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Tips for the Crochet Hat Pattern
By Wendy Simons

If you've never worked a crochet hat pattern, you shouldn't be afraid to try. If you've only done flat work before, there isn't much that's different about working in the round. The first thing to do is find the right crochet hat pattern for you. If you need practice, try a child's size hat to limber up. There are many free crochet hat patterns on the Internet.

Before you commit, read through the pattern and make sure that you understand the instructions. Start with something simple. If it starts to go wrong, try another crochet hat pattern before you give up completely. The masses of free patterns on the Internet are a wonderful treasure trove. Just remember that some of the diamonds are unpolished.

Round and Round we go

If you're used to working in rows, the first thing you'll notice on the crochet hat pattern is that you're now working in rounds. If your crochet hat pattern has ear flaps or other flat work, you'll see rows again. Before you begin, find out if the rounds are worked without stopping. Usually they are for a crochet hat pattern.

First you will need something to mark the beginning of the round. A short piece of yarn in a contrasting color is good. You can just work the first stitch of the round around it. When you get back to that stitch, pull out the marker and work around it again. You can use a safety pin or bobby pin just as well. You need to mark the rounds because it's very difficult to spot the beginning of a round after it's been worked over. For counting stitches and shaping, it's a good idea to know where the current round begins.

If you are familiar with reading patterns and know your stitches, you shouldn't have any more problems. A crochet hat pattern can start at the top of the head and get larger or start at the brim and get smaller. Either way, there'll be shaping involved. To add more stitches, the crochet hat pattern will just say to increase.

That only means that you put two stitches into one stitch in the previous round. Decrease is the opposite. Make two stitches into one by starting the stitch and instead of doing the last yarn over, leave the last part of the stitch on the hook and start the next stitch. Yarn over and pull through the last of both stitches. On the next round, the decrease will look just like a normal stitch. Beyond that, all you basically have to do is just follow the directions and have fun.

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Wendy Simons, copywriter for various websites including, The A to Z of (an ambitious project to cover various subjects) and the free article directory from Simply Top.

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