Adult Cloche

Last Christmas, I had a blog post about a hat I made for my daughter. I also shared a version for adult hat in the post. I like the floral cloche on Crochet Today, but the flower is quite fancy to me. I mean, in my country, only girls or babies wear big flowers. Therefore, I really enjoy looking at women in the US with flowers on their hair or hats. They look so femine. I know that but I still can't change my mindset yet.

So I made this cloche, changing a little bit int he pattern. I added decreased treble crochet to make V-cabled on the hat. I bought the yarn in IDEA Store, too. The yarn is 50% wool, and I ended up buying 10 skeins of this yarn. No other colors. It is quite itchy at the forehead. My friends complimented on this hat a lot but I can't use it for a lot of reasons. Wait for the spring, maybe.

Adult Cloche

Bernat Chunky Neckwarmer

This chunky neck warmer I made from Bernat Softee Chunky Yarn, as required in the pattern. You can find the free pattern here.

This neck warmer was made quickly due to the thickness of the yarn and the pattern. My aunt in-law also wants me to make a black one for her. 

I may try to make a trip to Jo Ann or Michaels to look for Bernat Softee Chnuky in black.
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Updated (Feb 15 2014)
This is the black one.

I couldn't find Bernat Softee Chunky Yarn, so I used 3 strands of Bernat Satin Ebony. The combination of 3 strands also made this neck warmer thick enough.

My favorite hat pattern of the year-Bubblegum beanie

Wandering in IDEA Store, I found Inside Crochet, a magazine from the UK. I bought it because it has an attractive hat pattern I really want to make. You may buy the pattern from Ravelry.

Here are several of hats I have made for 5 days.
This pink hat I made with Lion Brand Baby First yarn. The pattern requires really chunky yarn and this yarn is really good, chunky but soft. The hat is cabled, reversible and stretchy. I call it "2 in 1" and "one size fits all" hat.

The cable

The reversible side

I like this twisting cable here, an embellishment made during the hat making process. I don't need to make any flowers to attach on it.

I made this hat as a Christmas gift for my friend's daughter. I made another red hat for another friend's daughter too. This time I used Hobby Lobby yarn "I love this cotton". I combined 2 strands of worsted weight to make it, the result was the hat also looks chunky. I love the color, too. Red is Christmas color, right?

The hat also fits my head.

Yesterday, 24 Dec 2013, I went to Walmart and bought 2 skeins of Lion Brand Hometown USA, Honolulu Pink yarn. The yarn is bulky so I worked more quickly and tried it on. I ask my husband to take a picture of me wearing that so pink hat. I have never tried any pink things before.


Love this hat pattern so much!

Polar Bear and Gold Fish Hats

The pattern is here, on Crochet Today Magazine. You have to buy the magazine to have the pattern. Sorry about that. The yarn you need is super bulky and the hook I used is N/15 or 10 mm.
I got the yarn from IDEA Store. Just one skein, and just enough for the hat only. I like shopping at this store very much. You don't know what you can find there because the stock depends on what people donate. Like a treasure hunt. The result is I stock a lot of yarn and fabric at home.
 I made this hat last year, when I just found the yarn, but the season is not right to try it on. Until this winter.

Here is the Gold Fish hat whose the pattern I found on Crochet World Magazine. My daughter wanted me to make her 2 more hats, orange and red. So this goldfish hat satisfied her. Just one more red hat to go.

Happy crocheting!

Mommy's and daughter's hats

I found the pattern for the hat from Fave Crafts. But you can find the original pattern from Red Heart.  I decided to make one for me, but I couldn't find the yarn requested. I used Caron Simply Soft instead. While I was crocheting for me, my baby asked what I was making. I answered "A hat." She said, "For me." So, I made one for her first, then one for me. One skein of Caron Simply Soft can make almost 3 hats. I also made one for my aunt in-law.

The first one- for my baby

2 more hats. 

Here she is, with the flower cloche.

You may want to try the yarn requested. As I finished, my hats don't have the texture like in the pattern picture.

Happy Crocheting!