"ombre" Slouch Hat

  

      My sister-in-law's birthday is coming up pretty soon, and My husband told me she wanted a slouch hat like the one I made my husband. I had a better idea and thought I could make a better one. No offence to my husband. I had also made her a infinity scarf since she has been a fan of those scarves. The colors that I made the scarf was good for a scarf, but for a slouch hat? uhhmm not so cute unless you were at pre-teen, and she is 27. So I chose two different colors gray and black. At first I wanted to create the hat ombre style, but as I was making the hat it wasn't working out as planned. BUT, it has a hint of ombre to it, so I guess that's something. Future reference I would make the colors stripes a little smaller instead of thick stripes. 

     Here is the pattern. I hope you enjoy the pattern. 


                  Materials

• Hook size I 
• One skein of Red Heart with love color Black (A) 
• One skein of Red Heart color Gray (B) 
• Stitch markers
• Yarn needle 

               Special Stitches

• slst- slip stitch
• sc- single crochet
• hdc- half double crochet 
• dc- double crochet
• dc2tog- decreade two double crochet together 
• blo- back loop only
• sk- skip 

              Notes

   *turn rib inside out so there wont be a bulky seam
   * I do not count starting chain as a stitch
   * Color A = Black
   * Color B = Gray

            Rib
  -with color A ch 7

1. sc from 2nd ch from hook ch 1 and turn (6 sc) 
2. sc in blo in each sc across. ch 1 and turn (6sc) 
3. Repeat 2 until rib reaches 20 1/2 inches

      - Fold in half and slst together and fasten off

           Body
-  Change to Color B
- Join Color B and ch 2
Row 1- hdc evenly around hat slst at beg st and join with stitch marker (64hdc)
Row 2- ch 2 *2 dc in next st, dc in next 3 sts* repeat from *..* slst on top of beg st to join (80 sts)
Row 3-5 ch2 dc in each dc around. slst to join (80 sts) 
Row 6 with color A ch 2 [ dc in the next 18 sts, dc2tog] 4 times slst to join (76 sts) 
Row 7-8 ch 2 with color A dc in each dc around. slst to join (76 sts) 
Row 9-12 with Color B ch 2 dc in each dc around. slst to join (76 sts) 
Row 13-14 with Color A ch 2 dc in each dc around. slst to join (76 sts) 
Row 15 with Color B  ch 2 [dc in the next 4 sts, dc2tog] 12 times, dc in the remaining 4 sts. slst to join (64 sts) 
Row 16 with Color B ch 2 [dc in the next 3 sts, dc2tog] 12 times, dc in the remaining 4 sts. slst to join (52 sts) 
Row 17 with Color B ch 2 [dc in the next 2 sts, dc2tog] 13 times, slst to join (39 sts) 
Row 18 with Color A ch 2 sk next st [dc2tog} 19 times, slst to join (19 sts) 
Row 19 with Color B ch 2 [dc2tog] 9 times, dc in the last sts. slst to join (10sts) 

- leave long excess yarn to sew the top closed. Weave in ends. 


**For the single woven thread
   - Get tapestry needle and and extra long piece of yarn of opposite color and start at the back of seam, weave yarn in and out of each stitch of single row. Weave each color on of the first row of color change. Use opposite color of the row you are about to weave to "enhance" the 'ombre' effect. see picture below



--Feel free to ask any question you might have, and will answer to the best of my ability. I hope you enjoy this pattern. If there is anyone out there. 

   

Saints chart patterns

   One of my original post like 5 years ago, I had made a Saints beanie for my dad, and at the time I had made that pattern on a hard copy. At the time I did not know how to transfer the pattern to a digital pattern. Well five years later I have found a site that I could make my own pattern on a digital format. Although, the side is for bracelet, or bead making pattern, but I used that concept for a crochet level. The Saints pattern that I made on that site may not be the exact pattern that I had done for my dad, but it will do. In the near future I will test out the pattern for a hat or maybe something else.  I hope this will do. Also the gray outline on the fluer di lis could be switched to a black outline. Nonetheless, here it is. years later.

Oh by the way, the site that I made the pattern chart on was called bracelet book

   Enjoy,
          Sara

   

Roughly five years later.

    In the my almost five year absence I have been through lots of life changing events. I neglected my blog and I am sorry. Not that anyone has probably been following me. But now that I am back in full swing on my hooking I know that I will be posting a lot more post in the upcoming future. In the five years that I have been gone I have gotten married to my best friend, and moved to a different country. It has been a whirlwind I'll tell ya that. Now that I become something I never thought that was me, a house wife. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I just was never raised that way with my single mother. But here I am in Turkey with a lot of language barriers and culture shock and been blessed to travel the world with my husband. Now that I have lot of free time on my hand, I stated hooking a lot more and completed projects, and I have never been happier.

   The current projects I have working on a stormtrooper granny square blanket that I have been working relentlessly, and a infinty scarf that I am making for my sister in law's birthday coming up in about a month. after that I will be starting to writing patterns again, and posting them on here. hopefully, I  can get some momentum on this blog.

    Till next time.
         Sara