Wednesday, January 20, 2010

One good thing about Jack Bauer and "24"....

... is hat knitting time. See Hat 19 - an igloo cap made of Lion Brand's Wool-Ease Chunky yarn.

I'm not typing the name of the color, because if I'd known the name of the color before I picked the yarn then I wouldn't have bought it. Hint: five letters, starts with 'w' --- W _ _ _ _

It's not WASTE, WATCH, WATER, or WOMEN.

Another hint? If the yarn were truly made out of what the color is named for, then I wouldn't be able to knit it.

It's STILL not WASTE, WATCH, WATER, or WOMEN.

A third hint?
Gluten.

I don't think it looks much like the W word, do you? I guess it kind of looks like whole-w flour.

So that you don't think I can do a whole cap in an hour, I'll let you know it was a 2-hour episode of pure Jack, that I'd started the cap in the morning, and I had done a few rows during the day.

-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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