My fourth crochet hat attempt was based on the Hadley Lace Hat from Oh Frog It! I bumped in to some sizing issues along the way so it turned out differently to the pattern. Continue reading
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Stitch to Stitch’s crochet socks
On the topic of crafty things to put on your feet, a few months ago I made my first (and only, so far) attempt at socks. I was feeling adventurous and despite not having an image of the end result, I tried my hand at Stitch to Stitch’s a beginner’s guide to crocheting socks. Continue reading Zoom Yummy’s simple crochet slippers
Last weekend I thought about making some socks from the maroon yarn I’d tried and failed to make a hat from. I searched for patterns without finding one I liked but I stumbled across some slippers instead from Zoom Yummy. The pattern includes helpful images and I modified and learned a few things as I went. Continue reading
Learning to crochet hats
While I’m on the topic of crochet hats:
Divine Hat
A few months ago, for my first ever crochet hat, I used a pattern from Rheatheylia called Divine Hat. I didn’t write any notes as I went along so I’m not sure if I made any adjustments but from memory the pattern was easy to follow and I might have just added an extra row or two to get to the length I wanted. I think I used a multi-coloured and a solid-coloured Lincraft Cosy Wool Yarn. Continue reading
Striped adult woman crochet beanie pattern
A few months ago I started crocheting again for the first time since childhood. I’ve been trying out a few crochet hats and some have worked out better than others. Here’s one of the more successful experiments.
As I’ve been looking at crochet patterns, I’ve marvelled at multi-coloured yarns that have long lengths of colour with gradual changes. When I went to Morris & Sons to look at their sale items last weekend, I ended up browsing everything in the store and found Schoppel Wolle’s Reggae Ombre (100% virgin wool merino, 100m, 50g) and realised it might give me the blended stripes I was after. I bought a few balls and then had to figure out how I was going to crochet them in to a hat! Continue reading