Last year my yarn lady gave Esther a big stack of knitted yarn samples. She loves that Esther is crafty and learning to crochet. She doesn’t get a lot of ten-year-olds in the shop.
Esther made a patchwork quilt out of the blue, green and purple ones, leaving a stack of reds, oranges and browns for me. The wool is beautiful — soft and richly coloured. But what am I going to do with a bunch of knitted squares? Pull them apart, of course.
And turn them into hats!
Using a 5mm hook, I crocheted rounds of half double crochet until the last few rows and switched to single crochet for the band. I finished off with a row of crab stitch and improvised a flower with some gold cotton.
Then I made Martina model it for me. Good thing I work quickly…
…because I think this photo shoot is over.
Cost of this Thing: 0
Cost of all Things to date: €100.61
Love it!
P.S. Are you getting tired of me telling you that I love everything you make?
Never! You’re like an affirmation-of-the-day service.
Love the colors! Don’t you like how varigated yarn always turns out different than the skein? Another way to decrease the hat so it stays on better is the second last row do a hdc decrease or hdc2tog after every 7 regular hdc’s. 🙂
Thanks for the tip! Even though the weather is warming up I think I may still have another hat or two in the pipeline.