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I love the idea of color-blocking. It’s such a modern twist on the classic stripes, and there aren’t nearly as many ends to weave in at the end. That’s a win for me!
For this hat pattern, I chose 3 neutral colors from Cascade Yarn’s Longwood line (which has soooo many color options). Longwood is one of my absolute all-time favorite yarns; I used it in the Herringbone Baby Hat, Easy Herringbone Earwarmer, Super Plush Infinity Scarf, and the Yenni and South Haven Slouches (the latter two use the sport weight version of the yarn). I honestly can’t get enough of its softness, drape and amazing stitch definition!
For the pom pom (which is optional and not explained in the pattern), I used my brand new Clover Pom-Pom Maker. I love that thing and wish I’d picked one up long ago. I’ve always made my pom poms the old fashioned way, wrapping yarn around a piece of cardboard and then giving it a significant “haircut”. But with the pom pom maker, the pom pom comes out almost perfect and only a little trimming is required – which means fuller, rounder pom poms.
And since you guys love pattern sets, I designed a cowl to match!
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Carlyle Slouch Hat
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Difficulty: Easy
Finished Size: 9" tall x 9.5" wide (when laid flat)
Hook: I (5.50mm)
Yarn: Approximately 215 yards (not including optional pom pom) of Cascade Longwood, a #4 medium yarn. Broken down, you will need about 55 yards of Color A (not including optional pom pom), 65 yards of Color B, and 95 yards of Color C. I used colors "Oatmeal", "Doeskin Heather" and "Walnut", respectively.
Gauge: 7 rows of 8 HHDC = 2" square
You'll also need: Yarn needle, stitch marker
Abbreviations Used: MC (magic circle - view tutorial here) ST (stitch) SL ST (slip stitch) SK (skip) CH (chain) SC (single crochet) HDC (half double crochet) HHDC (herringbone half double crochet; see "special stitch" below) SC2TOG (single crochet two together) BLO (back loop only)
Special Stitch: HHDC - Herringbone Half Double Crochet. Here's how you do it:
HHDC: Yarn over, insert hook into stitch. Yarn over, pull loop through stitch AND through first loop on hook (this is similar to a slip stitch motion). Two loops remain on hook. Yarn over and pull through both loops.
(If you need additional help, Moogly has an excellent video tutorial here.)
Notes: (1) This pattern is written in American Standard Terms. (2) Pattern is worked in a continuous, seamless round until the band. Use a stitch marker to mark the beginning of rounds and do not join unless instructed to do so.
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The Pattern
To begin: With I hook and COLOR A, make a magic circle; CH1 (does not count as a stitch).
Round 1: 10 HHDC in MC. (10)
Round 2: 2 HHDC in each ST around. (20)
Round 3: 2 HHDC in each ST around. (40)
Round 4: 2 HHDC in each ST around. (80)
Rounds 5-8: HHDC in each ST around. (80)
Switch to COLOR B; fasten off COLOR A.
Rounds 9-16: HHDC in each ST around. (80)
Switch to COLOR C; fasten off COLOR B.
Rounds 17-23: HHDC in each ST around. (80)
Round 24: HHDC in each of the first 78 STS. SC in next ST. SL ST in last ST. (80)
Round 25: CH1. SC in same ST and in each of the next 7 STS. SC2TOG. (SC in each of the next 8 STS, SC2TOG) around. Join with a SL ST to the top of the first SC. (72)
Next we're going to make the band of the hat, and we will be working in vertical rows, attaching it to the final round of the hat with SL STS as we go.
Row 1: CH9. SC in 2nd CH from hook. SC in remaining 7 CHS. SL ST in next 2 STS of the hat. (8, plus the 2 SL STS at the base of the hat)
Row 2: CH1, turn. Skipping over the 2 SL STS, SC in BLO of each of the next 7 STS. SC in both loops of the last ST. (8)
Row 3: CH1, turn. SC in first ST. SC in BLO of each of the next 7 STS. SL ST in next 2 STS of the hat.
Repeat Rows 2-3 all the way around the hat (72 rows). Fasten off and use your tail to whip stitch the first and last rows together. Weave in all ends.
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Thank you so much for the free pattern. I plan to make this slouch for my 12 year old granddaughter. I know she will love it! I hope your pregnancy is going well. I look forward to your emails. God Bless You!
