Welcome! It’s my first time doing the blog tour, so I would like to thank you for coming to visit me from Crochetville’s National Crochet Month Designer Blog Tour! What an amazing blog tour this year, and Crochetville deserves a big round of applause from all crocheters for their hard work in organizing this annual event! Don’t forget to check out all the other entries from this month because there is some incredible talent being displayed!
I have a special treat for you too! It’s getting the time of year where we can pick up the cotton yarn and crochet lightweight and beautiful projects! I used Cascade Ultra Pima Cotton for my latest FREE pattern! You’ll love the beautiful texture the yarn gives each project. If the pattern looks somewhat familiar, that’s because it should. The Hint of Spring beanie released a few weeks ago was made using Red Heart Soft, but I wanted to show you how beautiful the pattern could look using cotton yarn. If you like to give to charity, the beanie would be a wonderful gift for a patient undergoing chemo! By the way, I’m adding this one to Ravelry as Hint of Spring in Cotton so that it will have its own link!
Be sure to scroll all the way down to see the second gift to you!
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Supplies:
- Cascade Ultra Pima Cotton 100 grams/3.5 oz 220 yards. Approximately 180-200 yds. Colorway: Primrose and White
- Hook – G/4.0 mm
- Tapestry Needle for weaving in the ends.
Abbreviations:
ch – chain
herr dc – Herringbone double crochet
sc – single crochet
sl st – slip stitch
st – stitch
YO – yarn over
Special Instructions for Herringbone st: YO, insert hook into next st indicated, YO, pull through st and 1st loop on hook, YO, pull through 1 loop on hook, YO, pull through last 2 loops on hook. If you are visual, try watching the video tutorial by Moogly.
Gauge: 5 herr dc st and 5 rows = 2”
Finished Project: Approximately 22″ in circumference and 7 1/2″ in length.
With Color A, ch 4, sl st into first ch to make a ring.
Round 1: ch 2, 10 herr dc in ring, sl st in first herr dc. (10 st)
Round 2: ch 2, 2 herr dc in each st, sl st in first herr dc. (20 st)
Round 3: ch 2 and herr dc in first st, 2 herr dc in next st, *herr dc in next st, 2 herr dc in next st*, repeat from * to *join by sl st in first st. (30 st)
Round 4: ch 2 and herr dc in first st, herr dc in next st, 2 herr dc in next st, *herr dc in next 2 st, 2 herr dc in next st*, repeat from * to * join by sl st in first st. (40 st)
Round 5: ch 2 and herr dc in first st, herr st in next 2 st, 2 herr st in next st, *herr st in next 3 st, 2 herr dc in next st*, repeat from * to * join by sl st in first st. (50 st)
Round 6: ch 2 and herr dc in first st, herr dc in next 3 st, 2 herr dc in next st, *herr st in next 4 st, 2 herr dc in next st*, repeat from * to * join by sl st in first st (60 st)
Round 7: ch 2 and herr dc in first st, herr dc in next 4 st, 2 herr dc in next st, *herr st in next 5 st, 2 herr dc in next st*, repeat from * to * join by sl st in first st (70 st)
Round 8: ch 2 and herr dc in first st, herr dc in next 5 st, 2 herr dc in next st, *herr st in next 6 st, 2 herr dc in next st*, repeat from * to * join by sl st in first st (80 st)
Round 9: ch 2 and herr dc in first st, herr dc in next 6 st, 2 herr dc in next st, *herr st in next 7 st, 2 herr dc in next st*, repeat from * to * join by sl st in first st (90 st) (6 1/2″)
Round 10: ch 2 and herr dc in first st, herr dc in next st and each st around, join by sl st in first st. (90 st)
Color B
Round 11: ch 1 and sc in first st, sc in next st and each st around, join by sl st in first st. (90 st)
Round 12: Repeat Round 11
Color A
Round 13: ch 3 (counts as first herr dc here and throughout), herr dc in first st, skip next st, *2 herr dc in next st, skip next st*, st, repeat from * to *, join by sl st in top of 3rd ch. (90 st)
Round 14: ch 3 and herr dc in first st, 2 herr dc between next 2 herr dc and each 2 herr dc around, join by sl st in top of 3rd ch. (90 st)
Round 15: Repeat round 14
Color B
Round 16-17: Repeat Round 11
Color A
Round 18: Repeat Round 13
Round 19-20: Repeat Round 14
Color B
Round 21-22: Repeat Round 11
Color A
Round 23: Repeat Round 13
Round 24-25: Repeat Round 14
Color B
Round 26-27: Repeat Round 11
Color A
Rounds 28-31: Repeat Round 11 Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Now for the second part of my gift!
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Thank you for the pattern. Also thank you for the yarn tip, it does seem to have a lovely shimmer. We here in the Pacific North West wear Beanies all year long! Been on the lookout for some yummy cotton.
Love the hat and also really like the pink and brown one on you banner.
Kathy, you’re an extremely talented designer of crochet and I want to commend you on designing so many beautiful patterns for the crochet community.