I took a small break from the cardi wrap to make a hairpin lace hat. I have been cranking on the wrap, and just finished the last strip (the dreaded strip D!) for the body last night. Since my loom is now empty, I decided to take a break and play around with the loom. I experimented using two colors for a bit, but will have to wait until I have more time to experiment further. I did get it so the center crochet was a different color than the loops, but it was stiff and I was worried about the loops pulling out and making really small loops and really big loops. Anyway, here is a picture of my hat!
Ever since I figured out how to crochet around a post to make the stitch stand out I have been playing around with this feature. What do you think?
I did two small strips at about 1" width. I did the same # of loops as there were stitches on the hat, but went up a hook to compensate for the lace tending to be tighter than standard crochet stitches. I then used a special (special = made-up on the spot and it turned out lookin really cool) stitch to attach the lace to the hat. Brava for me, I say!
Hopefully I will get some time this week to crochet all the pieces together and start on the arms.
Posted at 03:53 pm by
Angipants
