You know what it's like when you see something crocheted and you fall in love with the pattern and you just have to have it? This happened to me this week. I had just finished making my amigurumi mouse and still had three other works in progress when a friend at work showed me a photo of her latest make. She had made a ski hat and it looked fantastic. I liked it so much I just had to get hold of the pattern and try it myself.
When I studied the pattern I realised that I was going to learn three new stitch techniques so I had to get out some yarn and watch a few YouTube videos to get to grips with these new stitches before I could begin.
The first stitch is called the Diamond Stitch. It is working front post double trebles to create the relief pattern of diamonds. I have been keen to learn more about relief work and had dabbled with cabling before but found it quite difficult and so needed something to ease me into it. Fortunately this video on YouTube posted by Hopeful Honey was easy to follow:
The second stitch was really easy. It is creating an effect by working in the back loop (the third loop only) of an hdc stitch. Usually you have two loops at the top of the stitch but there is a third one created when you make a hdc stitch and it sits behind the two you are more familiar with. This stitch is particularly useful to create a ribbing effect.
The third stitch is called the Crab Stitch which is a reverse stitch. Normally we work from left to right but in this instance we are working backwards to crochet this stitch by placing our hook into the stitch to right of the hook, yarning over, pulling through to reveal two loops on the hook. Then repositioning the hook in your hand by twisting it round so it is easy to yarn over again and pulling through two loops on the hook. Bella Coco demonstrates how easy it is to create this stitch on YouTube:
As I had some spare yarn I thought I would give this a go using Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Oxford Grey and Seaspray as I wanted a two tone effect.
I spent a couple of evenings making the hat and then the finishing touches of the pom pom and ties were made this morning.
Here is the finished result. Let me know if you like it by commenting on my post.
If you are interested in making this design yourself you can find all the information you need by visiting Kirsten Holloway Designs Blog here My special thanks to Kirsten for her generosity in sharing this pattern.
When I studied the pattern I realised that I was going to learn three new stitch techniques so I had to get out some yarn and watch a few YouTube videos to get to grips with these new stitches before I could begin.
The first stitch is called the Diamond Stitch. It is working front post double trebles to create the relief pattern of diamonds. I have been keen to learn more about relief work and had dabbled with cabling before but found it quite difficult and so needed something to ease me into it. Fortunately this video on YouTube posted by Hopeful Honey was easy to follow:
The second stitch was really easy. It is creating an effect by working in the back loop (the third loop only) of an hdc stitch. Usually you have two loops at the top of the stitch but there is a third one created when you make a hdc stitch and it sits behind the two you are more familiar with. This stitch is particularly useful to create a ribbing effect.
The third stitch is called the Crab Stitch which is a reverse stitch. Normally we work from left to right but in this instance we are working backwards to crochet this stitch by placing our hook into the stitch to right of the hook, yarning over, pulling through to reveal two loops on the hook. Then repositioning the hook in your hand by twisting it round so it is easy to yarn over again and pulling through two loops on the hook. Bella Coco demonstrates how easy it is to create this stitch on YouTube:
As I had some spare yarn I thought I would give this a go using Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Oxford Grey and Seaspray as I wanted a two tone effect.
I spent a couple of evenings making the hat and then the finishing touches of the pom pom and ties were made this morning.
Here is the finished result. Let me know if you like it by commenting on my post.
If you are interested in making this design yourself you can find all the information you need by visiting Kirsten Holloway Designs Blog here My special thanks to Kirsten for her generosity in sharing this pattern.
