Pistachio and Seafoam Baby Hat

After finishing up the baby booties I thought, "why not make a hat to match?" There is a picture of the set below, but this post only has the pattern for the hat since I posted the booties pattern in the previous post.

Pistachio and Seafoam Baby Hat pictured with matching booties

This is a little hat to fit a newborn baby

I used a small amount of Caron Simply Soft (pistachio green color for the body), Red Heart Soft (seafoam color for the trim), and an aluminum size H (US) 5mm hook

*I use the magic ring for all my hats and round projects, but if you don't know how to do that, you can chain 4 and slip stitch to form a ring, or chain 2 and put all the stitches in 2nd from hook.

Round 1: With pistachio green or color A, make a magic ring, ch1 (doesn't count as a stitch), put 12 hdc in the ring and pull tight. Sl st to top of first hdc.

Round 2: ch1 (doesn't count as stitch), put 2 hdc in each stitch around. Sl st to top of first hdc.

Round 3: ch1 (doesn't count as stitch), work (hdc in stitch, 2 hdc in next stitch) around. Sl st to top of first hdc.

Rounds 4-12: ch1 (doesn't count as stitch), put 1 hdc in each stitch around. Sl st to top of first hdc.

Change to seafoam or color B.

Round 13: ch1 (doesn't count as stitch), put 1 hdc in each stitch around. Sl st to top of first hdc.

Round 14: ch1 (doesn't count as a stitch), put 1 sc in each stitch around. Sl st to top of first sc.

Fasten off yarn, weave in ends.

This is my own pattern, shared freely with all. Please do not sell this pattern, copy to sell this pattern, or claim this pattern as your own. You may link to my pattern to share it, and independent sellers (no mass production) may also sell what they make using this pattern.

Mari

Pistachio and Seafoam Baby Booties

Hi :) it's been a while!
But I haven't been up to nothing. Lately I've been making baby things using patterns. Once I felt comfortable making booties I decided to just wing a pair on my own, and these things happened.

Pistachio and Seafoam Baby Booties

I folded down the tops because it helps give them a more sturdy feel.

I used small amounts of Red Heart Soft (seafoam sole and top trim) and Caron Simply Soft (pistachio body of foot), and an aluminum size H (US) 5mm hook

Make 2:

Sole of foot: with seafoam or color A
Chain 11 (make sure they are firm stitches since you will be working on both sides of the chain and the weight of the stitches can pull the chain and make gaps)

Double crochet in 3rd chain from hook, twice. Double crochet in each chain across, to the last chain. 5 double crochet in last chain (which will create a dome or a curve, to facilitate working on the other side of the chain). Now working on the underside of the chain, double crochet across til you get to the first stitch on the other side. Put one double crochet in the same stitch as the first double crochet, so you will have 3 double crochet on one corner (heel) and 5 double crochet on the other corner (toe). Slip stitch to 1st double crochet.

Chain 2 (does not count as a stitch, I just use these as a place holder and skip over them when it's time to slip stitch together). Double crochet in same stitch as chain 2, twice. 2 double crochet in next stitch,  double crochet in each of next 7 stitches. 2 double crochet in each of next 5 stitches, double crochet in each of last 7 stitches, join with slip stitch to top of first dc.

Chain 1 (does not count as a stitch). Working in back loops only, single crochet in each stitch around, join with slip stitch to top of first single crochet. Fasten off color A.

Body of foot: with pistachio or color B
Count 4 stitches to the left from the place you fastened off color A, and attach color B there (this will put you approximately in center of heel).

Chain 1, sc in each stitch around. Join with slip stitch to top of first single crochet.

Toe decrease begins this round:
Chain 1 (does not count as a stitch), Half-double crochet in same stitch as beginning chain 1 and in each of next 10 stitches. Work 2-hdc-tog, 4 times. Half-double crochet in each of next 11 stitches. Join with slip stitch to top of first half-double crochet.

Chain 1 (does not count as a stitch). Half-double crochet in same stitch as beginning chain 1 and in each of next 8 stitches. Work 2-hdc-tog, 5 times. Half-double crochet in each of next 8 stitches. Join with slip stitch to top of first half-double crochet.

Chain 1 (does not count as stitch). Half-double crochet in same stitch as beginning chain 1 and in each of next 7 stitches. Work 2-hdc-tog. 5 times. Half-double crochet in each of next 4 stitches. Join with slip stitch to top of first half-double crochet.

Work 2 rounds of half-double crochet evenly around. Join with slip stitch.

Chain 1, single crochet evenly around, join with slip stitch. Fasten off color B.

Attach color A and work 1 round of single crochet evenly. Fasten off and weave in ends.

This is my own pattern, shared freely with all. Please do not sell this pattern, copy to sell this pattern, or claim this pattern as your own. You may link to my pattern to share it, and independent sellers (no mass production) may also sell what they make using this pattern.

