[Nfb-krafters-korner] crocheted winter cap pattern

Fri Dec 18 00:05:34 UTC 2009

Laura, Thank you for the pattern.  It sounds like a cute hat.  . We are all 
busy getting ready for Christmas now, but after the first of the year we 
will be looking for a project just like this to do while we are stuck 
indoors.  There will still be plenty of cold weather to wear it.

Merry Christmas to you and all.

Carol
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From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:36 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] crocheted winter cap pattern

> Hi all --
> Happy holidays!!!
> You can all consider this my Christmas gift to the list.  I will relate 
> the
> instructions on making a large, comfortable, nice looking winter cap.
> This is a pattern I adapted from one I read in an article somewhere. I use
> the half loop chrochet stitch instead of the whole loop stitch which is 
> the
> standard. I also altered the number of stitches to reshape it a little, 
> and
> the result was so good I made a whole slew of them a number of years ago. 
> I
> still have one; the rest I gave as gifts.
>
> Laura's Crocheted Winter Cap
>
> 1 4oz skein of whatever color you like.
> Use a medium-to-large hook.  (I don't know the gauge of the hook I use. 
> The
> stitches shouldn't be too tight, but you don't want your hat to be loose 
> and
> loopy either.  You also want it to be able to stretch a little.)
> make a base chain of 52 stitches.
>
> For the rest of the instructions, a half-loop stitch (HL stitch) is one as
> described below:
> if O is the stitch on the previous row that you are to crochet through, do
> not insert the hook under both sides of O's loop.  Instead, insert the 
> hook
> through the middle and out behind, only picking up the half of O's loop 
> that
> is farthest from you.  There should be only 1 strand of yarn picked up by
> the hook.  Proceed from there as if you are doing a standard single 
> stitch.
>
> Now the pattern:
> Using HL stitches -- here and for all the rest of the hat -- chrochet 52
> single, HL stitches  back to the start of the base chain.  Reverse and
> crochet 40 HL stitches , then turn again and chrochet 40 HL stitches back.
> Now looking at your work, you should have a long 52-stitch bar with a 40
> stitch bar on one end.  This is right.  Now, turn and single chrochet 49 
> HL
> stitches, then turn and do the same going back.  Note that after 40 
> stitches
> you hit the top end of that 40 stitch bar. Ignore it.  Just keep going on
> the longer bar until you are 9 stitches in.
> Now you should have a 52-stitch bar, topped with a 40 stitch bar, on top 
> of
> which is a 49 stitch bar that grabs 9 stitches from the 52 stitch bar.
> After you have finished the second row of 49 stitches, turn and do 40 HL
> stitches again, and as before, turn and crochet 40 HL stitches back.
> Going from the bottom of the hat, then, you have 4 bars of varying 
> lengths,
> 2 of which are 40 stitches.  Now you will do a full length row -- make 52 
> HL
> stitches -- from the bottom end of the hat to the top, taking care to pick
> up the 9 stitches past the 40 stitch bar, and also to pick up the 3 
> stitches
> at the top end of the original base bar.  Then turn and crochet 52 HL
> stitches back.
> Notice how the height of the crocheting decreases as you move from the
> bottom of the hat to the top.  It is just a fancy way to decrease the
> circumference of the hat.
>
> Ok, you probably know what to do from here:
> 40 stitches back and forth;
> 49 stitches back and forth;
> 40 stitches back and forth;
> 52 stitches back and forth.
>
> Keep doing this until you have a total of 9 mid-length bars (49 stitch
> bars).
> Then crochet the last 40 stitch bar.  Note how the hat takes shape. It is
> also very similar on the front and back.
> Now you need to crochet the seam that will close the circle.  This seam 
> will
> not be a full bar in the hat.  It will probably be folded inside.  you 
> have
> just finished crocheting the second row of the 40 stitch bar. Turn the hat
> around as if you are going to do another row.  Take the opposite edge of 
> the
> hat and find the loops of the base chain, and pick up the half loop as if 
> to
> do another HL stitch -- but this time, also pick up the loop on the other
> edge of the hat.  Crochet them together.  Repeat this for all 52 stitches.
> Then decide how you are going to close the hole at the top of the hat.
>
> As for the top of the hat, I have had best results making a giant size
> pompom.  I've made these hats with plain and with varigated yarn.  It 
> always
> turns out to be a winner.
> Varigated yarn gives a nice effect, actually -- it's kind of like a shot 
> of
> a windows screen saver.
>
> Anyway, enjoy, Merry Christmas, or any other holidays you celebrate.
> Happy krafting.
> --le
>
>
>
>
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