Some hats in black and green (mostly)
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magidThanksgiving weekend, I was invited to a "dinosaur disco" party, which somehow inspired me to make this hat, with a ridge along the top and scales that I thought ended up more fishlike than I'd intended. Still fun, even though it wore a bit more like one of those decorated 50s swim caps than I wanted.
I really liked the color combination, and realized that the wavy top could be useful turned into a longer ridge-line below the rest of the hat, becoming a scarf-hat.
That got me thinking about my usual hat shape, with a flat rather than rounded top, and how a squiggle of taller color would look. Very tall, as it turns out; I have to wear this at a tilt.
The next iteration was the same shape, but with a spiral up the hat that got taller. I think I need to block the hat to make the taller stitches have some chance of standing up.
Because that one looked so much more cluttered than I'd envisioned, I tried a spiral with fewer turns, that only got tall towards the middle.
Now I'm considering another hat with these colors, perhaps with side ruffles or fins, or experimenting more with layers of single crochet in spirals/squiggles instead of using taller stitches.
Oh, earlier this week I realized that some of my purple yarns went together, and I still wanted to use spirals from the previous hats, which is how I ended up with this one. (Note: there is a spiral of purple variegated yarn around the top and down the brim, visible in other photos on Ravelry.)
Last night I got a call from a friend who needed my assistance, suggesting I bring yarn. I'd been dithering about a next project (I need more yarn inspiration). With the impetus of a bunch of crochet time, I figured out something that would be satisfying. I used up some pink yarn and much of the purple.
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dino fish |
I really liked the color combination, and realized that the wavy top could be useful turned into a longer ridge-line below the rest of the hat, becoming a scarf-hat.
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fish hat scarf |
That got me thinking about my usual hat shape, with a flat rather than rounded top, and how a squiggle of taller color would look. Very tall, as it turns out; I have to wear this at a tilt.
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salamander crew |
The next iteration was the same shape, but with a spiral up the hat that got taller. I think I need to block the hat to make the taller stitches have some chance of standing up.
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spiral tower 1 |
Because that one looked so much more cluttered than I'd envisioned, I tried a spiral with fewer turns, that only got tall towards the middle.
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spiral tower 2 |
Now I'm considering another hat with these colors, perhaps with side ruffles or fins, or experimenting more with layers of single crochet in spirals/squiggles instead of using taller stitches.
Oh, earlier this week I realized that some of my purple yarns went together, and I still wanted to use spirals from the previous hats, which is how I ended up with this one. (Note: there is a spiral of purple variegated yarn around the top and down the brim, visible in other photos on Ravelry.)
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purple spiral |
Last night I got a call from a friend who needed my assistance, suggesting I bring yarn. I'd been dithering about a next project (I need more yarn inspiration). With the impetus of a bunch of crochet time, I figured out something that would be satisfying. I used up some pink yarn and much of the purple.
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tea rose bouquet with grape twist |
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Date: 2011-03-13 12:19 am (UTC)