{"id":239,"date":"2013-04-11T23:22:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T23:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stitchover.com\/?p=239"},"modified":"2013-09-16T19:46:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T19:46:01","slug":"spiral-sun-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stitchover.com\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Spiral Sun Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This idea for this hat came about when I noticed the spiral pattern formed in the base of my little crocheted bowl.<\/a> I wondered if I could pick out the spirals in a different colour without too much thinking or counting. Turns out I could! In fact, using the yellow wool made the whole process much easier because it made it really clear where I needed to increase and I hardly had to count anything.<\/p>\n

The hat in this pattern would be perfect for a newborn but unfortunately the baby I intended it for is nearly one. I’ll have to make her a bigger one. It would be easy to adapt this for an adult too.<\/p>\n

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Pattern<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tutorials for magic circle, single crochet (SC<\/strong>), and increase can be found \u00c2\u00a0in the crochet section<\/a> of this site.<\/p>\n

Hook: 5mm
\nWool: Millamia, Naturally Soft Merrino<\/p>\n

Top of hat<\/span><\/p>\n

Row 1: Create a 6 stitch magic circle<\/a> with yellow wool.
\nRow 2: Increase<\/a> by making 1 blue SC <\/a>and 1 yellow SC in each stitch. (12 stitches)<\/p>\n

To create the spirals (and the top of the hat) you need to increase \u00c2\u00a0with blue in the stitch before a yellow stitch on each row. Hold the yellow behind your work using the intarsia<\/a> method.<\/em><\/p>\n

Row 3: SC, increase before each yellow stitch. (18 stitches).
\nRow 4:\u00c2\u00a0SC, increase before each yellow stitch. (24 stitches).
\nRow 5: SC, increase before each yellow stitch. (30 stitches).
\nRow 6:\u00c2\u00a0SC, increase before each yellow stitch. (36 stitches).
\nRow 7: SC, increase before each yellow stitch. (41 stitches).
\nRow 8:\u00c2\u00a0SC, increase before each yellow stitch. (47 stitches).
\nRow 9: SC, increase before each yellow stitch. (54 stitches).
\nRow 10:\u00c2\u00a0SC, increase before each yellow stitch. (60 stitches).<\/p>\n

If you want to make a bigger hat than the one pictured you will need to add more rows here, still increasing with blue before every yellow stitch. For a hat for a one year old, I am intending to add another 2 rows (72 stitches).<\/em><\/p>\n

Side of hat<\/span><\/p>\n

Row 11 – 15: SC (keep blue stitches blue and yellow stitches yellow, hold yellow behind using intarsia)<\/p>\n

Row 16: SC, increase before each yellow stitch (66 stitches, more if you added rows in the top section)<\/p>\n

Row 17 – 22:\u00c2\u00a0SC (keep blue stitches blue and yellow stitches yellow, hold yellow behind using intarsia)<\/p>\n

Edging<\/span><\/p>\n

Change to yellow wool for all stitches.<\/p>\n

Row 23 – 28 : SC in yellow. Increase 6 times in each row, space increases evenly.<\/p>\n

Pull wool through final loop. Weave in\u00c2\u00a0loose threads.<\/p>\n

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