Recently, I gave a friend of mine a brief history of my crocheting journey but I started from the very beginning. Along the line, the question of my very first crochet project came up and I recalled my failed attempt at a beanie. Everything was explicitly wrong with that beanie but did I love it regardless? Definitely.
After this, the friend put me up to the challenge of making another beanie just to see how far I've come with my crafting skills and I accepted this challenge. The twist though is that the first beanie was made in a plain colour and for this beanie, I opted to make it in a blend, some would call it ombre.
Materials Used
- Yarn
- 3.0mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle
- A measuring tape
- A pair of scissors.
Procedures
First, I took the measurement of my head and added a few inches to that measurement. Why? I did this because the yarn I used to make the beanie isn't super stretchy and like with other beanies I've made, they always end up with someone else but me, so I factored these in. This may sound crazy but irrespective of whether I bury the beanie after making it, as long as it's a headwear, it's going to varnish and I have no problem with that.
Next, I made starting chains using the lengthwise measurement I got and pretty much continued with the starting chains. For the beanie, I worked in columns and not rows and I made use of double crochet stitches for a greater part of the project.
When I got to half of the width's measurement, I changed the yarn colour. The interesting part about changing the yarn colour was that I had recently learnt a new yarn changing technique and I judiciously tried to apply that to this project. However, when I began making this project I had two colours in mind, grey and cream colours, but when I got to the point where I actually needed to change colours, black came to mind simply because it looks and feels more versatile. A cream and grey coloured beanie may not serve a great purpose but a black and grey one stands a better chance.
I changed the colours and continued the same pattern till I got an equivalent number of columns to the first half of the beanie.
After which I joined both ends using single crochet stitches. Is it just me or joining the ends of crochet projects with single crochet stitches gives a more appealing finish?
After joining both ends, I worked round the bottom part of the beanie with a row of single crochet stitches. This part is optional because the ends still looked good without the single crochet stitches.
To close up the top of the beanie, I used a threaded yarn needle. With the needle, I went round the spaces and then pulled it tight to ensure it closed up. Since I have a thing for perfection or at least near perfection, I went ahead to sew round it two more times for extra firmness and this pretty much brought me to the end of the project. It took about six hours to make it in a size large.
Finally, I sewed in my loose ends, did the necessary trimming and that brought me to the end. Personally, I like the colour blend very much but what do you think of it?
©Thekanian
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