Thursday, September 6, 2012

Count update

For the 2012-2013 year, this is our count update:

  • E1 - 100 hats complete or nearly complete
  • P - 100 hats complete or nearly complete
  • DB in I - 18 hats mailed
  • D in CA - 50 hats by end of September
  • E2 - 32 hats mailed
That's 300
  • E2 to make 10 more by end of September.
One on my needles in deep forest green.... Lustrous Lamb yarn from Joann Fabrics. Very pretty acrylic/wool blend. I also found about 5 hats that I'd forgotten about before mailing my box. So, I may only need to make 3 or 4 more hats by the end of September for us to reach our 310 goal before the weather turns cold in Durant, OK.

- 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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