Knitting Dragonflies

I had some acrylic yarn in my stash and had been knitting on a sweater, as a fast break I decided to make a sun hat. I found some video tutorials from BobWilson123, ( YouTube link ). If you are not familiar with her, she makes a lot of video tutorials on YouTube on crochet projects. She also has them written out in PDF on her website (link ) I believe all of her patterns are free, as of this writing. Her videos are excellent and I found her when I was trying to understand a crochet stitch pattern. I would highly recommend checking her out! The pattern I choose was her Mesh Sun Hat (link ). If you look at the people that have made it, there is one who used less increases than called for in the pattern to get a flatter brim. One increase every 4th Stitch instead of what is called for. I liked the look of this, and went with her suggestion. This pattern was very easy, and I’m not an advanced in my crochet.  Also I completed it in 2 hours. The  videos goes through the entire proc...

I bought this kit 2 years ago and am ashamed to admit that it has been lounging on a shelf since then. After getting it out one morning, I had half of the hat done in 3 hours. I like the fit so well I am planning on making this hat again, in cotton, or even wool. It has a great shape. I don’t usually like to buy “kits” but I bought this one (from OneFineYarn ), it come with the pattern and 10 balls of Adriafil Reflex. Adriafil Reflex is unique material that reminds us raffia. The hat will amazingly hold the shape and no brim support is needed. Yarn specs: 59% rayon, 41% polyester; 25g/59 meters each ball; made in Italy. Hat is crochet using yarn doubled throughout and crochet hook I/5.5mm. Pattern provides instructions to create a hat to your own measurements. (this is the great part, my hat fits “perfectly”!) I used crochet hook I, and ended up using 6 balls, I have 4 left and think I will make a smaller brimmed sun hat. Now I’m ready to walk dogs and work ...