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I owe, I owe, I know, I know - but first a TREAT!
Here is a picture from Wright City Oklahoma Choctaw Nation Headstart. The children are wearing their brand new hats. These were the first hats distributed for the 13-14 school year.
I know I owe you more Meet-the-knitter bios.
I also owe the back story of how this whole effort started.
Crochet Basic Roll-Brimmed Hat
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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