Thursday, July 5, 2012

The 2012 310 Hats Project is "ON"!


Dear Friends of the 310 Hats Project:

The project continues, even if E2 is The World's Worst Blogger (bar none). I've lost count of how many blogs I've started and abandoned. It's a pity that the 310 Hats project is one of them. But that's a story for another day.

Suffice to say, the 2012 310 Hats Project is still on.
E1 has already created about 60 hats.
E1's friend has pledged 50.
D in California has made a few score.
E2, the dud, has only made a handful. (I have an excuse! Really I do!)

If you are interested in participating in the 310 Hats project for this year, please feel free to join us! Please let me know your interest, and I will send you the destination postal address. Let me know how many hats you'll be sending so that I can help keep a tally of how close we are to the September 2012 goal of 310 Hats.

What are the hat criteria? This project is flexible. Wool is fine. Acrylic is fine. Sewn poly fleece is fine. Anything that will keep a child's head warm is fine. All that we ask is that it fit the head of a Kindergarten-aged child. Any elementary aged child will do as a test model if you don't happen to have a K-aged child nearby. Really, an adult small is suitable for a K-child's head. Kindergarten-aged kids have nearly fully grown heads.

Thank you for any help you can offer!

Now, if I can remember how to post photos after neglecting this blog for longer than a year, I'll put up two wonderful pictures from the 2011 hat distribution.



As the letter E1 received said, so I say to you who help: Yakoke!
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  1. DeniseJuly 17, 2012 at 12:01 PM

    Send me an address, please! I have some hats waiting to go.

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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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