Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year!

What can you do on New Year's Eve with just one lone skein of Lane Borgosesia Knitusa (bulky superwash wool) in navy blue?

This yarn must be long discontinued because I can't find any mention of this yarn on the web, save for one from 2005 (use your FIND key to jump to 'knitusa' to see a pretty sweater). [Later I found a photo of it. Click this link to see someone else's photo of the yarn.]

I recently pulled this skein out of storage thinking I could make a pair of Lovikka mittens with it. I knit one Lovikka mitten and then noticed the yarn label says "superlavable" on it. Drats. No fulling Lovikka mittens with THAT skein! So, instead the mitten was unknit and the whole skein became a slightly modified version of a Morehouse Merino igloo hat. (I did regular decreases at the top instead of severe decreases.) (I had only inches of yarn left at the end of the hat.)

Thus ends 2009 with five hats here at E2's house. I have committed to make 150 more by August. That's 18/month for these eight months. If all goes as planned, E1 and I should have a collection of 310 hats to ship to Oklahoma in late August.

Welcome 2010! Happy new year every one!
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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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