jstaff Posted September 9, 2020 Hello! I have just finished a scarf with this stitch I found off YouTube. I would like to make a matching hat using the same stitch but have no idea how to integrate the stitch into a hat pattern. Any help would be much appreciated! Link to stitch: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Granny Square Posted September 9, 2020 It looks like a multiple of 3, + 4 (4=2 end stitches at each end) I'm not a designer, but in the round, you wouldn't need the end stitches, so a multiple of 3. Hats are usually done top down in crochet. The easiest way to do this, altho not the most elegant, would be to start with a plain DC circle at the top and grow the circle to the right diameter, which luckily works with a multiple of 3. Recipe for a flat circle in DC: start with the first round =12, an add 12 each round. This is a generic 'rule' that works with most people's stitch tensions. To do that: round 1: 12 dc into a circle (I assume you have worked center out circles before, and know how they work - if not I can go into more detail.) round 2: make 2 dc into each dc - you will end with 24 dc. round 2: 1 dc into the next dc, 2 dc into the next stitch, repeat - you will have 36 dc. round 3: 1 dc into each of the next 2 dc, 2 dc into the next stitch, repeat - you will have 48 dc. round 3: 1 dc into each of the next 3 dc, 2 dc into the next stitch, repeat - you will have 60 dc. round 3: 1 dc into each of the next 4 dc, 2 dc into the next stitch, repeat - you will have 72 dc. see the pattern forming? You increase 1 plain stitch each round between the increases. Measure your head or use this reference for average head sizes http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/size-chart.html She advises to make them 2" too small so they'll stretch, I personally don't like to do that (that's a lot of stretch!) but either way, figure out the circumference you are looking for. I like to use my head as an example because the math is easy, my head is 22", which divided by pi (3.14) is exactly 7". Pi x diameter = circumference, so for my head I need to make a circle that is as close to 7" as possible. You may have to do some math to figure out how big/small it would be to add or subtract a row to get it to come closest to your head--yes it will stretch a little but usually not a whole lot (you just don't want to make it too big to stay on your head or too small to stretch enough). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 jstaff Posted September 10, 2020 So basically if I am reading everything correctly would be to shape the hat top down getting it to the correct diameter. Then I would start the parquet stitch pattern....? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 Granny Square Posted September 11, 2020 Yep, you got it! Crochet Cabana has more on the math and how it works. The link is to the main page, look under tutorials 'working in the round' and 'making a hat' for a more detailed version (and illustrations) of what was trying to say. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
0 jstaff Posted September 11, 2020 Thank you!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hello!
I have just finished a scarf with this stitch I found off YouTube. I would like to make a matching hat using the same stitch but have no idea how to integrate the stitch into a hat pattern.
Any help would be much appreciated!
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