Adult Crochet Brimmed Hat

HURRAY! It's my birthday! The big 2-8... ok so it's really not that important of a birthday. I am actually going to celebrate the first night both kiddos sleep through the night more than this special day, but I can't see the light at the end of that tunnel just yet... I had been hoping to go to the park with the boys, but Mother Nature had other plans. It has been a cloudy, rainy day here in 'bama and we are elbow deep in cookie dough lol! (I may or may not post that recipe later lol) I thought I would share my favorite crochet pattern as a little present to y'all ;) It's SUPER easy and only takes an hour (or two, if you've got little ones like me)...

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Adult Brimmed Hat

Supplies

Medium-worsted-weight yarn (4;Vanna’s Choice/RedHeart SuperSaver)

Embroidery needle

H crochet hook

Hat (loosely crochet)

R1:Ch3, 9dc in 3^rd ch from hook, sl st to beg ch3 (10DC)

R2: Ch 2 (counts as 1DC) ,dc in same st, *2dc in next dc; *repeat, sl st to beg ch2 (20DC)

R3: Ch 2, dc in same st, dc in next dc, *2dc in next dc, dc in next dc; *repeat, sl st to beg ch2 (30DC)

R4: Ch2, dc in same st, dc in next 2 dc, *2dc in next dc, dc in next 2 dc; *repeat, sl st to beg ch2 (40DC)

R5: Ch2, dc in same st, dc in next 3 dc, *2dc in next dc, dc in next 3 dc; *repeat, sl st to beg ch2 (50DC)

R6: Ch2, dc in same st, dc in next 4 dc, *2dc in next dc, dc in next 4 dc; *repeat, sl st to beg ch2 (60DC)

R7-11: Ch2, dc in same st, dc around (in order to keep the hat seam looking clean, alt bw “dc in the same st” and “dc in last st”) sl st in beg ch2 (60DC)

 

Brim

R1: sc in the next 19dc, ch1, turn

R2: sc in 1^st sc, *2sc in next sc, sc in next sc *repeat across, sc in next 2dc of hat, ch1, turn

R3: sc across brim, sc on the side of previous Row on the side of the brim, sc in the next 2dc of hat, ch1, turn

R4: sc in the 1^st 5sc, 2sc in the next sc, sc across brim until the last 3sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in last 2sc, sc down the side of the previous Row on the side of the brim, sc in the next 2dc of hat, ch1, turn

R5: sc across brim, sc on the side of previous Row on the side of the brim, sc in the next 2dc of hat, ch1, turn

R6: sc in 1^st 7sc, 2sc in next sc, sc across brim until the last 5sc, 2sc in next sc, sc in last 4sc, sc on the side of previous Row on the side of the brim, sc in the next 2dc of hat, ch1, turn

R7: sc across brim, sc and attach to next dc of hat, sc across hat, sl st to beg of brim. Finish off. Weave in ends.

 

You can add a flower or other embellishment; or just leave it plain Jane! I'll post some crochet flower patterns on here next week. Until then , good luck!



 

***If you get confused and frustrated, keep calm; I'm on facebook***

Why you should love *.png files

Last night, I had some design work to get finished before I could go to bed. It really didn't take long at all. But as I was sitting at my laptop, sipping my wine and listening for my kiddos to wake up, I started thinking about a time (not so long ago) when I was a clueless student, still learning. Ah, how I do not miss those days, but I am still learning. Everyday. It goes with the territory I'm afraid. My first love/hate relationship was with JPEGs... It's actually STILL going on. I used to feel like I could only save images as JPEGs. Then I started my photography class and learned about TIFFs, PDFs and PSDs. Life was good. I was making progress. Then I took a couple of design classes and was introduced to another file format, *.png. MIND. BLOWN. Here's why:

Say you want to make a logo for someone. You can choose to do it in either Illustrator or Photoshop (I always resort to Ps bc it's what I feel comfortable with and I already have to be in there anyways when I edit pictures... don't judge). You spend this amazing amount of time designing the perfect logo. You save it as a PSD so you can make changes, and then you compress the image and save it as a JPEG to email to your client or post on Facebook (...guilty...). They go to use it in an image and

WA-BAM!!! A WHITE FREAKING BACKGROUND!!! WTH?!?!?!?! Stop banging your head against the wall and put down the booze (at least until later). I am here to help you. Your first mistake was having a filled background, your second mistake was flattening the image... merge, people. always MERGE! lol. If you've already got a filled background layer and the rest of your design is on top layers, the easiest thing to do is add a layer right above your background layer, then double click the background layer, hit "ok", then delete it. Now you have a transparent background.

If you are starting from scratch, click File >New >Background >Transparent >Ok. It achieves the same end result. Make your design as normal, but when you go to save the file, click Layers > Merge Layers. That way your transparent background is still there and your whole design is still semi-flattened. You can also deselect the transparent background layer, click Layer > Merge Visible. By doing this, you'll notice that your design is still its own layer ABOVE the transparent background. Either option is fine.

From here, go to File > Save As > Format > PNG(*.png). Your design will still act like a JPEG, but no more white background... HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Welcome!

Hello MOOSEink fans, friends, coustomers and family. I haven't blogged in quite some time due to 4 moves with the Marine Corps an active toddler and a cute and cuddly infant. Well, today is the day I make a change for the better. 

I'm hoping this blog will enlighten those who want to learn, spark interest in those who want to use my services and just plain 'ole attract attention ;) 

MOOSEink became a registered trademark over the summer and I am SUPER EXCITED to spread the word!! MOOSEink is a fine arts business, but- and let's be honest here- I have no problems putting in a funny story or two. Lord knows my Facebook posts on my personal page are dedicated to my children and all the crazy things they do... 

This week, I'm working on a crochet order and some design work (ummmm and having a couple of play dates with my babies--- my actual baby and my new camera--- duh). I will be editing those photos as soon as I'm finished with my other orders, but I'm hoping to post a little tutorial about some of them -nothing cray-cray, but still fun! I'm also going to try some new recipes so I will share those too!

I'll leave you with this wonderful picture of my handsome lil devil dog... I'm now obsessed with the Rhonna Design app for the iPhone. Download it.