Learning To Crochet A Hat
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Crocheting is one trendy hobby, creating economical, functional, fashionable and fun pieces. The crochet patterns of today are more inspiring and exciting than before, providing excitement when working with fibres and different colours. Enjoy learning and studying the fantastic art of "crocheting" for all of these.
Here are more reasons why you would want to learn crochet:
1. Most individuals in this hobby find working with yarns of different textures and colours enjoyable.
2. Most say that this hobby is very calming.
3. One can make sweaters, hats, scarf and other accessories for oneself.
4. It is a social and fun activity with family and friends.
5. One can take it along anywhere at any time.
6. It maximizes one's idle time.
7. It provides a sense of achievement when she completes a project.
8. It is an inexpensive hobby, and one can make gifts out of the many things one can create in crochet.
9. One can express oneself, invent designs and make patterns.
Starting your crochet hobby:
One could start crocheting with any type of yarn for knitting, making sure that the yarn and size of the hook are well matched.
To start, one needs to purchase some yarn and a needle. Recommended sizes for beginners are H, G, or I size hooks, as smaller hook sizes are much harder to handle.
Crochet hooks come in different materials and sizes. Steel hooks for crochet are typically used with fine threads. Doilies are usually available in sizes 00 up to 16, whereby the higher the number, the smaller the hook. The hooks for yarns are identified with letters starting from B up to Q, whereby B is the smallest and Q is the largest.
Purchase a dark-coloured and a light-coloured yarn so you can see your progress with the stitches; buy an ordinary yarn, not wool or chenille, cause they are harder to work with.
When buying a yarn, test its strength by rubbing yard strands between your thumb and index finger. The one that does not unravel is best.
Buy a yarn more than the pattern asked for, as there is the possibility that you will run out of yarn, and that particular type can not be ordered anymore or is out of stock.
Here are crochet basics for making a hat:
You will need the following:
• "Worsted-weight yarn", of any colour or a combination of colours
• Crochet hook, size G
• Yarn needle having a big eye
• Small scissors
How to start:
1: With your right hand, hold the "crochet hook in" and then create a "slip knot on the hook".
2: Carry the yarn over with the hook starting from the back, going to the front and then taking it with the hook.
3: Draw the hooked yarn through with a "slip knot" and onto the hook, making this one "chain stitch".
4. Repeat in sequence steps two and three for 28 times; take note that you must create "29 chain stitches", and a loop will stay on the hook.
5. The "first chain stitch" should be skipped.
6. Insert the hook to the following "chain stitch" centre. Draw the yarn through the "chain stitch" and work up to the hook, resulting in two "loops on the hook".
7. Take the "yarn over hook" from the back to the front, and pull it through "both loops on the hook". Note that there should be one loop that remains or stays on the hook; this is now one "single crochet stitch".
8. In every remaining twenty-seven chains, repeat steps six and seven, making sure you "work in the very last chain". Now you have completed one line of "single crochet".
9. Measure your piece, as it must be approximately 7 inches wide. When it is overly broad, try once more with fewer beginning chains. When extremely narrow, try once more by adding beginning chains.
10. Create a single "chain stitch" at the tip of the line or row and turn your piece "counter-clockwise", leaving the yarn "hook in the chain". Now then, you can start making another row, making stitches by working through the "stitches" of the preceding row.
11. Make a single "crochet stitch" in the first stitch and in "each remaining stitch" of the preceding row. Be sure to work also "into the last stitch"; "chain 1, turn".
12. Repeat step 10 until you can make a block that measures 9" long.
13. "Cut the yarn" from the ball, leaving 6 inches and pull the hook upwards. Insert the yarn into the loop which remains "on the hook", then thread the "yarn needle" and interlace the stitches "back and forth" to secure it.
Here is a sample of a basic hat pattern:
Chain 4; join a slip stitch in the first chain to form a ring.
R1: Chain 2 (counts as "half double crochet"), 11 "half double crochet" in ring; join with a slip stitch on top of ch-2 – 12 stitches.
R2: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in the same chain as joining, 2 "half double crochet" in each "half double crochet" around; join in top of chain2 – 24 stitches.
R3: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in the same chain as joining, "half double crochet" in next half double crochet, * 2 "half double crochet" in the following "half double crochet", half double crochet in next "half double crochet"; repeat from * around; join – 36 stitches.
R4: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in the same chain as joining, "half double crochet" in the next 2 "half double crochet", * 2 "half double crochet" in the following "half double crochet", "half double crochet" in the next 2 "half double crochet"; repeat from * around; join – 48 stitches.
R5: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in each "half double crochet" around; join.
R6: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in the same chain as joining, "half double crochet" in next 3 "half double crochet", * 2 "half double crochet" in the following "half double crochet", "half double crochet" in the next 3 "half double crochet"; rep from * around; join – 60 stitches.
R7: Chain 2, "half double crochets" in back loops only of each "half double crochet" around; join.
Rs 8-14: Repeat round 5.
"Brim-Round" 15: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in the same chain as joining, "half double crochet" in next 2 "half double crochet", * 2 "half double crochet" in the following "half double crochet", "half double crochet" in the next 2 "half double crochet"; repeat from * around; join – 80 "half double crochet". Rounds 16-20: Repeat Round 5. Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Abbreviations: * = repeat whatever follows* (asterisk)..R=row
Now that you know how to make a hat, you can browse the internet for more patterns, practising from a straightforward pattern then moving on to more complicated ones. Enjoy your newfound hobby!