Mari

Amazing Nook Sock

Here's my Nook sock :) i have a Nook Tablet that my husband got me last Christmas, and it's pretty awesome. i used the other half of that skein of Wool-Ease from my favorite hat to make it.

also some size 4 double pointed needles (4 of them)  :) here goes:

cast on 30, distribute evenly among 3 needles, join without twisting work

work in (k1,p1) rib for about 10 inches (give or take, actual Nook length is 8.1" so anywhere between 8.5 and "insert number bigger than 8.5 here" will work awesomely).

to do the decreases... well, i screwed those up and decided it looked fine anyway... but to do them like mine i just started doing k2tog every first 2 stitches on each needle, regardless. it made a weird point that i liked the look of.

you can always do yours smoother by using ssk instead of k2tog, and by not decreasing all the way down so you can sew the bottom cleanly and pointlessly :P

fasten off yarn and weave in ends. yeah, it looks really skinny. try it on!

this is my original pattern, please do not sell it since it is provided here for free. please do not take credit for my "design" :) but you can share and link, and sell what you make, whether in craft fairs or some sort of person to person networking. don't print or copy to distribute for money or otherwise, or use my pictures as if they were your own (oh crap, i should put that on all my posts...). you're welcome, i think.

the end,
love, mari

Comfystretchyrollycute

seven months is a long time to not be posting, eh? i'm pretty sure i've had the time... just that it got away from me before i realized it... anyway, sorry about that :)
to help make up for my lazy, i'll post a kind of general pattern of my favorite knit hat. even though it's hot as heaven's alternative ;) here we go!

i used a skein (more about half) of Lion Brand Wool-Ease
and size 8 double pointed knitting needles (4 of them)... i have circulars but they bother me somehow that i can't articulate yet or possibly ever...

cast on 66 stitches, distribute 22 stitches evenly to 3 needles, join without twisting work.

knit every round evenly for about 7 inches, then start the decrease like so:

round 1: (fight!) <--kidding... k2tog every first and last 2 stitches on each needle, you will have 6 decrease stitiches

round 2: k every stitch

repeat rounds 1 and 2, so that the decrease rounds are "cushioned" by regular knit rounds, until there are 4 stitches on each needle. you can either bind off or sew them shut using a drawstring-ish style.. or you can decrease all the way til there are no more stitches, but that might leave you a point (which is ok if you like that sort of thing).
i believe i drawstringed it at 4 stitches though.

fasten off yarn and weave in the end, and you have hat!

see?:)

this is my original (if lame and simple) pattern, straight out of my own brains.. (i forget how to do these notes)
please don't sell this pattern since i've provided it for free, but the work of your own hands is your business so feel free to sell finished product if you like, at fairs/garage sales/to friends or friends of friends or coworkers/church bazaars/etc.

the end,

love, mari

Brainal Leakage

yeah, it'all just oozing out of my head. don't even know what it is, but it tastes like the usual crazy with a side of who-are-you-talking-to-no-one's-listening. i decided after a long time of thinking about it (which never ever ever ever happens. except this one time right here) that i should knit some socks. i've tried crocheting them, and honestly crochet socks suck. for me. they're not the same as knitted ones. mine aren't. they don't bend or stretch or let me pull them on without arranging them carefully upon my feet.
so i got this sock book. it's very nice. it's simple enough for me and has lots of descriptions and pictures and examples. very good for my leaky brains. yeah, i even learned how to do a long tail cast on :) just from reading and looking at pictures of what i was reading. that made me happy. here's a picture of the book



i'm excited because i have all sunday and monday off from work (yay, socks!)
paulie and i go Shopkicking on sunday but i can bring my project along for the last part of the adventure ohyeah :D! we like to sit in Barnes and Noble and drink coffee (paulie doesn't like coffee but he pretends so cutely). he likes to find magazines about Android stuff or video games or zombies, and his eyeballs light up and he gets all excited showing me upside down pictures and print. cuz i'm across from him, unless we're lucky enough to find a booth or some comfy chairs. those are always taken up by people who like to go on facebook on their laptops. helloooo that's what your home is for. aren't they worried about random strangers peaking over their shoulders? aren't they ashamed to be in a BOOK STORE and neither be buying nor reading a BOOK? wait... i lost where i was. in cute-land painting a picture of cuteness.
so anyway yeah, i'm sure there was something else i was thinking of yesterday when i started to write this... but i got frustrated last night with my internet connection and ended up just going to sleep. eventually it will come back to me.

Free Fingers! (warm hands)

so i needed gloves to go with my hat :) but i'm always texting or whatever on my phone so i need my fingers free. i made these with the left over yarn from the hat, same skein, yay. they are made in one piece but with a seam that is magically hidden because of the pattern stitch.. well at least it doesn't show too much anyway.

now this is what husbands are good for :D taking pictures of hands! lol. i couldn't get a pic of my own hands so i made my husband get one for me. okok, enough type, more pattern!

