Remember this post, from a couple days ago? Well I couldn't resist. We were going to be in the mountains and snow all day today, and I had to make my man a better hat, one I was more proud of, before we headed out. I am quite satisfied with the results. The reports are that it is very warm (possibly too warm, I did use wool for the hat). the Face fur is nice and soft, I used that hairy yarn, and I must add, it is very difficult to crochet with, because it is almost impossible to find the hole to stick your needle in. I wanted to make one, to say I could do it. However, I will probably not do it again with the hairy yarn, because it was a pain.
For the hat, I pretty much just did continuous rounds of half double crochets (I did not even do a slip stitch to join the rounds, because my seams are always so obvious, so I decided to bypass them). I started with 8 hdc in a loop, then did 16 hdc, followed by 24, 32, 40, 48, and 56. Then i did the rest 54. until I felt it was long enough. I don't even know how many rows I did. and the yarn was really really thick, because I originally followed a pattern for worsted weight yarn, and I was supposed to go all the way up to 72 hdc, and it was huge! I had to unravel it and just figure out how many worked for me.
for the beard, I bought the $1.99 pattern I previously linked to on Etsy
For the hat, I pretty much just did continuous rounds of half double crochets (I did not even do a slip stitch to join the rounds, because my seams are always so obvious, so I decided to bypass them). I started with 8 hdc in a loop, then did 16 hdc, followed by 24, 32, 40, 48, and 56. Then i did the rest 54. until I felt it was long enough. I don't even know how many rows I did. and the yarn was really really thick, because I originally followed a pattern for worsted weight yarn, and I was supposed to go all the way up to 72 hdc, and it was huge! I had to unravel it and just figure out how many worked for me.
for the beard, I bought the $1.99 pattern I previously linked to on Etsy
