Another Crochet Project: Mint Blue Elegant Hat

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I love how bright this cute crocheted Elegant Hat is!  I'm glad that I finally rescued it from the land of Works In Progress where it's been for a long time.

The yarn is one of my favorites.  It's Simply Soft in Blue Mint.  I had picked it up on sale at Michael's ages ago.  (I almost always pick up Simply Soft when it's a good deal!)  The blue is just so cheerful and happy!

The free pattern (here it is on Ravelry) is easy to follow, and doesn't require many fancy skills.  It is also easily adaptable, which is always good.  While my three year old is the one modeling this hat, it will stretch quite a bit and it is a little large on her, so it's really a lady's hat.  (Also, she has *ahem* a slightly larger than average head.)

My pattern changes include: substituting a flower for the bow, not doing the reverse single crochet in the band, and slip stitching around the bottom of the brim.  I also used a size "I" hook and added a few rows to the base.  I tend to crochet very tightly, and that really affects the size of the hat!

 

Rachel: The Philosopher's Wife

Be sure to check out the first Elegant Hat that I made! 

I didn't pay attention to guage at all on this one, and ended up making one too small!

I love linking up with other bloggers like these! 

WIPS: A Giveaway, a Poncho Update, a Neglected Project, & a Pattern

Before getting to the projects that I'm working on this week, I'd like to let you all know about a giveaway that I'm hosting!  The prize is a beautiful Origami Owl Heart Locket.  The giveaway is open to US residents and ends February 10, 2014.

{Enter here.}

I'm making slow and steady progress on Catherine's poncho/cape.  (That's the cream yarn on the right.)  At this point it's lots and lots of knit stitches with the occasional yarn over, so it's great for while I'm watching tv. I'm still hoping that it will turn out nicely, since I threw caution to the wind and am doing my own thing!  Do you like knitting and/or crocheting while watching tv?

The project on the left (blue yarn) is an Elegant Hat -- with some modifications, of course.  The color of this yarn is Blue Mint and I absolutely love it! I actually really enjoy working with Simply Soft yarn and will pick it up whenever I see it for cheap.  This project has been sitting in a box, neglected, for almost a year. (Yikes!)  It shouldn't take me too long to finish now that I'm working on it again.  Please tell me that I'm not the only one who has easy to finish projects languishing away in boxes, please?

I shared a quick child's headband pattern that I whipped up on Monday.  I'd love to hear what you think of it!  (And isn't my model just adorable?)

 

Rachel: The Philosopher's Wife

I will be sharing this post at the following:

Frontier Dreams with Nicole

Work In Progress with Tami

Yarn Along with Ginny

W(s)IP

I've decided to admit to having quite a few projects going, otherwise known as 

Works In Progress.

My purple and grey chevron blanket.  

I don't know what to say other than it has severely stalled.

My silver capelet.  

This one I at least have a valid excuse for not finishing yet.  I needed to order more yarn.  It should be here any day!

My pink lacy scarf. 

This has been my main focus recently and should be finished soon.  

My Christmas baby afghan. 

Because I needed a project that moved more quickly than the lacy scarf I decided to make a blanket.  (It makes sense to me!)  

My (adult-sized) Elegant Hat.

This one is sized right, as opposed to the one that ended up being for my daughter, and really all that is left are the small finishing touches.  

My Scrambled Egg Scarf.
This ruffled, not quite twirly, scarf's color just reminds me so much of scrambled eggs--in a good way--that I had to rename it.

That's it!  Well, there might be a couple more things in my yarn storage area . . .

Oh, and I have a huge favor to ask you!  I really, really, really like the pink earrings in this picture and today I have the opportunity to win a pair!  (Seriously, I just added this pair to my Etsy favorites this week!) But I need you to like One Artsy Mama's Facebook page and then comment on the picture that I referred you--use my full name Rachel Marie Furlong.  If five people do this then I win!
Pretty, please!  It would make my day!

I love sharing my projects!  Here is where you can find me this week:

Yarn Along with Ginny

Frontier Dreams with Nicole

Work In Progress with Tami

What You Doing Wednesday with Sue

Tuesday's Tallies with Carole
and
Hookin on Hump Day

"Elegant Hat"--A Crocheted Cloche

While browsing through Ravelry I stumbled across this super cute cloche hat that I just simply love!  The pattern is called Elegant Hat and it can be found on Caron's website.

(I suppose one could say that I am on a hat kick at the moment, since last week I shared a different hat.)

I dug out some of my brown Simply Soft yarn and actually followed the directions for this pattern without adaptation!  Well, at least for the hat itself I did--the decorative band and bow that the original pattern calls for I did differently.  I opted for slip stitches and a flower.

I did not do a gauge swatch, which did prove to be a semi-mistake.  I'm calling it only a "semi-mistake" because while the hat is much too small for me it looks adorable on my toddler!

Since I do think that this is a cute hat, and the pattern was well written and easy to follow, I will be making another Elegant Hat only this time I will use a larger hook.  It is worth noting, especially if you're interested in using this patter, reading through the various project notes on Ravelry I am not the only one who was surprised how small the hat turned out.  Some posit that those of us who like to crochet amigurumi projects, like my Elephant, tend to have a tighter single crochet stitch than average.

Do you know where the name "cloche" comes from?  It's a derivative of the French word meaning "bell".  Literally, the cloche is a bell-shaped hat.  The Queen of Milliners, Caroline Reboux, first designed the cloche hat in Paris.

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