Crochet Womens Peeked Hat

The Crochet Crowd Challenge For January 2015
Women's Peeked Hat

As one of my New Years Resolutions I decided I wanted to participate in (hopefully) all of The Crochet Crowds (facebook crochet group) monthly challenges.  January was a beautiful crochet peeked hat. Link to pattern  crochetchallenges.com/next-challenge-january-2015 peeked hat

The challenge is obviously closed but if you go down to the picture and click on it it will take you to the written pattern or you can use the video tutorials just below the picture link.

Here is my first hat. I used Caron Simply Soft yarn but again don't have the color name I added some crisp white buttons. This hat turned out a little small for my head but it fit my daughters.



So I decided to make my daughter one in pink. Seriously, she saw the pink yarn and didn't want to leave my side. As soon as the hat was off my hook she had it on her head and I cant seem to hide the thing well enough. She always seems to find it and even wears it to bed at night.



And then I finally decided to make one for myself to match my chevron scarf I had made a few months earlier. I used Caron simply soft in a bright aqua and white with two white buttons.





These were a lot of fun to make and not too hard once you have the pattern figured out.

Thanks for looking and enjoy

Happiness is Homemade
Alyssa

Minion Hats

Minion Hats

These hats I made for three special kids that I love and miss. These hats were sent to Miami to my dear friends grandchildren.

I looked for minion hat patterns but didn't like anything I found so I went with what I know. All I did was crochet a basic double crochet childrens beanie. I counted how many rows I had to work with and sorta guessed about were to change colors.

I did, however, use a pattern for the eyes. Link www.repeatcrafterme.com crochet-minion-hat-pattern
It is a great full hat pattern but I didn't need really warm hats. I did make a small change to the eye pattern. I did a button instead of crocheting in black. So all I did was follow the pattern starting in brown instead of black. Super easy.

The boys are twins so I really wanted two hats that looked the same but could be told apart. How easy! The number of eyeballs.



After making these two amazing hats I had to make one for their little sister. Her hair is just a small bit on top with a small bow. Its so cute!



Now for my favorite part! Picture of the people I love enjoying the things I have created for them. So glad these minions are happy.




This was a easy fun project that I would love to do again. Maybe one for my daughter :) I had a lot of creative freedom and really enjoyed putting these together.

Thanks for looking and enjoy

Happiness is Homemade
Alyssa

Chevron Lace wrap

Chevron Lace Scarf

Alright, so I have finally settled into our new apartment in Denver Colorado and now have time to update and post all of the things I have made over the past.....4-5 months. Wow, I haven't posted in a very long time. Anyways here we go.

The first one I made was for my best friend. She wanted something black that would match a lot of her stuff. She is a Florida girl so I needed to find a pattern that was light and full of beautiful holes. I was so excited to finish this scarf and give it to her that I didn't even snap a really good picture. Oh well. This one will do.

I found the crochet pattern on Ravelry for free. Here is the link.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/chevron-lace-wrap


Things I did differently

After starting this pattern I quickly found out that this scarf pattern was not looking like a scarf at all but more like a blanket so I had to cut down my foundation chains to 51 and followed the chart (or written pattern).




After the first scarf I decided to make a few more but with a slightly thicker yarn so I cut down my foundation chain to 31 and followed the pattern.

This one I made as a (very late) Christmas gift for a dear friend in Miami Fl. She had asked a few months earlier if I would make her some hat and scarf sets, but more on those later. This is a dark purple yarn I found for cheap in a little thrift shop (oh I bought so much yarn there) in Warren Ohio. I finished it with some leftover white thick fluffy yarn.





This next one was sent along in the package to Miami.





This one is for an amazing lady I use to know in high school. I held onto this red yarn for so long before making it into this beautiful scarf. The red is hand dyed 100% wool and I added some leftover Lion Brand Homespun thick&quick (Its black and grey but I don't have the color name).






And then, after what felt like months of want a pretty scarf of my own I finally had the time!
Bought this yarn on a great sale at Michael's its Red Heart Soft Yarn in Deep sea and I added the white fluffy yarn around the edges. Its my favorite scarf!






This pattern took a little while for me to get use to but after a few rows I got the hang of it. This is such a beautiful pattern and its really not that much work. I know I will be making more of these.

Thanks for looking and enjoy!

Happiness is Homemade
Alyssa