It's been a while since I have posted a tutorial, and I had recently promised one on a seed-stitch cup cozy. Well, I used that cozy today and it was too big for a standard paper coffee cup. It fit around, but it would slide, and eventually stretched a bit and fell off when I set the cup down... So, I finished this post instead, which has been pending and unfinished for a while now...
Some of you may remember my post on Instagram several weeks ago with a beanie pattern I came up with. I was inspired by this video on making your joining stitches in double-crochet in the round nearly invisible - I was quite interested in this as I had just made a number of beanies for Christmas and was not really pleased with the gap at joining. So, here is the result of my experiment:
The Simple Slouchy Beanie uses double crochet, single crochet, and slip stitch, in the round. There are increases and decreases, but nothing fancy.
I made the first one with Caron Simply Soft, and while this was quite nice, I really wanted one with a cozier look (Simply Soft is quite shiny). I am working on another project with with Lion Brand Wool-Ease Worsted, so I decided to try that.
Materials:
1 skein worsted weight yarn (#4)
5.5mm hook
yarn needle
measuring tool
scissors
Stitches used:
DC (double crochet), 2DCTog (two double crochets together), SC (single crochet), SS (slip-stitch)
Method:
Chain four and slip stitch together to create a loop
R1: Chain 3. Double crochet (DC) 12 stitches into the loop - the chain 3 DOES NOT count as the first stitch - Slip stitch (SS) the first and last stitches together. Just as you do not count the chain, you also will not stitch into the chain. Skipping it in this way is what makes the stitch invisible (see the video if need be). You will do this throughout the project.
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| ... skipping the chain, and going right into the first stitch... |
R2: Chain 3. DC 2 in every stitch. SS together as before, in the first stitch, not the chain (24 stitches).
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| ... into the first stitch... |
R3: Chain 3. DC 1 in the first stitch and 2 in the following stitch. Repeat, ending on an increase. SS together (36).
R4: Chain 3. DC 1 in the first two stitches, DC 2 in the third stitch. Continue around with an increase in every third stitch, ending on an increase. SS together (48).
R5: Chain 3. DC 1 in the first three stitches, DC 2 in the fourth stitch. Continue around with an increase in every fourth stitch, ending on an increase. SS together (60).
R6: Chain 3. DC 1 in the first four stitches, DC 2 in the fifth stitch. Continue around with an increase in every fifth stitch, ending on an increase. SS together (72).
R7: Chain 3. DC 1 in the first five stitches, DC 2 in the sixth stitch. Continue around with an increase in every sixth stitch, ending on an increase. SS together (84). Your piece should be somewhere between 8" and 9". Mine measured about 8-1/2".
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| ... should be between 8" to 9"... |
R8-12: Chain 3. DC in each stitch, skipping the chain as before (84).
R13: Chain 3. DC 1 in the first five stitches, 2DCTog (two double crochets together) in the sixth and seventh stitch. Continue around with five DC and one 2DCTog, ending on a decrease. SS together (72).
R14: Chain 3. DC 1 in the next four stitches, 2DCTog in the fifth and sixth stitch. Continue around with four DC and one 2DCTog, ending on a decrease. SS together (60).
R15: Now switch to SC. Make sure to use a stitch marker. SC in each stitch around (60).
R16-20: SC in each stitch around as in R15 (60).
R21: SS around, finish, and weave in the ends.
Your SC brim should be about 2"
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| ... brim should be about 2"... |
Hope you like this and find it helpful for making your own slouchy beanie!
Enjoy!
Stephanie
MWLP
P.S. sorry it took so long to get this one on the blog!
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