HeatherSeptember 20, 2016, 10:56 am
I love this hat and I’m sure I could make it. I cannot get the yarn you are suggesting. I do have access to Red Heart, Lion Brand, Bernat, Loops & Threads, Patons and Caron. Do you have any suggestions for something equivalent in any of these yarns.
RebeccaSeptember 20, 2016, 11:04 am
The best way for you to substitute would be to choose your favorite #4 yarn and do a gauge check. If I were choosing from the options you listed, I would probably start with Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn because I believe it has a comparable thickness. But definitely do a gauge check. Good luck!
shellySeptember 21, 2016, 2:21 am
lovely hat! and a nice stitch. I just couldnt make it look right though. The increases make too much a big space making it look like I miss those stitches. 🙁 maybe if I just work it in a rectangle and seam it? I love that texture though. I will try your cowl next 🙂
RebeccaSeptember 21, 2016, 10:00 am
If you’re adding a pom pom, you probably don’t need to worry about it too much. 🙂 If you work it flat, you’ll still want to do a continuous round (like a tube shape) because if you CH and turn each row you’re going to get a very different texture. (Herringbone chained and turned is very pretty, it’s just significantly different.)
NicoleSeptember 24, 2016, 11:41 am
Hi Rebecca,
I love your patterns and find them easy to follow, I just started this hat and I am not sure, but for the band is it done separately and then I sew it together with the hat or just carry on and follow the instructions for the band. I am about to start the band and stuck here …..
Thanks so much
Nicole
RebeccaSeptember 24, 2016, 11:56 am
Nope, it’s all worked as one piece. (Definitely never fasten off unless a pattern tells you to!) What you’re doing is working the ribbed band, one rib at a time (vertically), and attaching it to the last round of the hat with slip stitches as you go.
NicoleOctober 1, 2016, 4:52 pm
OK perfect thx for the reply, I just got some nice yarn and going to make this hat again. I am loving the Herrington HDC stitch !!!!!
RachelOctober 10, 2016, 9:07 pm
Hey I’m having trouble with the band. If you could explain it better that would be awesome! Thanks
RebeccaOctober 11, 2016, 10:28 am
I probably need to do a video tutorial for it (but that won’t happen in the next few days). If you think of the hat as rounds being worked horizontally, then think of the band as rows being worked vertically. So when you do the CH9, that’s the base for your first row of ribbing. When you SC back down that chain, you’ve just created the first row. Then, in order to work your way around the hat, you have to slip stitch to the next two stitches from the final round of the hat (working horizontally, or across, again). Then you CH1, turn, skip over those slip stitches, and SC your way back up the ribbing (back loops only as instructed). Then you CH1 and turn, and SC back down the ribbing, then SL ST twice to move over to the next open spot. So you’re going up and down the ribbing, but using the slip stitches to move yourself around the hat slowly.
EmilyOctober 20, 2016, 9:16 pm
Great pattern, love the color blocking! How do I make the Pom Pom for the top??
RebeccaOctober 21, 2016, 1:15 pm
I used a Clover Pom Pom maker. I explained in the blog post 🙂
KiangaOctober 23, 2016, 7:17 pm
How come you didn’t do this hat in the reverse. Meaning the headband first and then move up into the body of hat? Would that not have been easier than doing the body and then the headband? Or is that simply a matter of preference?
RebeccaOctober 23, 2016, 8:48 pm
It must be a matter of preference, because I think of that way as much more complicated. 🙂
MeaganOctober 26, 2016, 2:12 pm
I was wondering if the pattern when you start off is supposed to be wavy? I am still only in the Color A portion of the pattern but I just wanted to check and be safe.
RebeccaOctober 26, 2016, 2:23 pm
Yup! Wavy is good. It will smooth itself out further down the hat. 🙂
MeaganOctober 26, 2016, 2:26 pm
Thank you so much! This makes me feel a lot better. 🙂
AngelNovember 9, 2016, 3:26 pm
I made this for my son. Great pattern. Thanks for sharing this.
BonnieDecember 6, 2016, 7:03 pm
I’m in the progress of making this. I’m at the band part. 72 stitches around seems like my band won’t be tight enough. Without the band its huge.
I’m in the progress of making this. I’m at the band part. 72 stitches around seems like my band won’t be tight enough. Without the band its huge. With the band its still 72 stitches. Am I just not understanding this?
