Follow-up on Thanksgiving Activity
Dec 10, 2009 Knitting
Several weeks ago, I debated what to do when I laid around on Thanksgiving afternoon. After going back and forth, I decided to crochet a hat and a matching scarf. Of course before, I could get started I had to make a new case for my new crochet hooks, but that’s a different story.
After two false starts on the crown of this hat, I final figured out that I didn’t know what I was doing. Lucky for me, the internet set me straight. That hat pattern is The Professional by Emily Nelson. The pattern calls for three rows of shells for the beanie look and five rows to cover your ears. In my first attempt I made five rows, but the hat didn’t quite cover my ears. I ripped it back a bit and added a sixth row and shells. Now it covers my ears. Check out the obligatory self-shot photos.
Oh, you’ll notice the point look on the crown. Try as I might, I couldn’t get rid of it. So I look like an acorn. I bet if I used a dark brown on the crown and tan for the rest of the hat, I really could pull off the acorn look.
The scarf is in progress. In a week or so, I’ll share it.
December 10th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Well it looks cute on you! And the acorn hat idea would be totally adorable too.
I think you might’ve gotten a point because of too-tight tension. Not sure without seeing it in person though. One thing you could try is using a bigger hook for that part, and then switching to the other hook when you get to the sides.