[Nfb-krafters-korner] crocheted winter cap pattern

[qubit]

Yes, and I especially like this hat because it looks like it was knitted, 
because of the ridges, and also because the 40 stitch base of the hat can be 
folded up or pulled down as far as you need to to shield your forehead.
Enjoy and have a wonderful Christmas/new year!
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Osmar" <osmarc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] crocheted winter cap pattern


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
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
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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