how to crochet horns

[luvs2crochet]

My husband wants a beanie with goat horns and I cant seem to find any patterns for horns, curving, etc . Does anyone know how to make it work so it curves some? thank you!

[jleinhauser]

Let's assume you start with a crocheted tube. Start with for example 24 stitches. Work even in sc joined rnds for a few inches. On next rnd, sc in 8 sts, decrease 4 times, finish the rnd. Work the next rnds with no decreases. The tube will start to curve to your left.

You can add more decreases as needed -- in the same place in the rnd -- to get the

degree of curve you want.

 

You can also do the same thing with increases, then the piece will curve the opposite

direction.

 

Worth a try, but no guarantees!

 

Jean Leinhauser

[boogiedu]

there's a woman in texas that made her husband

a hat with cow horns that curved.

i'll see if i can find the pattern tho it might take a day or so.

[MarciMarie]

You may have already tried this, but I typed "viking hat" into the search and found some info on other horned hats made by 'villers. Good luck!

[boogiedu]

haven't found the texas horned hat yet

but here's directions on making horns

http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2009/08/only-to-show-you-im-still-here-post.html

[luvs2crochet]

thanks every one! I will give it a try

[bjababy]

haven't found the texas horned hat yet

but here's directions on making horns

http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2009/08/only-to-show-you-im-still-here-post.html

i looked at this and i don't understand what you mean when you refer to M, i've never seen a pattern with this before i know this post was a long time ago but i need horns for a viking hat and this pattern looks nice but i don't understand it.

[Skoggy]

There are Viking Helmet patterns on Ravelry, complete with horns, if you are looking for ways of doing them.

[Hollistercobabe]

i looked at this and i don't understand what you mean when you refer to M, i've never seen a pattern with this before i know this post was a long time ago but i need horns for a viking hat and this pattern looks nice but i don't understand it.

 

It's a knitting reference M=make

So it would be make 2 in first stitch

[Bloodyshortcake]

On 10/13/2009 at 7:58 PM, luvs2crochet said:

My husband wants a beanie with goat horns and I cant seem to find any patterns for horns, curving, etc . Does anyone know how to make it work so it curves some? thank you!

Yes just go to https://moralefiber.blog/2017/11/25/krampus-hat-pattern/

[Granny Square]

Whoa, those Krampus horns are impressive!  A search on Viking hat/helmet yields smaller ones for more to choose from, here are a couple.

http://crochetparfait.blogspot.com/2012/09/viking-helmet.html  more like 'Hagar the Horrible' horns

http://www.craftown.com/Viking-Beard-Hat.html  similar to the Krampas one

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/epic-viking-beard  says beard, but is also the hat.

http://www.cinnamonpurl.com/only-to-show-you-im-still-here-post/  no hat, just horns.....I just realized this one was linked a couple of posts above (8 years ago!) and it makes reference to m=the word 'make', which I agree makes sense, as in "make 2 stitches in the next 1 stitch" (which adds 1 stitch).  If you don't knit, you can stop reading here.

Make in knitting doesn't mean 'make' in the sense of 'make a stitch here', it really means 'add', so M1 in knitting = add 1 stitch without using an existing stitch. In crochet 'make 2 stitches into the next stitch' adds 1 stitch.  Hope that makes sense,.