Little Alawa - Crochet Pocahontas hat for baby and children. Piece is worked with braids and feathers. Size 1 - 10 years.


Little Alawa

Crochet Pocahontas hat for baby and children. Piece is worked with braids and feathers. Size 1 - 10 years. DROPS Extra 0-1074 DROPS design: Pattern no ee-130-bn Yarn group E or C + C ---------------------------------------------------------- Size: 1/2 - 3/4 - 5/6 - 7/8 - 9/10 years Head circumference: 44/50 – 50/52 – 52/53 – 53/54 – 54/55 cm. Materials: DROPS SNOW from Garnstudio 250 g for all sizes in colour no 02, black 50 g for all sizes in colour no 26, hot pink 50 g for all sizes in colour no 54, medium purple 50 g for all sizes in colour no 35, lime Accessories: Black elastic cord (approx. 2 mm in width) for hat edge. DROPS CROCHET HOOK SIZE 6 mm – or size needed to get 12 htr x 9 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
CROCHET INFO: Replace first htr on round/row with 2 ch. Finish every round with 1 sl st in 2nd ch from beg of round. COLOUR CHANGE: Crochet last sl st on the last round with the colour of next round to get a nice colour change. CROCHET 3 HTR TOG: Make 1 YO, insert hook in next st, get yarn, * make 1 YO, insert hook in same st, get yarn , repeat from -* 1 more time, make 1 YO and pull yarn through all sts on hook. TIP: If you want the feathers can be stiffened with some steel wire but this is not recommended when hat is used for play. ---------------------------------------------------------- HAT: The piece is worked top down. Work 4 ch on hook size 6 mm with black and form a ring with 1 sl st in first ch. READ CROCHET INFO! ROUND 1: Work 8 htr in the ch-ring. ROUND 2: Work 2 htr in every htr the entire round = 16 htr. ROUND 3: Work 1 htr in first htr, * 2 htr in next htr, 1 htr in next htr , repeat from -* the entire round and finish with 2 htr in last htr = 24 htr. REMEMBER THE CROCHET TENSION! ROUND 4: Work 1 htr in each of the first 2 htr, * 2 htr in next htr, 1 htr in each of the next 2 htr , repeat from -* the entire round and finish with 2 htr in last htr = 32 htr. ROUND 5: Work 1 htr in each of the first 3 htr, * 2 htr in next htr, 1 htr in each of the next 3 htr , repeat from -* the entire round and finish with 2 htr in last htr = 40 htr. ROUND 6: Work 1 htr in each of the first 4 htr, * 2 htr in next htr, 1 htr in each of the next 4 htr , repeat from -* the entire round and finish with 2 htr in last htr = 48 htr. ROUND 7: Work 1 htr in every htr while AT THE SAME TIME inc 0-2-4-4-6 htr evenly = 48-50-52-52-54 htr. ROUND 8: Work 1 htr in every htr the entire round. Repeat 8th round 2-3-4-4-6 more times = 10-11-12-12-13 rounds. Work next round as follows: Work 1 htr in every htr while AT THE SAME TIME inc 4 htr evenly and switch to hot pink for next round - READ COLOUR CHANGE = 52-54-56-56-58 htr. Now work pattern as follows: ROUND 1: REMEMBER CROCHET INFO! Work 1 htr in back loop of every htr the entire round with hot pink, switch to lime. ROUND 2: Work 1 htr in back loop of first htr, 1 ch, 3 HTR TOG – see explanation above - in back loop of next htr, 2 ch, skip 1 htr, * 3 htr tog in back loop of next htr, 2 ch, skip 1 htr , repeat from -* until 1 htr remains on round before, work 3 htr tog in back loop of last htr, switch to medium purple = 26-27-28-28-29 htr groups. ROUND 3: Work 1 htr in first htr, 1 htr in next htr, * 1 htr in next ch-space, 1 htr in next htr , repeat from -* the entire round, switch to hot pink = 52-54-56-56-58 htr. ROUND 4: Work 1 htr in back loop of every htr the entire round with hot pink, switch to black. ROUND 5: Work 1 htr in back loop of every htr the entire round. ROUND 6: Work 1 htr in every htr the entire round. Fasten off. Hat measures approx. 18-19-20-20-22 cm from the top. FEATHER: Worked back and forth on hook size 6 mm with hot pink. ROW 1: Work 5 ch (= 1 ch + 1 htr + 2 ch), 1 htr in first ch worked. Turn. ROW 2: Work 2 ch (= 1 htr), in ch-space work 1 htr + 2 ch + 1 htr, work 1 htr in last htr (i.e. in 3rd ch from beg of previous row). Turn. Repeat 2nd row 5 more times. ROW 8: Work 2 ch (= 1 htr), in ch-space work 1 tr + 1 dtr + 1 ch + 1 dtr + 1 tr, 1 htr in last htr (i.e. in 2nd ch from beg of previous row). Fasten off. Work a medium purple feather the same way but work 2nd row 8 times in total. RIBBON: Worked back and forth on hook size 6 mm with lime. ROW 1: Work 6 ch (= 1 htr + 4 ch), work 1 htr in 3rd ch from hook, 2 ch, skip 1 ch, 1 htr in each of the last 2 ch. Turn. ROW 2: Work 2 ch (= 1 htr), in ch-space work 1 htr + 2 ch + 1 htr, 1 htr in last htr (i.e. in 2nd ch from beg of previous row). Turn. Repeat 2nd row 3 more times. ROW 6: Work 2 ch (= 1 htr), in ch-space work 1 htr + 1 ch + 1 htr, 1 htr in last htr (i.e. in 2nd ch from beg of previous row). Fasten off. Work another ribbon the same way. FLOWER: Work 4 ch on hook size 6 mm with lime and form a ring with 1 sl st in first ch. ROUND 1: Work 2 ch (= 1 htr), 9 htr in ring, switch to medium purple. ROUND 2: Work 3 ch, 2 tr in first htr, 3 ch, 1 sl st in next htr, * 3 ch, 2 tr in next tr, 3 ch, 1 sl st in next htr , repeat from -* 2 more times, 3 ch, 2 tr in next tr, 3 ch, 1 sl st in 1st ch from beg of round. Fasten off. BRAID: Cut 21 lengths with black, 100 cm each. Fold them double and tie a short length of yarn around the fold. Divide into 3 equal parts and braid the parts. Tie a short length of yarn around the brain approx. 10 cm from the end. Make another braid the same way. ASSEMBLY: Sew the braids on the inside of the hat, one each side of the forehead approx. 16-17-17-18-18 cm apart. Sew the ribbons tog into rings and fasten around the end of the braids. Place the medium purple feather behind the hot pink feather against the edge on the upper hot pink round on hat and fasten - NOTE: Sew approx. 3/4 of each feather on to hat so that only upper part of each feather is loose. Sew feathers on to right side of hat - see photo. Fasten flower through all layers. Add 2 elastic cords from WS of hat to keep it in place as follows: Use a tapestry needle and weave in the elastic cord. One just over the top hot pink round and a second one just above the cast-off edge. Make a knot to fasten the elastic cord at desired length.
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