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magidSometime in January I got inspired to crochet hats. I'd done some simple dome-like things, and a couple of Moebius strip earwarmers (plus hundreds of kippot), but nothing that really felt like a hat. As it worked out, I'm averaging about a hat a month. I'm just now getting around to photographing them, thanks to fetteredwolf kindly giving me a spare styrofoam head.
In January I was thinking about silly hats, with odd bits. This is the result.
Originally I'd thought of putting a brim on it, or having little spiraling bits come out of the top of the dealie-bobber, but somehow, it seemed done when I got to this point. It didn't hurt that it got to this point Friday afternoon just before Arisia was going to start...
February had me thinking about top hats, but exaggerated ones. (I think this one looks better on me; the styrofoam head is a bit smaller than mine, and the weight of the hat is such that it's a bit precarious.
I think of this as my Mad Hatter hat. It's flexible, so I can have the top angled sideways, or standing tall as in the second photo.
In March I continued with the top hat idea, this time going for something more straightforward. I have a real top hat, but it's nice enough that I don't want to subject it to the dust of the playa, while this one is washable (theoretically; not that I've managed it yet).
I used the same yarn and idea as February, but a smaller hook, to make it denser and give it more stability. And I used a bit of double crochet in the crown to make it a bit more oval than circular.
In April I realized that I'd better start using up some non-black yarn! I like the flat top hats, and wanted to keep that general shape.
I crocheted longer sides, so I could flip it over and have the ruffle there, rather than at the edge. I think this would be interesting done in a larger crochet hook, for contrast. (I made another one similar to this, but in periwinkle, and the ruffle is a bit narrower. Also, I managed to make it just a tiny bit too small to be comfortable for me to wear (until it expands), which is silly, since I pretty much have my head with me at all times for fittings :-).
I'd made a choker using old camera film (the holes are perfect for crocheting through), and thought it would be fun to have a matching hat. I'd originally thought it would also be a flat-topped hat, rather like the top hat, but using less fuzzy yarn, and film for part of the sides (but not all, so it would breathe and be able to fit more easily). However, once I started, it ended up more as a cap, which meant only one piece of film, rather than three or four.
This one turned out least like I'd imagined, and it was a bit of a nuisance to do (two different sizes of crochet hooks, a variety of stitches, and the film wanting to curl up again. I'm debating finding more yarn to make something more like what I'd imagined (I don't have enough of this black for a more involved hat).
PS. If anyone has old film they'd like to get rid of, I can use it.
fetteredwolf kindly giving me a spare styrofoam head.In January I was thinking about silly hats, with odd bits. This is the result.
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Originally I'd thought of putting a brim on it, or having little spiraling bits come out of the top of the dealie-bobber, but somehow, it seemed done when I got to this point. It didn't hurt that it got to this point Friday afternoon just before Arisia was going to start...
February had me thinking about top hats, but exaggerated ones. (I think this one looks better on me; the styrofoam head is a bit smaller than mine, and the weight of the hat is such that it's a bit precarious.
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I think of this as my Mad Hatter hat. It's flexible, so I can have the top angled sideways, or standing tall as in the second photo.
In March I continued with the top hat idea, this time going for something more straightforward. I have a real top hat, but it's nice enough that I don't want to subject it to the dust of the playa, while this one is washable (theoretically; not that I've managed it yet).
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I used the same yarn and idea as February, but a smaller hook, to make it denser and give it more stability. And I used a bit of double crochet in the crown to make it a bit more oval than circular.
In April I realized that I'd better start using up some non-black yarn! I like the flat top hats, and wanted to keep that general shape.
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 |
I crocheted longer sides, so I could flip it over and have the ruffle there, rather than at the edge. I think this would be interesting done in a larger crochet hook, for contrast. (I made another one similar to this, but in periwinkle, and the ruffle is a bit narrower. Also, I managed to make it just a tiny bit too small to be comfortable for me to wear (until it expands), which is silly, since I pretty much have my head with me at all times for fittings :-).
I'd made a choker using old camera film (the holes are perfect for crocheting through), and thought it would be fun to have a matching hat. I'd originally thought it would also be a flat-topped hat, rather like the top hat, but using less fuzzy yarn, and film for part of the sides (but not all, so it would breathe and be able to fit more easily). However, once I started, it ended up more as a cap, which meant only one piece of film, rather than three or four.
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This one turned out least like I'd imagined, and it was a bit of a nuisance to do (two different sizes of crochet hooks, a variety of stitches, and the film wanting to curl up again. I'm debating finding more yarn to make something more like what I'd imagined (I don't have enough of this black for a more involved hat).
PS. If anyone has old film they'd like to get rid of, I can use it.
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Date: 2010-05-10 01:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-10 01:47 pm (UTC)Especially from someone who directed a show with the fabulous costumes of Learned Ladies!
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Date: 2010-05-10 04:15 pm (UTC)I have a small thing to send you, btw. Send me your snail mail address? (username at lj works).
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Date: 2010-05-10 04:27 pm (UTC)so coool
Date: 2010-05-11 02:17 am (UTC)Re: so coool
Date: 2010-05-11 11:27 am (UTC)I have an idea for a sun hat, but after that, I'm not sure what'll appeal.
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Date: 2010-05-12 01:04 am (UTC)(from someone who's been working on the same sweater for a year)
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Date: 2010-05-12 11:41 am (UTC)I don't think I've ever finished a sweater, much less an afghan or something really large. Somehow, the hats go fast enough that I get them done (and it's amazing how much more area I get done working in yarn rather than size 8 thread!).
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Date: 2010-05-13 02:01 am (UTC)I had no idea it was possible to knit tightly enough to do a top hat without adding some other stiffener in there.
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Date: 2010-05-13 05:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-14 12:36 pm (UTC)Hundreds of kippot! You must have a method that works well. Could you give directions?
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Date: 2010-05-14 01:40 pm (UTC)Hundreds of kippot over decades of crocheting, starting in college, where it was acceptable practice to crochet through classes. I don't have any specific directions, really: just crochet in the round flat until the base is done, then don't increase at all during the pattern, and it should block fine, unless your stitches are really really tight.
These days, I'm not as interested in making them (maybe it's the hundreds of ones I'd made and given away, while now I'm more interested in making things I'll use.)