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Pattern: aMAZEing Dice Hat by Wyvern Knits - Yarn: Lion Brand Ice Cream in Mint #208 and Stylecraft Special DK in Parma Violet - Hook: 5mm

  I wasn't sure which technique I wanted to try to convert the knitting pattern into a crochet pattern.  I have been wanting to try mosaic crochet out, so I tried that first.  It worked well enough.  I don't know if my yarn and hook combination wasn't the best for it, or if I'm a fan of the lines it creates.

  One big complaint that I have about the Mint yarn is that it loves to unravel itself.  I would pull a few rounds off to give myself some to work with, but when I would look down, a few more around would be off of it, still perfectly coiled.

Rolls I got for this hat: worked <~ and /\

  Seam
2(B) - 2(B) - 1(A) - 2(B)
6(F) - 2(B) - 2(B) - 1(A)
1(A) - 1(A) - 6(F) - 6(F)

  Brim

 

Pattern: aMAZEing Dice Hat by Wyvern Knits - Yarn: Lion Brand Ice Cream in Mint #208 and Stylecraft Special DK in Parma Violet - Hook: 5mm

  I then tried to use half-double crochets along with front-post double crochets.  I liked how it makes the lines smoother.  However, if I just worked in the round normally it would shift where the stitches sat towards the right with each round.  I'm working full rounds and not in a spiral, so there were a few ways I could try and fix this.

  I could slip stitch over one at the beginning of every other round, but that would mean that the markers would shift every other row.  That might be confusing for some people if anyone else wants to try it this way.

  I could also just go into the correct colored stitch that was below the one I was working with, ignoring if it matches up with the count from the row below it.  Since I'm working rounds and joining, it wouldn't actually matter if the numbers matched.

  I could have just ignored that the starting spot kept shifting, but I'm working it as a Cat Hat, I don't like the fact that my row starting point would just be moving every row.

  RealisticYoghurt131 on Reddit mentioned an interesting technique used by Lakeside Loops in her 'Local Has My Heart' Market Bag FREE Crochet Pattern Video Tutorial.  I tried making a swatch with it and I liked it, but the stitches were very thick looking.  I tried to use the same technique, but with a sc2tog since the hdcs were too tall.  It looked a lot like regular hdcs, but a bit shorter.  Since these are still taller than a regular sc, I had to use treble crochets for the drop-down stitches.

  I think that will help, because if each color is only one row, instead of the two on the pattern, then doing the brim of the hat won't really work since she has decreases every row.

Rolls I got for this hat: worked <~ and /\

  Seam
1(A) - 6(F) - 1(A) - 1(A)
3(C) - 6(F) - 2(B) - 6(F)

4(D) - 3(C) - 1(A) - 5(E)
  Brim

  When working on each one, I didn't like how it was coming out.  Since they have sat for a bit, I like both of them.  I think I'm going to try and make another with worsted weight yarn and a decrease brim to see how that turns out.

Yearly Yarn Tracker:

Yarn In: 21 (4)
Yarn Out: 31 (1)

Total: -10