Day 27: Create something using a jumbo hook
That’s my jumbo hook, which you may have seen in the posts about broomstick lace and i-cord, shown next to an F-hook for comparison. I have no idea what size my jumbo hook is and it doesn’t really matter all that much because jumbo hook patterns usually are not gauge-critical.
Jumbo Hook Hat
Materials: Jumbo hook
ww yarn in two colors (mine is acrylic)
Hold two strands together and work as one
Start with a magic ring
Rd 1: ch 1, 6 sc into ring, join (6 sc)
Rd2: ch 1, 2 sc into each st, join (12 sc)
Rd3: ch 1, *(2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st)* around, join (18sc)
Rd4: ch 1, *(2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st)* around, join (24 sc)
Rd5+: Do not join, but work in a spiral, sc in each st until desired hat height. (Mine looks to be about 7 rounds of this, so 11 rounds total before the last round)
Last Rd: Sl st in each st and join
This is pretty much your basic sc hat pattern. The amount of rounds you need to increase (rounds 1 through 4) will depend on your hook size, yarn weight, and the circumference of the head for the hat.
And now, some ridiculous self-portraits of me. I’ve decided the hat can be worn two ways.
The first way is like a skull cap. Or in my case, a retro swimming cap look.
And the way I will likely wear it – pulled back on my head so that it looks like a bonnet-type thing or Amish head covering. Good way to hide a bad hair day…or maybe it makes it worse. You decide.
PS It’s my birthday! When I was growing up, on my birthday my mom and dad would blast Birthday by the Beatles on the stereo first thing in the morning.
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