[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Increasing crochet scallops

[hosbornejr at gmail.com]

Hi Tracy, could you please share this hat pattern with us or me?
Thanks.

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Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Increasing crochet scallops

Tracy,
Adding that 6th dc to your scallop will not increase the depth of that row.
I would experiment with doing another row of dcs  before the row of hdcs.
It would increase the depth of the row and keep the pretty scallops.

It sounds really pretty!
Take care!
Tammy

On 4/18/20, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I need some crochet advice.
>
> I made a beanie, and it's supposed to have a brim that sticks out a bit.
> The book calls it a sunhat brim.  The book has 1 round of crochet 
> scallops, which is 5 double crochets worked in a chain space, with a 
> single crochet between.  Then it has a round of half-doubles, and 
> that's it.  However, that gives me a brim of about half an inch, and I 
> want it wider.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to increase, keeping it flat, while maintaining 
> the scallop shapes?  Do I have to work another row of chain spaces, 
> which I think would make it floppy?  Or could I work an extra double 
> in my 5 doubles, making it 6?
>
> Hope someone knows.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
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