RebeccaDecember 6, 2016, 7:12 pm
Did you do a gauge check?
Either way, you’re welcome to go down a hook size or two for the band if you feel you need to.
BonnieDecember 6, 2016, 8:13 pm
I have a question about the ribbing. It says 72 rows. Without the ribbing the 72 stitches make the hat huge. Won’t there 72 rows of ribbing be the same size or will the stitches pull it all in to make it fit tighter?
RebeccaDecember 6, 2016, 8:16 pm
Hi Bonnie, the stitches will pull a little. Did you see my response to your earlier comment?
Another wonderful pattern, your patterns are my all time favorites! I have made so many items from your patterns and each and everyone of them have turned out beautifully! Thank you so very much for your wonderful designs!
Very sincerely yours,
Kim
DoreneDecember 22, 2016, 7:35 pm
I need a pattern for a slouchy beanie or hat for an infant. Any help you can give on how to use your pattern, but so it will fit a 10 month old who has a head circumference of 17.5 inches.
This pattern was well written and easy to follow! My hat turned out great!!! Thank you for sharing. Best wishes on your new addition to your family 🙂
Noelle WithersSeptember 27, 2017, 3:27 pm
Hello, i was wanting to make thia hat and was wondering what yarn you would suggest using for someone who is allergic to wool?
RebeccaSeptember 29, 2017, 6:04 pm
Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn is a similar weight and feel. 🙂
Charleen MerrillOctober 1, 2017, 6:33 pm
Hey Rebecca, I am making a second Carlyle slouch hat. On my first one I had to remove my finished band because I had done it incorrectly. I am making three more for Christmas gifts and I don’t want to mess them up. I don’t understand which stitch I start the two sl st. in. I either get it too big or too small. Could you please help me? I have the printed pattern and keep reading it over and over but I am still unsure where to sl st the first one. This is a beautiful pattern and I want to finish it correctly. Thank you!
RebeccaOctober 1, 2017, 8:28 pm
Hi Charleen! I happen to have JUST published a tutorial on this very technique, and haven’t had a chance to go and add the link to all of the patterns that I use it on. But here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5F_OMt6eFc
I would recommend that you watch the whole thing because I go into detail about how to determine which stitch to go into. I hope it helps! 🙂
Hi Rebecca
I was wondering if the Carlyle pattern can be adjusted so it would fit a toddler? Say a size 16 – 19 inch circumference.
I really love the stitch and the colour blocking.
Thanks for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.
Denice
RebeccaOctober 11, 2017, 8:24 pm
It can certainly be adjusted but unfortunately I don’t offer pattern adaptations for sizes that aren’t included in the original pattern. You can decide how wide you want the bottom of the hat to be and then find out how many stitches you’d have to remove from the increase to get there (for instance if there are 4 stitches per inch and you want the hat to be 2 inches smaller around you would figure out how to end up with 8 fewer stitches in the final increase round). You’d probably want to subtract a round or two from each color block as well to make the hat a bit shorter.
I love your patterns! Any money I make from crocheting I put back into materials (yarn, buttons, stuffing, shipping, etc) to make baby blanket sets for our local pregnancy center and hats of all sizes and colors for Lincolns People City Mission.
I do not crochet for profit. I have numerous health issues (Lupus, P.O.T.S. and fibromyalgia being the most painful). On more tolerable days I can crochet, I can get lost into my project, it helps me manage my pain. While making beautiful things? Thank you for sharing such wonderful patterns! Please, feel free to check out my page to see what I’ve done over the last couple of years. I haven’t had as much activity this year, I’ve been a lot sicker, but there are plenty of different items there. Thanks again!
V/R. Brandy
JoseeOctober 20, 2017, 12:28 pm
Thank you for the free paterns, very easy to do. It’s a joy to make them and see the people we love wear them…
Long life to your web site
MaxineNovember 21, 2017, 8:11 pm
I wondered if you make a slipstitch at the end of every round. Or if you keep going around without ending the row? Thank you very much!
RebeccaNovember 21, 2017, 11:13 pm
Keep going (see Note #2 in the pattern information) 🙂
MaxineNovember 22, 2017, 7:24 pm
Ugh! I read over that so many times and didn’t see that. I guess I skimmed too much. Thanks for taking the time to answer me! ? Lovely Pattern!
