, the cable on those needles is *so* flexible, that I can do Magic Loop to finish the hat even though the entire needle is only 16" long. I don't know if you can see it by zooming in on the image, but those are the Cubics needles. The square shape offers several advantages that just truly WORK for me. I love them.

The yarn is Ella Rae Classic Print 100% wool from I-don't-know-when. Jimmy Neutron is on the TV in the background.  :-) (I was watching TV with the youngers (T & F). Well, truth be told, they watched it. I darned in ends. F clicked the photo for me.) The hat is a Classic Knit-a-Cap pattern.


I have to count my hats, darn in any remaining ends, and mail them off to the Head Start soon. It's almost time for this year's school session to start. Soon the weather will be turning cool enough for hats.

Once we have 310 hats for the 12-13 school year, we'll start on 310 hats for the 13-14 school year!

Won't have much knitting time today. We're getting some new furniture delivered. Very exciting. We're re-arranging things a wee bit since one has headed off to college.

- 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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