I am constantly looking for new hobbies because I get bored easily and luckily boredom so often leads to creativity!
A couple of the ladies that hiked The Whale Trail with me in December, were learning to crochet. It looked like a fun thing to do in our downtime while hiking and I could make beanies and fingerless gloves for my hiking buddies.
So here it is!!!! My very first Beanie.
YouTube is incredibly helpful. For this novice it was only helpful but a lifesaver because I started off completely clueless.
I did some basic sewing, knitting and needlework in junior school, and I grew up with my mom and grandmother both seeing and knitting but I’ve never tried to actually make something myself.
So I scanned YouTube and found a decent beginners pattern.
Problem 1: I didn’t understand the stitch shorthand for the various names of the stitches so the beginner video really broke it down and went slowly so that I could easily copy the demo.
Problem 2: I needed to buy the right yarn and crochet needles. I headed down to the local haberdashery and found everything that I was looking for.
I decided on an awesome doubleknit yarn with various colours and a size 4 crochet hook.
Next I practiced creating a chain as my base row and then learned a single stitch, double stitch and half double stitch.
Then I simply followed the instructions from the video, pausing it as I went. First I made a chain of 51 stitches. Then I did one row of single stitches. Then I did my half double stitch for 46 rows. The rows slowly formed the rubbing of the beanie and I made the beanie extra long by making my first chain longer than the pattern recommended.
Once I had a large rectangular I used a slip stitch to close up the long end of the rectangle. Then I used a large yarn needle to thread the wool back and forth along the one open end of the beanie. When I pulled the thread tight it winched in the end to close the top of the hat.
Lastly I simply folder up the long cuff of the beanie. It fits perfectly and is a wonderful slouchy beanie for the next hiking season.
I think all my family are going to getting beanies for their birthdays this year.
Here’s a link to the beginner video that I followed
Now to make another on for my sister!!!
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Que hermoso te quedó! Me encantan los colores. Felicidades!
I really like the colour combination and what a perfect fit too :D
Thanks! I can’t wait to start my next one. I think I might be hooked on crocheting 😂🧶
Wow great job! Cute colors too.
Thanks! Just a bit out of season because we’re having a heat wave here at the moment. But I’m really enjoying it 😊. My rain jacket is a peach colour so now I’m going to be all colour coordinated on the mountain 😜
hey! welcome!!! thanks for sharing with us. Your hat looked beautiful, we would have loved to see a little step by step, to learn how to make it, since we love hats.
We hope to see you here more often <3
Thanks! I’m just starting the next one so a step by step will come soon! 😃
Me facina ese modelo y la forma de su tejido