SavannahDecember 4, 2017, 12:39 am
Thanks for the pattern! My only problem is it must be for people with bigger heads! lol I was a little leery when I was doing the 80 count rounds, seemed large but followed it all the way through. Made a nice hat but didn’t quite fit, was pretty big for my head.
SavannahDecember 4, 2017, 12:42 am
*Note: my comment is referring to the band. I understand its supposed to be a slouchy hat but the band is where it was large.
RebeccaDecember 4, 2017, 12:56 pm
You can always do the band with a smaller hook, or work a round with some decreases before you start the band.
RebeccaDecember 4, 2017, 12:57 pm
You didn’t specify whether the hat came out to the correct dimensions but was simply too large for you, or if the hat measures larger than the dimensions say it should. If it’s the latter, then it is probably a case of not checking your gauge before beginning 😉
I am an 83 yr old grandmother great and great great grandmother. I spend my day crocheting for my very large family. I can’t afford patterns and usually pick up yarn on sale or people give me yarn. I have a daughter in the DC area and she gives out some of the hats and so forth to families that attend her church.she and her husband pastor a church there. All 4 of her children also pastor churches and she gives them some of the things I make for their people. I crochet every day and it is a joy to do it. I am alone now for my husband of 42 yrs passed away 24 yrs ago. Old movies on TV and crocheting fill my days. Thank you for the gift you give of patterns so I can give gifts to others that are in need.i am known as Moremimi by all my family members. 5 children 27 grand children 29 great grandchildren and 2 g.g grandchildren, at least this is the number the last I heard.
BettyDecember 16, 2017, 2:52 pm
Thanks
MillieJanuary 2, 2018, 10:45 pm
Nice! Thank you very much… 🙂
CindyJanuary 6, 2018, 5:22 pm
Rebecca,
I love your patterns. I made several for my nieces and my self. I am a all access pass holder. Today I am unable to get to the all access pass holder patterns.
Keep getting a database error message.
Rosie HowellJanuary 23, 2018, 8:14 pm
Made this for my niece. I admit I was skeptical but this made up very nicely, in two evenings. Great pattern and I plan to make more of these
Nadine MorleyFebruary 2, 2018, 10:24 pm
What is a MagicCircle?
RebeccaFebruary 3, 2018, 9:40 am
There is a link to a tutorial up in the “abbreviations” section. 🙂
judeFebruary 21, 2018, 1:53 pm
I would love a update picture of your sweet little boy with a something you are make for him.
I am sure he is getting bigger every day.
They grow up to fast.
Have a great day…Keep up your beautiful crochet items that you share with us crochet
lovers.
dj hixsonApril 7, 2018, 12:23 pm
The picture on your web page with instructions look a lot lighter than the Cascade yarn site for the colors you listed.In your opinion which is correct? The colors on the website look like dark brown,med brown and light brown. Your web page looks like med gray, beige and cream. Thanks
RebeccaApril 8, 2018, 8:55 pm
Some of this comes down to individual monitors (when I look at these photos on my screen, I see shades of brown, not gray). That said, I don’t feel that the Cascade web site’s colors as I see them are 100% true to life, and the photos on this post are much more representative of the real life hat (which is always my goal when editing).
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Gorgeous!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!
Thank you so much for the free pattern. I plan to make this slouch for my 12 year old granddaughter. I know she will love it! I hope your pregnancy is going well. I look forward to your emails. God Bless You!
I love this hat and I’m sure I could make it. I cannot get the yarn you are suggesting. I do have access to Red Heart, Lion Brand, Bernat, Loops & Threads, Patons and Caron. Do you have any suggestions for something equivalent in any of these yarns.
The best way for you to substitute would be to choose your favorite #4 yarn and do a gauge check. If I were choosing from the options you listed, I would probably start with Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn because I believe it has a comparable thickness. But definitely do a gauge check. Good luck!
lovely hat! and a nice stitch. I just couldnt make it look right though. The increases make too much a big space making it look like I miss those stitches. 🙁 maybe if I just work it in a rectangle and seam it? I love that texture though. I will try your cowl next 🙂
If you’re adding a pom pom, you probably don’t need to worry about it too much. 🙂 If you work it flat, you’ll still want to do a continuous round (like a tube shape) because if you CH and turn each row you’re going to get a very different texture. (Herringbone chained and turned is very pretty, it’s just significantly different.)
