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Crochet Beanie with Brim

3 Apr

These two hats were fun to make. They were a special request for a little guy battling cancer, and I was glad to make them! The first hat, I made to look like Lightning McQueen. Ka-chow! I really love how it turned out. The second was navy with white and red bands.

I started with my standard beanie pattern using Red Heart Super Saver yarn and an H hook:

Chain 3, 12 DC first chain, join to first DC, chain 2
Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (24 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (36 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 3, repeat around, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
Round 6: 2 DC in first, DC in next 14, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
Round 7-15: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
Round 16: DC in each around, join, and finish off. Weave in ends.

Then, I added a brim similar to the Mario and Luigi hats I just did:

Count 21 from seam. SC in front loop of next 22 st.
Ch 1, turn. SC in 22 st.
Ch 1, turn, SC in 22 st.
Ch 1, turn. SC2tog, SC in next 18, SC2tog in last 2 (20)
Ch 1, turn. SC2tog, SC in next 16, SC2tog in last 2 (18)
Ch 1, turn. SC2tog, SC in next 14, SC2tog in last 2 (16)
Ch 1, turn. SC2tog, SC in next 12, SC2tog in last 2 (14)
Finish off

Finally, I did a SC along the entire beanie and brim.

Lightning McQueen Beanie with Brim Lightning McQueen Beanie with Brim

Crochet lightning bolt pattern: http://beccadoodle.blogspot.com/2013/07/crochet-lightning-bolt-pattern.html

Lightning McQueen eyes: http://amray1976.blogspot.com/2011/12/crochet-lightning-mcqueen-child-hat.html

Tires:
Start with red yarn.
Round 1: Ch 2. 6 HDC in first ch. Join. Ch 1.
Round 2: 2 HDC in each st around. Join. Ch 1.
Switch to white yarn
Round 3: 2 SC in each st around. Join. Ch 1.
Switch to black yarn..
Round 4: HDC in each st around. Join. Finish off.
Ch 1.

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Crochet Bow

10 Mar

Now that I made 2 more Kitty hats, I remember now how I did the bow! So, I wanted to share the pattern.

Kitty Hats with Bows

Crochet Bow pattern

This was done with worsted weight yarn, in this case Red Heart Super Saver in Dark Orchid, and a size H hook.

Ch 2.
Round 1: 8 sc in 2nd chain from hook. Sl st in 1st st. Ch 1.
Round 2: 2 sc in each stitch. (16) Sl st in 1 st. Ch 1.

First side of bow:
Round 1: sc in next 6 st. Ch 1. Turn
Round 2: 2 sc in first st, sc in next 4, 2 sc in last st (8). Ch 1. Turn
Round 3: sc across (8). Ch 1. Turn
Round 4: 2 sc in first st, sc in next 4, 2 sc in last st (10). Ch 1. Turn
Round 5: sc across (10). Tie off and weave in end.

Second side of bow:
Round 1: Sl st into 3rd st from first side. SC in next 6 st. Ch 1. Turn
Round 2: 2 sc in first st, sc in next 4, 2 sc in last st (8). Ch 1. Turn
Round 3: sc across (8). . Ch 1. Turn
Round 4: 2 sc in first st, sc in next 4, 2 sc in last st (10). Ch 1. Turn
Round 5: sc across (10). Tie off and weave in end.

Edging: sc around entire bow to finish off. Tie off and leave a long enough strand to attach to project.

If you want to make the whole kitty hat, I have how I do a the main beanie in this post, along with links to the patterns for the ears, eyes, and nose.

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Crochet Mario and Luigi Hats

15 Feb

When I saw these hats, I knew exactly who I needed to make them for. He’s a tough little guy who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and he just had his 6th birthday. I found some play mustaches to order to go with these, and he grinned from ear to ear when he saw it all. I’m glad to put a smile on his face, although it’s not hard to because he’s such a happy, easy-going kid. I used Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Cherry Red and Paddy Green, and used a size H hook.

Mario Hat Mario and Luigi HatsHere is the link to the pattern for these hats: Super Mario/Luigi Hat Pattern

If you find it hard to follow, scroll down to the comments and someone wrote parts of it out to make it hard to follow. My only change was that I did one less decrease, so Row 31 was 1 sc in each sc to keep it 72 around instead of 66. They were a little big on him, but I wanted them to be bigger and not too small.

