Friday, September 3, 2010

Lovely article - Straight from the Press Room of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma!

Dear Reader,

I hadn't forgotten this blog.

I simply didn't have anything to add ... especially since ONLY A FEW OF YOU HAVE SENT ME PICTURES OF YOURSELVES!  (*nudge nudge hint hint*)

Now I do have something to add. Google has a feature that allows you to scan the globe for things you might care about... such as the name of your own blog or an arcane news topic like "Holy Communion and celiac disease"..  The feature is called Google Alerts. I have a Google Alert set for the name of this blog.

Today Google Alerts brought me news about an article in the Press Room of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Please go read this delightful article.

I can recognize a few of the hats in the picture. How many can you recognize?

If you made one or more hats, PLEASE send me your photo! If you don't want your photo in the "Hat Maker's Online Collage", just let me know. But I really truly want to send some photos of hat makers to Durant, per the request of Ms. Hawkins, and I only have a tiny percentage of hat makers' photos. Please send me your picture.

But first, go read the great article from the Press Room of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma!

By the way, I know I still owe a bunch of photos of E1's hats. Techno-Daughter has to move the photos from CD to flash drive for me. (This computer doesn't have a CD reader.)
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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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