Hi Rebecca,
I love your patterns and find them easy to follow, I just started this hat and I am not sure, but for the band is it done separately and then I sew it together with the hat or just carry on and follow the instructions for the band. I am about to start the band and stuck here …..
Thanks so much
Nicole
Nope, it’s all worked as one piece. (Definitely never fasten off unless a pattern tells you to!) What you’re doing is working the ribbed band, one rib at a time (vertically), and attaching it to the last round of the hat with slip stitches as you go.
OK perfect thx for the reply, I just got some nice yarn and going to make this hat again. I am loving the Herrington HDC stitch !!!!!
Hey I’m having trouble with the band. If you could explain it better that would be awesome! Thanks
I probably need to do a video tutorial for it (but that won’t happen in the next few days). If you think of the hat as rounds being worked horizontally, then think of the band as rows being worked vertically. So when you do the CH9, that’s the base for your first row of ribbing. When you SC back down that chain, you’ve just created the first row. Then, in order to work your way around the hat, you have to slip stitch to the next two stitches from the final round of the hat (working horizontally, or across, again). Then you CH1, turn, skip over those slip stitches, and SC your way back up the ribbing (back loops only as instructed). Then you CH1 and turn, and SC back down the ribbing, then SL ST twice to move over to the next open spot. So you’re going up and down the ribbing, but using the slip stitches to move yourself around the hat slowly.
Great pattern, love the color blocking! How do I make the Pom Pom for the top??
I used a Clover Pom Pom maker. I explained in the blog post 🙂
How come you didn’t do this hat in the reverse. Meaning the headband first and then move up into the body of hat? Would that not have been easier than doing the body and then the headband? Or is that simply a matter of preference?
It must be a matter of preference, because I think of that way as much more complicated. 🙂
I was wondering if the pattern when you start off is supposed to be wavy? I am still only in the Color A portion of the pattern but I just wanted to check and be safe.
Yup! Wavy is good. It will smooth itself out further down the hat. 🙂
Thank you so much! This makes me feel a lot better. 🙂
I made this for my son. Great pattern. Thanks for sharing this.
I’m in the progress of making this. I’m at the band part. 72 stitches around seems like my band won’t be tight enough. Without the band its huge.
I’m in the progress of making this. I’m at the band part. 72 stitches around seems like my band won’t be tight enough. Without the band its huge. With the band its still 72 stitches. Am I just not understanding this?
Did you do a gauge check?
Either way, you’re welcome to go down a hook size or two for the band if you feel you need to.
I have a question about the ribbing. It says 72 rows. Without the ribbing the 72 stitches make the hat huge. Won’t there 72 rows of ribbing be the same size or will the stitches pull it all in to make it fit tighter?
Hi Bonnie, the stitches will pull a little. Did you see my response to your earlier comment?
Another wonderful pattern, your patterns are my all time favorites! I have made so many items from your patterns and each and everyone of them have turned out beautifully! Thank you so very much for your wonderful designs!
Very sincerely yours,
Kim
I need a pattern for a slouchy beanie or hat for an infant. Any help you can give on how to use your pattern, but so it will fit a 10 month old who has a head circumference of 17.5 inches.
Thank you!
I have a similar hat here: http://littlemonkeyscrochet.com/herringbone-baby-hat/
It isn’t slouchy (although you could make it that way with a few extra rounds).
This pattern was well written and easy to follow! My hat turned out great!!! Thank you for sharing. Best wishes on your new addition to your family 🙂
Hello, i was wanting to make thia hat and was wondering what yarn you would suggest using for someone who is allergic to wool?
Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn is a similar weight and feel. 🙂
Hey Rebecca, I am making a second Carlyle slouch hat. On my first one I had to remove my finished band because I had done it incorrectly. I am making three more for Christmas gifts and I don’t want to mess them up. I don’t understand which stitch I start the two sl st. in. I either get it too big or too small. Could you please help me? I have the printed pattern and keep reading it over and over but I am still unsure where to sl st the first one. This is a beautiful pattern and I want to finish it correctly. Thank you!