I have plans to make these hats in blue for a couple of members of my Kiwanis Club for convention. Instead of the “M”/”L”, they will attach the Kiwanis logo. I will share once I get the yarn and get them made!

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Autism Awareness Puzzle Knit Hat

14 Feb

This hat was requested by a friend of mine. I honestly wasn’t sure if I could do it, but I was certainly up to the challenge. I have knit scarves and blankets, but not a hat. Plus, this hat pattern uses a technique I was not familiar with before, intarsia, where you use a separate bobbin of yarn for each color in a row. I watched a couple of videos on YouTube, practiced on some scrap yarn, and was ready to give it a go.

Now, I did do a little crossing in mine, just because I was getting tangled up enough with all the bobbins of yarn already, but these pictures give you an idea of what that involves. At times, yarn was everywhere!

Start of the Autism Awareness Puzzle Hat One set of puzzle pieces done

It took me about a week to really sit down and get it done, and I am very pleased with how it came out. I love the colors, and I really like the Vanna’s Choice yarn. It’s the same yarn I used for the green in the Ninja Turtle crochet hats. It was tricky to get the ribbing (K1, P1) and the color changes done at the start of the hat, but I made it work. I have plans to make another one, and I may do the ribbed band at the bottom in the navy color, and then start the puzzle piece pattern.

Finished Autism Awareness Puzzle Hat Finished Autism Awareness Puzzle Hat Finished Autism Awareness Puzzle Hat

Here is a link to the pattern: Autism Awareness Puzzle Hat Knitting Pattern. It was easy to follow, and the charts for the puzzle pieces were amazing.

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Crochet Blankets

10 Feb

Along with the hats, I have a few blanket projects that I have completed over the last few months. I already shared the knitted blankets that I made, but I decided to try out crocheted blankets as well.

I started out small. Our previous neighbors had just had a baby, and their now second youngest asked if I could make him a blanket when he saw the other blankets I was working on. He likes to carry toys and things around as he goes, so I knew that a smaller blanket would be easier for him to take around. I found a green yarn in my stash, that was his favorite color, and found a pattern I had wanted to try out, Little Boys Favorite Throw. I don’t remember how many chains I started with, but I want to say it was around 45. It wasn’t very big, about 13″ x 21″, even after adding an extra row to the border, but he loved it.

Start of the blanket

Start of the blanket

Almost finished with rows

Almost finished with rows

Finished blanket

Finished blanket

After that, I was a lot more confident with my skills, and apparently so was my husband, because he asked if I could make a blanket for one of his co-workers that was expecting a baby boy. JoAnn Fabrics happened to have a 50% off all baby yarn sale at that time, so I picked up 2 skeins of Bernat Baby Blanket yarn in the Little Boy Dove color. I found a cute pattern, Baby Bobble Blanket, and made a few modifications. Instead of 5 in each cluster stitch, I only did 3, but still got a good “bubble” with each stitch. I also used a white yarn for the edging/border, and did the following:

Edging:
Start white color in corner.
Round 1: sc in every stitch, sl st in first sc at end
Round 2: ch 3, 2 dc in the same stitch, skip ch 1, sl st next 2 stitches, skip ch 1, 3 dc in next ch 1, repeat from all around, making sure to make the “shell” in each corner. Sl st to ch 3 and fasten.

This made a little bubbling in the border to go along with the bobbles in the blanket. It came out to be about 36″ x 36″

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After completing this blanket, my husband said he had another co-worker having a baby, and asked if I could make a blanket for them. With the previous sale at JoAnn Fabrics, I bought a Lion Brand Pound of Love yarn in Pastel Blue, which was perfect since they were having a boy. I decided to use the Little Boys Favorite Throw pattern again, and do the full blanket. It was quite time-consuming, but I was really happy with how it turned out. It’s a very nice pattern, and may be my go-to pattern for baby blankets in the future. This blanket was 36″ x 36″ as well.

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I have plans to make blankets for my girls at some point too, but I need to decide on a pattern and size for them.

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Lots and lots of Crochet Hats!

27 Jan

After making the black crochet hat for my husband, I followed up with a lot more crochet hats. Like 17 more over a month and a half time period. I had a few other projects mixed in there too, which I will talk more about soon.

