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Last HOTH (hot off the hook) Crochet Project for 2014!!

Last HOTH (hot off the hook) Crochet Project for 2014!!

My last HOTH (hot off the hook) project for 2014… I made these 3 last night!! Effortless Chic Headbands ready for the chilly weather!! This is a quick (30-45Min) Project, One Skein and a couple cute buttons!!

What will be your last HOTH???

headband
Free Pattern:  https://beatriceryandesigns.com/2014/10/08/effortless-chic-headband-free-crochet-pattern/

 

Stay tuned this weekend for my first post of the New Year!!!  Crochet With Me Winter CAL… I have my yarn and the design started!!!  I will be posting the Materials list and a few details of the new project!!

The Votes Are In and We Have a Winner… Crochet With Me Winter CAL Afghan!

The Votes Are In and We Have a Winner… Crochet With Me Winter CAL Afghan!

Are you ready to start our next Crochet~A~Long??  You voted and we now have a winner!!!  I listed 7 of my Favorite Crochet Afghans,,, Your votes clearly chose the next Crochet with Me CAL Afghan!!  We will be starting Mid January 2015,, Once all the hustle and bustle of the holidays are over… We will gather our yarn and get hookin’!!

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So… I bet you want to know which afghan we will be making!! You chose another Beatrice Ryan Designs Surprise Design…  I will design it and each week you will make one section…End result… A Surprise!!!!

Pictured below is Last years design… A great granny style, multi~textural stitch afghan…    I am reworking last years pattern and This afghan will be published again soon as a standard pattern in-case you missed out last year!!

Free Afghan Pattern

Last years 2014 Winter CAL by Beatrice Ryan Designs!

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This year your votes chose another Beatrice Ryan Designs Original… The winner… I will be making another Surprise Crochet Design!  I am so blessed that you trust me to surprise you with a new design!!  I have ideas flooding my brain and can’t wait to get to work on this project…  I will be posting the material list the first week of January 2015 so you can be ready to start our next Crochet with Me CAL mid~January 2015!!  I am soooo excited,,, Stay tuned for your material list and more information!!

winter surprise

Chime in and let me know who will be joining the fun!!!  The more the merrier!!!

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

Effortless Chic Crochet Beanie

Effortless Chic Crochet Beanie

A brand new design, just in time for the cold days ahead!!  The Effortless Chic Crochet Beanie is the second piece in the Effortless Chic Series!!  This series is a Simple, Chic Style that will dress up your wardrobe with a fun, quick crochet design!!  The first pattern in the series is the Effortless Chic Headband… Stop by and check it out!!  Stay tuned in the next week for the 3rd pattern in this series!!

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Effortless Chic Crochet Beanie

 Effortless Chic Crochet Beanie

 If you love this project… You can add it to your Ravelry Queue and Favorites… Click Here!!

A Stylish Hat that is easy to make and is another 1 skein project!!!

Materials

Worsted Weight Yarn ~ Pictured above in Plymouth Yarn Encore Dynamo, color 020.  A wool~acrylic blend that is self striping yarn. 180 yards

Buy Now… 5 pk and make the matching Effortless Chic Poncho!!

 

Hook ~ I

2 Fancy Buttons (optional)

Yarn Needle and Scissors

Stitches

Ch ~ Chain    St ~ Stitch    Sl St ~ Slip Stitch    Sc ~ Single Crochet    Dc ~ Double Crochet    FPHdc ~ Front Post Half Double Crochet    BPHdc ~ Back Post Half Double Crochet    Rev Sc ~ Reverse Single Crochet

*Special Stitch ~ X Stitch, This stitch pattern is formed by Skipping a stitch, Dc in the next stitch and then crossing back to the previous skipped stitch and making another Dc.. This forms an X Stitch.

Instructions

*Tip, You will be making a rectangle to form the crown of the hat… Once the rectangle is complete, you will sew the ends together to form the crown of the hat. Then you will gather the top of the hat using a yarn needle to make an easy stylish top and the final step… you will make a brim using simple stitching.

Ch 25

Row 1:     Sc in the 2nd Ch from hook and each St across. = 24 Sc

Row 2:     Turn, Ch 3(Counts as Dc now and throughout), *Sk St, Dc in next St, Dc in previous skipped St to form an ” X St” *, Repeat * * Across and Dc in the last St. = 2 Dc and 11 X Sts

Rows 3-34:     Repeat Row 2. Finish Off leaving a long tail to sew the hat together.

This rectangle is approximately 21″ long and  8 1/2″ wide.  If  you need to make the hat smaller or larger, you can add or subtract the repeat of row 2.

Sewing the crown of the hat together. 

With tail and yarn needle, Sew Row 1 together with Row 34, being careful not to gather the seam.  Finish off and secure.  Turn you crochet piece so that the seam is on the inside of the hat.

Gathering the top of the Hat

You can choose either end of the hat to be the top.   With a long piece of yarn and your yarn needle, gather the top of the hat by weaving in and out of the row ends and drawing it tightly together.  Sew the gathered area with a few stitches to secure the top of the hat. Weave in ends.

Brim

*You will be working in the round and your first row will be made in the ends of the rows from the crown of the hat.  You will have 33 row ends form the crown base of the hat, row 1 of the crown will not be in this count as it was sewn together to form the crown of the hat.

With right side facing and the bottom of the hat upwards, Join the yarn with a Sl St to any row end space.

Row 1:     Ch 1, Evenly crochet 66 Sc around the bottom of the hat.  This is approx 2 stitches in each row end. Join with Sl St to beginning. = 66 Sc

Row 2 & 3:     Ch 1, Sc around. Join with Sl St to beginning.  = 66 Sc

Row 4:     Ch 2(counts as a Hdc), Hdc in each St around, Join with Sl St to top of Ch 2. = 66 Hdc

Row 5:     Ch 1, *FPHdc in first 2 Sts, BPHdc in next St*, Repeat around. Join to beginning.= 44 FPHdc & 22 BPHd

Row 6:     Ch 1, Sc in each St around. Join with Sl St to beginning. = 66 Sc

Row 7:     Ch 1, Rev Sc in each St around. Join to beginning. = 66 Rev Sc.

Finish off

Sew 2 Fancy Buttons on to the brim .

Congratulations!!  You have a Effortless Chic Crochet Beanie

 

As usual… Charlie insisted on photo bombing our photo shoot!!!  And…Thanks to my lovely model and youngest daughter Mackenzie for showing off my latest design!!

Charlie and Mac

 

*** You may make and sell products from my patterns but if you do I ask that you link back to my post. Please do not copy and post these patterns and claim it as your own. Please do not re-publish photos as your own.***

Happy Crocheting!!

Elena

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