Tuesday, February 2, 2010

A long overdue visit to SFK, 3 new hats, and 3 hats nearly done

I have three new hats to show you!

I popped into Saint Francis Knitters today because Roberta phoned me last week. It has been a really long time since I'd been there. (Shame on me!) It was delightful to see every one and chat. I told the story of the 310 hats. (It's part of the reason I've been away from SFK for a bit. My hands have been busy and I hate to go empty-handed!) Roberta, Francine and Anne immediately dug into the bags of today's delivered goodies and insisted I take some for the project!

See these beautiful hats!!
SFK 1 - knit by Anne
SFK 2 - knit by Anne
SFK 3 - crocheted by one of Francine's friends


I have three hats that are nearly done (but only one photo).

Two hats are Peruvian-style ear flap hats in crochet. One's in spring green and the other in royal blue. The spring green is delayed because I ran out of yarn and have to go out to "the garage" to get another skein. (My garage is not attached to my house. It's about a mile and a half away.) The blue is on hold just 'coz I haven't finished the ear flaps yet.

The third hat nearly done is blue/blue mosaic knitting, using mosaic 41 (p61) from Barbara Walker's A Fourth Treasury of Knitting Patterns book. To finish it I need to close off the top and darn in the ends. It's wool - Paton's Merino in light and dark blues.

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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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