So, here is what I have discovered is my favorite pattern for making the beanies, which were mostly for older children and adults, using an H hook:

Chain 3, 12 DC first chain, join to first DC, chain 2

Round 2: 2 DC in each around, join, chain 2 (24 DC)
Round 3: 2 DC in first, DC in next, repeat around, join, chain 2 (36 DC)
Round 4: 2 DC in first, DC in next 2, repeat around, join, chain 2 (48 DC)
Round 5: 2 DC in first, DC in next 3, repeat around, join, chain 2 (60 DC)
Round 6: 2 DC in first, DC in next 14, join, chain 2 (64 DC)
Round 7: 2 DC in first, DC in next 15, join, chain 2 (68 DC)
Round 8-16: DC in each around, join, chain 2 (68 DC)
Round 17: SC in each around, join, fasten off, weave in ends (68 SC)

For younger children, I would only increase to 64, and end with 15 or 16 rounds. For toddlers, I would increase only to 60 with 12-14 rounds. Infants, either 48 or 56, with 10-12 rounds. All heads are different sizes, and when in doubt, I make it bigger. A bigger hat can still be worn while a hat too small cannot. If you need to make it bigger, I continue the increase pattern, 2 DC, DC in next 16 to get to 72, 2 dc, DC in next 17 to get to 76. 76 is the largest I have made, that fits a larger size adult head or a head with a lot of hair.

Here are pictures of all the work, plus links that helped me create all of them:

Purple Hat with Orange Flower

Purple Hat with Orange Flower

Front of Ninja Turtle Hat

Front of Ninja Turtle Hat

Back of Ninja Turtle Hat

Back of Ninja Turtle Hat

Orange and Purple Ninja Turtles

Orange and Purple Ninja Turtles

Blue and Red Ninja Turtles

Blue and Red Ninja Turtles

Red and Purple Ninja Turtles

Red and Purple Ninja Turtles

Links to patterns for Ninja Turtle hats:

TUTORIAL – Crochet TMNT Hat

Free Ninja Turtle Hat Crochet Pattern

Minions

Minions

Link to pattern for Minion hats: http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2014/01/crochet-minion-hat-pattern.html. I did the first as HDC in pattern, then switch to the DC pattern I posted above, doing the black as 2 rows DC. I didn’t do earflaps, and did the last 2 rounds of the hat in royal blue.

Pete the Cat

Pete the Cat

Link to cat hat that helped inspire Pete the Cat: http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2014/09/crochet-black-cat-hat.html
Link to pattern for earflaps and tails: http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/01/crochet-puppy-hat-pattern.html

Changes from pattern

  • No inner ear
  • Eyes Magic ring, chain 1 and SC 8, join, ch 1 (8 SC) Round 2: 2 SC in each stitch around, join, ch 1 (16 SC) Round 3: 2 SC in first two stitches, HDC in next, 2 DC, HDC, 4 SC, HDC in next, 2 DC, HDC, 2 SC. Round 4: 2 SC in first stitch, 2 SC in next, 2 HDC, 2 DC in next 2, 2 HDC, 2 SC in next 4, 2 HDC, 2 DC in next 2, 2 HDC, 2 SC in next 2. Fasten off leaving long tail to sew onto hat.
  • After attaching eyes to hat, make a triangle with black yarn stitches, then smaller triangle in white.
  • Nose Ch 2. Row 1: SC in first chain. Ch 1 and turn. Row 2. 3 SC in stitch. Ch 1 and turn. Row 3: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next, 2 SC in last stitch. Ch 1 and turn Row 4: SC across (5). Ch 1 and turn. Row 5: 2 SC in first stitch, SC in next 3, 2 SC in last stitch. Ch 1 and turn Row 6: SC across (7). Ch 1 and SC all around. Fasten and leave long tail to attach to hat.
Hello Kitty

Hello Kitty

Link to pattern for the ears: http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2014/09/crochet-black-cat-hat.html
Link to pattern for the eyes and nose: http://crochetincolor.blogspot.com/2012/03/hello-kitty-hat-pattern.html.
Link for earflaps and tails: http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/01/crochet-puppy-hat-pattern.html
I made up my own pattern for the bow.

Red Angry Bird

Red Angry Bird

Link to pattern for Angry Birds: http://amray1976.blogspot.com/2011/12/crochet-angry-bird-child-hat.html. Instead of the tan bottom, I switched to tan yarn for part of the last few rounds to make more of a tan belly look. The beak I created my own pattern, making 2 triangles similar to the nose on the Pete the Cat hat.