Materials:

1 skein Red Heart Shimmer

scissors

size G hook (US)

Pattern: (make 2)

CH 38 (or to desired length, this starting chain determines how far up your arm the warmy-things will go)

1. HDC in 3rd CH from hook and in each across, turn at end of row.

2. *NOTE*- "normal" crochetiers make a ch2 at beginning of row to stand as the first hdc, but i don't do normal :) i make a ch1 and then hdc in the very first stitch. the ch1 is never crocheted on, it's just to fluff out the ends of my rows cuz i hate those weird holes that happen with chains that stand as stitches.. anyways, 2. CH 1, HDC in back loop of each HDC across, turn at end of row.

3-18. CH 1, HDC in back loop of each HDC across.

my arms and hands are rather skinny, you need to get the piece to wrap around your hand snugly but comfortably, so you might need more rows (do them in 2's if you can, if not the joining will be a little different looking)

DO NOT FASTEN OFF YARN yet :) fold the piece lengthwise with right side facing you. those ridges that happened from the back loops are going to help you conceal the seam ;)

i find that a CH 1 before starting to sl st with un-unfastened yarn helps my first sl st not be all unravely... anyways

SL ST edges together like this: match the stitches up and SL ST the first 10 ones loosely. then you will make the thumb thingie like this:

CH 1 (just to get some height for your new stitches), HDC in each of next 7 sts. Turn warmy thingie in progress so that the stitches you just made are facing you, so you can make stitches of equal number on the other side (this is where you gotta count, but only to 7, phew!) just hop over once you have the correct calculation, making 7 HDC in each of the mirroring stitches. Join with SL ST to top of first HDC.

Now you get to work in rounds! Make 2 more rounds of HDC, then make one round of SC if you like. i did it cuz i like how it looks but it's not essential.

NOW fasten off yarn after the last round has been secured.

then fasten the yarn to the stitches closest to the new thumby piece you just made, and continue to SL ST in the same direction you were originally going with the first 10 SL ST's. Fasten off yarn when you get to the end, and voila! i hope it looks like the picture a little bit!

This is my original pattern, please do not sell it or distribute it in any way for money. Feel free to use the pattern for personal or charitable use, and also to print out copies for the same purpose. PLEASE DO NOT SELL MY PATTERN, it is free for everyone. And please feel free to share my links.

Mari

Simply Beanie

Hey, look! A pattern! While i have been trying to remember how i made a couple knitted hats, i crocheted a totally different one :)
i found my app called Catch really helpful with note taking so i could remember all the steps i took to make my hat... i used to only use it to make lists of books, yeah i'm a monster of boring.

it's a really easy hat that only uses CH, SC (and sl st to join, but if you like to do the spiral thingie with no joins then hardly even that i guess). i made it using Red Heart Shimmer, which is kinda thin, it's labeled as medium weight yarn but it's skinnier than my other medium stuff.. please crochet LOOSELY if you use the same yarn to make this hat or it will be TIGHT
i used a G hook, if you have a tight tension use a bigger hook

Materials:
1 skein Red Heart Shimmer (or other med yarn)

Size G hook (US)

Scissors

Pattern:

CH 4, join with SL ST to form ring

1. CH 1, make 12 SC in ring, join with SL ST to top of first SC

2. CH 1, make 2 SC in each SC around, join with SL ST to top of first SC in round

3. CH 1, make 1 SC in each SC around, join with SL T to top of first SC in round

4. Repeat round 3

5. CH1, make 1 SC in first SC, 2 SC in next. Make (1 SC in next SC, 2 SC in next), around. Join with SL ST to top of first SC in round

6. CH 1, make 1 SC in each of first 2 SC, 2 SC in next. Make (1 SC in each of next 2 SC, 2 SC in next) around. Join with SL ST to top of first SC in round

7. Repeat round 3

8. CH 1, make 1 SC in each of first 3 SC, 2 SC in next. Make (1 SC in each of next 3 SC, 2 SC in next) around. Join with SL ST to top of first SC in round

9. CH 1, make 1 SC in each of first 4 SC, 2 SC in next. Make (1 SC in each of next 4 SC, 2 SC in next) around. Join with SL ST to top of first SC in round

10 & 11. Repeat round 3

12. CH 1, make 1 SC in each of next 5 SC, 2 SC in next. Make (1 SC in each of next 5 SC, 2 SC in next) around. Join with SL ST to top of first SC in round

13 to 40(or to desired length). Repeat round 3

Fasten off ends, enjoy beanie!

This is my original pattern, please do not sell it or distribute it in any way for money, it is free for personal and charitable use. Please feel free to share links to my patterns and/or print pages for personal and charitable use

<-- Mari (with the creepy eyeballs and the awesome hat)