So I was bored today while waiting to pick up my daughter from the bustop so I srted fiddling around with some new crochet hooks. I frogged the houndstooth hat and picked up the biggest, fattest crochet hook I had and went to town on a pile of Lion’s Brand Wool-Ease in Claret. I created the most perfect slouchy hat ever. It’s warm enough for winter, it breathes really well, and it’s stylish. Not to mention It takes less than 1 skein of yarn (maybe 2/3) and about 1 hour. So here you are ladies and gentlemen. You’re welcome 😉
So grab your P or Q hook and some super-bulky yarn and Magic Ring it! (5 hdc)
R1: 2hdc in each of 5 st (10st)
R2: *1hdc in next st, 2hdc in next st* repeat 4x (15st)
R3: *1hdc in each of next 2 st, 2 hdc in next st* repeat 4x (20st)
R4: *1hdc in each of next 3 st, 2 hdc in next st* repeat 4x (25st)
R5-10: hdc evenly around (25st)
Make sure you’ve got the length you want and tie off, tucking in the tail.
Now here’s where I got all crazy. I personally don’t like the way that crochet ribbing looks, so I whipped out my size 11 circulars cast on 50 st (2 ribbing per 1 crochet) and did 8 rows of Clustered Ribbing (k2, p1) and then crocheted the 2 pieces together. If you’re not terribly handy with knitting, you can go ahead and do some ribbing with an I hook or a J hook.
So there we have it folks 🙂 Happy Hooking!
Stitches With An Edge 