[Nfb-krafters-korner] creating a new project from an old project --retry

[Susan Roe]

You can decrease with crochetting by every so many stitches skipping a 
stitch, do several stitches and skip a stitch.  I like to put a round row of 
single crochet stitches between a round row of decreases.  Then when you 
have a two inch gap or so, you can either go smaller or run your cut yarn 
through the last round of single crochet stitches and draw close, fasten off 
and weave in ends.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisamaria Martinez" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
To: "nfb-krafters-korner" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:25 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] creating a new project from an old 
project --retry


> Hopefully, this email will go through.
>
> So, I've got a delemma. I started crocheting a cowl. I've been wanting
> to make a few cool cowls. However, the yarn I am using is too stiff
> and I don't like it as a cowl. I'm about 5 inches in and I'm working
> in the round. I've decided the cowl needs to become something else
> like a hat. All hat patterns I've seen online start the hat from the
> top and work their way to the brim of the hat by increasing stitches.
> How do I work the other way and actually finish off the hat?
>
> I've looked up how to decrease stitches using a half double crochet
> stitch but I'm stymied as to how I should decrease per row and how I
> actually close the hat. should I gather it together somehow?
>
> In fact, I have seen hat patterns where you basically make a scarf,
> fold in half, weave up the short ends and then thread the yarn through
> one opening and draw together. Wouldn't this look really bulky?
>
> Anyhoot, opened to any ideas from all you fabulous crafters!
>
> LM
>
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