All that lovely yarn that I bought at the NEC was calling to me. I knew what I wanted to make with some of it and as I had the pattern printed off already, I thought I’d start with this.
It’s made with the mega-chunky yarn so it crocheted up very quickly. I did it over two days but if I hadn’t been watching TV at the same time, I could easily have done it in an afternoon. It’s made on the spiral like the bunnies were so I was familiar with the technique this time. There was a tip given to use a stitch marker in the first stitch of each round, just removing it to hook into the stitch. I’d used a stitch marker on the bunnies, but lower down which made it harder to see where it was marking.
The hat has an asymmetric turn-up which I really like. The example has a button stitched on for decoration but I didn’t have anything suitable. I did have a large brad though, which I found when checking my scrapbooking stash for buttons. The brad is just through the turn-up and a small stitch stops the turn-up from flapping down.
If I come across a button that I like better, it’ll be easy enough to replace the brad with it.
This is the back and side to show the slope of the turn-up.
It does actually look more hat-shaped on my head than it does on the bag of toy stuffing. This was the easiest way to get a photo though.
The yarn is James C. Brett mega-chunky in Denim and I used a size 8mm hook. The pattern is by Dianne Serviss and can be bought on Ravelry.
I’m making a scarf next using the pretty DK yarn. I have just the pattern for it.
April 16, 2013 at 10:06 AM
I LOVE this, what a fantastic hat – might have to go and download that pattern, isn’t Ravelry great? I’ve even infected the daughter with a love of yarn…still working on the cross stitching though!
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April 18, 2013 at 2:38 PM
It’s so easy to do and it’s so warm and cosy in the mega chunky yarn. I shall look forward to seeing one on your blog very soon then?
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