Here are more reasons why you would want to learn crochet:
1. Most individuals in this hobby find working with yarns of different textures and colours enjoyable.
2. Most say that this hobby is very calming.
3. One can make sweaters, hats, scarf and other accessories for oneself.
4. It is a social and fun activity with family and friends.
5. One can take it along anywhere at any time.
6. It maximizes one's idle time.
7. It provides a sense of achievement when she completes a project.
8. It is an inexpensive hobby, and one can make gifts out of the many things one can create in crochet.
9. One can express oneself, invent designs and make patterns.
Starting your crochet hobby:
One could start crocheting with any type of yarn for knitting, making sure that the yarn and size of the hook are well matched.
To start, one needs to purchase some yarn and a needle. Recommended sizes for beginners are H, G, or I size hooks, as smaller hook sizes are much harder to handle.
Crochet hooks come in different materials and sizes. Steel hooks for crochet are typically used with fine threads. Doilies are usually available in sizes 00 up to 16, whereby the higher the number, the smaller the hook. The hooks for yarns are identified with letters starting from B up to Q, whereby B is the smallest and Q is the largest.
Purchase a dark-coloured and a light-coloured yarn so you can see your progress with the stitches; buy an ordinary yarn, not wool or chenille, cause they are harder to work with.
When buying a yarn, test its strength by rubbing yard strands between your thumb and index finger. The one that does not unravel is best.
Buy a yarn more than the pattern asked for, as there is the possibility that you will run out of yarn, and that particular type can not be ordered anymore or is out of stock.
Here are crochet basics for making a hat:
You will need the following:
• "Worsted-weight yarn", of any colour or a combination of colours
• Crochet hook, size G
• Yarn needle having a big eye
• Small scissors
How to start:
1: With your right hand, hold the "crochet hook in" and then create a "slip knot on the hook".
2: Carry the yarn over with the hook starting from the back, going to the front and then taking it with the hook.
3: Draw the hooked yarn through with a "slip knot" and onto the hook, making this one "chain stitch".
4. Repeat in sequence steps two and three for 28 times; take note that you must create "29 chain stitches", and a loop will stay on the hook.
5. The "first chain stitch" should be skipped.
6. Insert the hook to the following "chain stitch" centre. Draw the yarn through the "chain stitch" and work up to the hook, resulting in two "loops on the hook".
7. Take the "yarn over hook" from the back to the front, and pull it through "both loops on the hook". Note that there should be one loop that remains or stays on the hook; this is now one "single crochet stitch".
8. In every remaining twenty-seven chains, repeat steps six and seven, making sure you "work in the very last chain". Now you have completed one line of "single crochet".
9. Measure your piece, as it must be approximately 7 inches wide. When it is overly broad, try once more with fewer beginning chains. When extremely narrow, try once more by adding beginning chains.
10. Create a single "chain stitch" at the tip of the line or row and turn your piece "counter-clockwise", leaving the yarn "hook in the chain". Now then, you can start making another row, making stitches by working through the "stitches" of the preceding row.
11. Make a single "crochet stitch" in the first stitch and in "each remaining stitch" of the preceding row. Be sure to work also "into the last stitch"; "chain 1, turn".
12. Repeat step 10 until you can make a block that measures 9" long.
13. "Cut the yarn" from the ball, leaving 6 inches and pull the hook upwards. Insert the yarn into the loop which remains "on the hook", then thread the "yarn needle" and interlace the stitches "back and forth" to secure it.
Here is a sample of a basic hat pattern:
Chain 4; join a slip stitch in the first chain to form a ring.
R1: Chain 2 (counts as "half double crochet"), 11 "half double crochet" in ring; join with a slip stitch on top of ch-2 – 12 stitches.
R2: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in the same chain as joining, 2 "half double crochet" in each "half double crochet" around; join in top of chain2 – 24 stitches.
R3: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in the same chain as joining, "half double crochet" in next half double crochet, * 2 "half double crochet" in the following "half double crochet", half double crochet in next "half double crochet"; repeat from * around; join – 36 stitches.
R4: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in the same chain as joining, "half double crochet" in the next 2 "half double crochet", * 2 "half double crochet" in the following "half double crochet", "half double crochet" in the next 2 "half double crochet"; repeat from * around; join – 48 stitches.
R5: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in each "half double crochet" around; join.
R6: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in the same chain as joining, "half double crochet" in next 3 "half double crochet", * 2 "half double crochet" in the following "half double crochet", "half double crochet" in the next 3 "half double crochet"; rep from * around; join – 60 stitches.
R7: Chain 2, "half double crochets" in back loops only of each "half double crochet" around; join.
Rs 8-14: Repeat round 5.
"Brim-Round" 15: Chain 2, "half double crochet" in the same chain as joining, "half double crochet" in next 2 "half double crochet", * 2 "half double crochet" in the following "half double crochet", "half double crochet" in the next 2 "half double crochet"; repeat from * around; join – 80 "half double crochet". Rounds 16-20: Repeat Round 5. Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Abbreviations: * = repeat whatever follows* (asterisk)..R=row
Now that you know how to make a hat, you can browse the internet for more patterns, practising from a straightforward pattern then moving on to more complicated ones. Enjoy your newfound hobby!