Some Hats To Spice It Up

Patterns: Crochet Quick and Easy Bucket Hat Tutorial by Bag-O-Day Crochet & Appa Bucket Hat from Avatar by DayannasCreations - Yarn: Caron Big Cakes in Cherry Compote - Hook: 6mm

  I love the ruffles but I'm not sure how to make them stay neat and tidy so that they don't have to be touched up every time.  I also changed which side of the V stitch had the two double crochets to see how that would look.

Pattern: The Kelp Bucket Hat by PassioKnit Kelsie - Yarn: Caron Big Cakes in Cherry Compote - Hook: 6mm

  As I usually do, I messed with the pattern some.  I didn't do all the increases on round 4 and also less increases on the brim.  The way she has it worked out leads to having a very wavey brim, which isn't a bad thing if that is what you are going for.

Pattern: Irish Mesh stitch with a seed stitch border - Yarn: Caron One Pound in White - Needle: US 8

  This was a WIP from a while ago.  When we got our house back in late 2009 I was going to knit some curtains for the upstairs hallway bathroom.  Though the stitch pattern looked nice and lacey on the How-to, I picked the wrong yarn to also get that effect.  I kept working, assuming something might magically change if I kept going.  I was stuck trying to figure out how to hang it in a way that wouldn't stretch anything out, but also allow the thick fabric to be pushed out of the way.

  I had recently found it and moved it out in the open to tell myself to figure out what to do with it.  During the sewage repair the painters broke one of the plastic needles when they moved things around to paint things they didn't need to paint.  That motivated me to just bind it off and say that it is a wrap.  It could also be an angel blanket.

  Also a few more octopi for good measure.

 

Yearly Yarn Tracker:

Yarn In: 17 (4)
Yarn Out: 27 (6)

Total: -10