In December I made a hat using the crocheted crocodile stitch. I thought it would make a nice spring or fall hat, since it's so light, yet it has proved to be amazingly warm so have worn it almost every day since making it. I do live in Northern Minnesota, so that's saying something. Granted, it's been a milder than normal winter but even when we had a week of brutal cold this hat still made the grade.
I am stopped constantly with people commenting on my hat. Crocheters and non-crocheters are drawn to it and tell me how much they love it. For the crocheters I usually end up giving them a quick explanation of how it's made.
I find making them extremely addicting. I used the Unforgettable yarn because I had a skein on hand and sat down to figure out how I wanted the hat to look. The first one I made was small, perfect practice size and I have several granddaughters so it was destined to be a gift for one of the girls.
The second one I made is the one I wear every day. It is so fun to make and so fun to wear.
I need a better method to display hats, I guess. I could take a selfie of myself wearing it, I guess. In a world of people posing selfies all the time I don't like plastering my face everywhere so avoid it. This is a plastic bowl tipped over a glass vase in the picture above. It works. I do have an ugly, plain, white Styrofoam head but I keep meaning to jazz it up somehow so it's put away for now.
The green hat has been steam blocked. Notice how nice the petals lay. The steam gives the yarn a nice sheen as well. The other two hats in this photo have not been blocked yet and though they still look nice, blocking really makes a noticeable difference. It's good to block.
I have not decided yet whether to put the pattern on here or up in the shop. It depends on how much interest in it. I will write up the pattern and post it at one of the two places.
