If you haven’t had enough of my flower fringe textured crochet scarf and newsboy hats, here is another set! This crochet hat and scarf set was grouped together in one journal entry, so I will just keep it that way. To be honest the posts are getting a little mundane for me as well. So, in full disclosure, I wasn’t sad to see that I would need to post these two items together. Ha ha.
The info included in this post will be very similar to the previous posts. In order to clarify for anyone new, I will remind everyone that this is my stitching journal. It just so happens that at certain points in time, I stitched many similar items in a row if they happened to take off and be popular. Undoubtedly it was more fun if the color schemes changed from order to order. Nevertheless I got really good at these few patterns at this point in time. ha ha!
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Crochet Flower Hat and Scarf Gift Set Project Info:
Craft: Crochet
Made For: Adrianna 😊
Started: December 12, 2013
Completed: December 13, 2013
Hook sizes: 5.5 mm (I) ; 6.0 mm (J) ; and 6.5 mm (K)
Crochet Flower Hat and Scarf Set Pattern Info:
It just so happens the scarf pattern is a Stay@Home Stitchings original. That being said, I did have a little help in the flower fringe design using the book Crochet Borders book you see pictured below. The image is a link to the book on Amazon. If you would like the complete flower fringe textured crochet scarf pattern you can find the link to the pattern here.
The hat was created from my Ninja Turtle Newsboy Hat and/or Beanie Pattern. Instead of doing the ties, as in the Ninja Turtle Pattern, I crocheted a flower instead. You can find my 3 Layer Flower Pattern that I shared on another post. You can also find my pattern for my Flower and Car Fringe Textured Scarf Pattern which I designed to go with this hat to make a beautiful textured set to give as a set.
Originally this pattern was inpired by: Brookside Newsboy Cap by Cyprianne Nolan
This was a great pattern, but I did run into a few issues with the sizing of it not working out for me. I recreated the pattern later for myself in the form of the Ninja Turtle hat and recalculated the stitches for what worked better for me.
However, I never wrote that pattern out for the flower version out of respect for the original designer. Because it was too close to her creation and I didn’t want to infringe on that in any way. I do use my Ninja Turtle pattern for the flower hat and just adjust the striping accordingly, but you can’t go wrong with either one. Without a doubt, she has some really awesome designs and is definitely worth checking out.
For the flower part of this hat I used the pattern I created: Free 3 Layer Flower Pattern. However it would be easy to exchange it for a whole new look. There is a great book called 200 Crochet Flowers, Embellishments & Trims that has all sorts of other options to choose from. Click the link below to take you to it on Amazon:
Yarn used for the crochet flower hat and scarf set:
White: Caron Simply Soft Party Yarn in the Snow colorway
Dark Pink: Lion Brand Pound of love in Bubblegum. To be honest, this color is not as easily found today as when I stitched this scarf years ago. Have no fear, though. Undoubtedly any worsted weight yarn will work well for this project.
Light Pink and Brown: I do not have these two colors documented as to what I used. Chances are it was Lion Brand Pound of Love, Vanna’s Choice or Wool-Ease but I do not want to specify in case I am not remembering correctly.
Another good substitute would be any worsted weight yarn..
Great yarn websites to check out would be: LoveCrafts, Lion Brand, Knitpicks/We Crochet and Knitcrate.
A good place to check out to see if you could find good yarn sales are the Lion Brand Website or the Create For Less website. Knit Picks also has a variety of worsted weight yarns to choose from that I will also share links for below that you could use to stitch this up as well. The list won’t be exhaustive, so make sure to check out their website yourself if you don’t find anything I’ve shared to be what you’re looking for. They definitely have a LOT more options than just what’s posted here.
What hooks and tools are needed to make this crochet project?
For this project I used U.S. Size I (5.5 0 mm), J (6.0mm) and K (6.5mm) hooks.
Something else that comes in handy if you decide you’d like to stitch these sets up for yourself is a good set of crochet hooks. My favorite brand to use are the Knit Picks brand.
I also have a cute little set from Amazon that I love too. You can buy this one fairly inexpensively and it comes with some tools and notions that will be helpful too. Several buying options to choose from and I don’t think you can go wrong with any of them. 🙂 I also have the light up set pictured below. I love that it’s rechargeable!
Make it even more fun and get the whole beginner crochet kit.
Additional Tools for when your wrists and/or hands ache
If you are like me and you knit and crochet a lot, something that I have found is useful at times is a pair of stress relief gloves. I own a few different kinds, but I do think any of them is better than not using anything at all if your hands and wrists are bothering you. I’ll include a few links for you to check out.
Need a little more help?
In conclusion, that should be about all you need if you want to try this one out. If you feel like you might need a little extra assistance and want online classes to help you, check out the link below for Annie’s and Crafty websites. I take online classes often to improve and advance my skills. You can always learn something new!
I taught myself to knit and crochet through kits that I found at my local craft store, so there is always that option as well. I’ll share links to kits similar to what I used that you can also find on Amazon if you can’t find at your local craft store or can’t get to one soon.
Please let me know if you have any questions or need any help. If you are more interested in custom ordering one already made, you can contact me for that as well. I still sell the finished items. You can contact me here or find me in my Etsy shop: Stay@Home Stitchings
Happy Stitching!
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~Mindy~