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Crochet Hat

5 Dec

After doing headbands, I really wanted to try a hat. My husband has been asking for one, so I decided he would be the guinea pig. I chose and bulky, black yarn, and got to work. However, about 3/4 of the way through the first pattern, I didn’t like it. So, I found a new pattern, made the changes I needed, and was able to set aside today to work on it. (Laundry can wait!)

Pattern: Got Spirit Hat
Changes to pattern:
Because I used a thicker yarn than the pattern and he has a big head, I made a few changes. He also wanted a cuff on the hat to be able to roll up.

Rnd 1, 2, 3, 4 same as pattern.

Rnd 5, do 2dc in first stitch same as chain, then dc in next 3. Repeat around (60 dc)

Rnd 6-11: dc in every stitch

Rnd 12-15: dc in every stitch but switch RS to WS facing out so cuff will be RS facing out

Rnd 16: sc in every stitch, slip stitch to first stitch, fasten off.

Yarn: Lion Brand Hometown USA in Oakland Black

Hook: N/9.00

Crochet Hat

Now that I have this down, I have some fun hats in the works. He also wants a scarf, so I will work with this yarn again to create some kind of scarf, which I will share as well! Anymore, it seems like I finish one project, and add 2 more.

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Lovey Blankets

5 Dec

With a few new babies born to our family members and friends, I wanted to make something little for each of them. My older daughter helped me pick out yarn, and we found this really soft, fuzzy yarn, Bernat Pipsqueak. It comes in both solids and multi-colors, so we picked out some of each. It’s very different to work with, so I chose to knit. Very important to keep good count if you are doing a pattern. I get bored with just straight knit stitch, so I did do some ribbing on these. It’s just hard to tell! The pattern is something like this:

Cast on 45.
Knit across about 5 rows.

Then,
K5, K5, P5, K5, P5, K5, P5, K5, K5
K5, P5, K5, P5, K5, P5, K5, P5, K5

Repeat until blanket is almost a square.

Knit across about 5 rows to finish.

I used 14″, Size 10 1/2, knitting needles.

One ball of this yarn, which is 100g, 109 meters / 120 yards, makes 1 blanket approximately 13″ x 13″. It’s not a huge blanket, but I was going more to cuddle and take with, so it’s not as bulky to carry around.

Here are the 2 that I have finished. The green and purple one got pulled at little tight as I was finishing it up, which is killing my perfectionist mind, but it’s still really cute. I am working on 2 more in solid colors, 1 in Chocolate and 1 in Lime.

Lovey Blanket in Bernat Pipsqueak Pixie Pow

Lovey Blanket in Bernat Pipsqueak Pixie Pow

Lovey Blanket in Bernat Pipsqueak Funny Bunny

Lovey Blanket in Bernat Pipsqueak Funny Bunny

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Crochet Headband

4 Dec

I let both of my girls pick out yarn to make a scarf. When I finished the first one, I had not enough yarn for a hat, but enough to make a headband. So, I luckily found this quick and easy pattern for a headband, and made a few more Flower Appliques for the accents. (Don’t worry, I’ll post more on the knitted scarves later after I FINALLY finish the second one!) I finished each of these in a few hours each. My girls love them!

Pattern: Chunky Crochet Headband. I did chain more at the beginning for my older daughter’s because her head is bigger

Yarns:
Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Blue Heather
Bernat Vickie Howell Sheep(ish) in Turquoise(ish)

Hook size: J/6.0mm

Close-up of blue heather headband with Flower Applique Headband on younger daughter Turquoise(ish) headband with complimenting scarf

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My First Crochet Project – Flower Appliques

4 Dec

I have had a small Learn to Crochet kit sitting in a closet for a while that had patterns for a peace sign, a flower, and a heart. I decided to start with the flower. The directions were a little confusing and not working out for me (I think I started and pulled the stitches about 10 times!), so I headed online. I found this pattern, Flower & Leaf Appliques, and after a lot more attempts, finally got a flower!

Crochet Flower Applique

Once I was able to create this, it gave me confidence to try more. I now have also made a few flowers to use as accents to some other pieces. It’s now a quick, easy project since I know more of what I am doing!

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