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

[Lisamaria Martinez]

Thanks all for your suggestions. I love them all and want to try them
all. I've decided to decrease the hat so it shapes nicely toward the
top of the hat. Like Susan suggested, I will plan on doing a row of
single crochets between every row of decreases. Depending on how that
looks, I may try the plus sign seam or make a small enough gap at the
top where I can thread through the last row and pull shut. I'm going
to have to finish this project and let you all know how it turned out.

On 11/15/12, Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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>> 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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