Hi Charleen! I happen to have JUST published a tutorial on this very technique, and haven’t had a chance to go and add the link to all of the patterns that I use it on. But here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5F_OMt6eFc
I would recommend that you watch the whole thing because I go into detail about how to determine which stitch to go into. I hope it helps! 🙂
Hi Rebecca
I was wondering if the Carlyle pattern can be adjusted so it would fit a toddler? Say a size 16 – 19 inch circumference.
I really love the stitch and the colour blocking.
Thanks for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.
Denice
It can certainly be adjusted but unfortunately I don’t offer pattern adaptations for sizes that aren’t included in the original pattern. You can decide how wide you want the bottom of the hat to be and then find out how many stitches you’d have to remove from the increase to get there (for instance if there are 4 stitches per inch and you want the hat to be 2 inches smaller around you would figure out how to end up with 8 fewer stitches in the final increase round). You’d probably want to subtract a round or two from each color block as well to make the hat a bit shorter.
I love your patterns! Any money I make from crocheting I put back into materials (yarn, buttons, stuffing, shipping, etc) to make baby blanket sets for our local pregnancy center and hats of all sizes and colors for Lincolns People City Mission.
I do not crochet for profit. I have numerous health issues (Lupus, P.O.T.S. and fibromyalgia being the most painful). On more tolerable days I can crochet, I can get lost into my project, it helps me manage my pain. While making beautiful things? Thank you for sharing such wonderful patterns! Please, feel free to check out my page to see what I’ve done over the last couple of years. I haven’t had as much activity this year, I’ve been a lot sicker, but there are plenty of different items there. Thanks again!
V/R. Brandy
Thank you for the free paterns, very easy to do. It’s a joy to make them and see the people we love wear them…
Long life to your web site
I wondered if you make a slipstitch at the end of every round. Or if you keep going around without ending the row? Thank you very much!
Keep going (see Note #2 in the pattern information) 🙂
Ugh! I read over that so many times and didn’t see that. I guess I skimmed too much. Thanks for taking the time to answer me! ? Lovely Pattern!
Thanks for the pattern! My only problem is it must be for people with bigger heads! lol I was a little leery when I was doing the 80 count rounds, seemed large but followed it all the way through. Made a nice hat but didn’t quite fit, was pretty big for my head.
*Note: my comment is referring to the band. I understand its supposed to be a slouchy hat but the band is where it was large.
You can always do the band with a smaller hook, or work a round with some decreases before you start the band.
You didn’t specify whether the hat came out to the correct dimensions but was simply too large for you, or if the hat measures larger than the dimensions say it should. If it’s the latter, then it is probably a case of not checking your gauge before beginning 😉
I am an 83 yr old grandmother great and great great grandmother. I spend my day crocheting for my very large family. I can’t afford patterns and usually pick up yarn on sale or people give me yarn. I have a daughter in the DC area and she gives out some of the hats and so forth to families that attend her church.she and her husband pastor a church there. All 4 of her children also pastor churches and she gives them some of the things I make for their people. I crochet every day and it is a joy to do it. I am alone now for my husband of 42 yrs passed away 24 yrs ago. Old movies on TV and crocheting fill my days. Thank you for the gift you give of patterns so I can give gifts to others that are in need.i am known as Moremimi by all my family members. 5 children 27 grand children 29 great grandchildren and 2 g.g grandchildren, at least this is the number the last I heard.
Thanks
Nice! Thank you very much… 🙂
Rebecca,
I love your patterns. I made several for my nieces and my self. I am a all access pass holder. Today I am unable to get to the all access pass holder patterns.
Keep getting a database error message.
Made this for my niece. I admit I was skeptical but this made up very nicely, in two evenings. Great pattern and I plan to make more of these
What is a MagicCircle?
There is a link to a tutorial up in the “abbreviations” section. 🙂
I would love a update picture of your sweet little boy with a something you are make for him.
I am sure he is getting bigger every day.
They grow up to fast.
Have a great day…Keep up your beautiful crochet items that you share with us crochet
lovers.
The picture on your web page with instructions look a lot lighter than the Cascade yarn site for the colors you listed.In your opinion which is correct? The colors on the website look like dark brown,med brown and light brown. Your web page looks like med gray, beige and cream. Thanks
Some of this comes down to individual monitors (when I look at these photos on my screen, I see shades of brown, not gray). That said, I don’t feel that the Cascade web site’s colors as I see them are 100% true to life, and the photos on this post are much more representative of the real life hat (which is always my goal when editing).