Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Webs shipped; I stitched.

I got sick and tired of borrowing the Barbara Walker books from the library over and over and over again. I finally decided that I should just buy them. After all, if I'm constantly paying late fees on the library loan, eventually I would pay for the books but still not own them! (Yeah, yeah, I know my one and only New Year's resolution is NO LATE FEES AT THE LIBRARY. That's easier to do if you don't actually BORROW any books from the library!) I looked around for the best price on the BW books, and finally decided that the Webs discount on books was going to be the best I could do barring miracle. You see, I cannot get these books in any local store.

While I was putting BW books 1, 2, 3, and 4 into my e-cart, some yarn fell in there too. What fell in? Totally yummy Silenzio, some Sterling yarn for a prayer shawl, and some Misti Alpaca Sport for some Reykjavik mittens.

Webs shipped yesterday and the box came TODAY! Gosh, I couldn't get the package faster if I'd driven there and bought it in person!

The Silenzio yarn is even yummier in real life than it is in a web picture. The instant I saw it, I had to go fetch a needle and start stitching it. I mean IMMEDIATELY. Not a moment's delay. And thus, the Harris Tweed hat.
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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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