ice flower hat

Ice Flower Hat

caciula flori de gheataNecessary materials:

– 200 g blue thread (50% alpaca, 50% lana, 185m/50g);
– 100 g each of red and blue thread (41% lana, 59% acrylic, 185 m/50g);
– Andrele no. 3.5;
– Andrele set no. 3;
– Crochet hook no. 2.5.

Description of the work: Cast on 84 stitches on needles no. 3.5 and knit elastic stitch as follows: 4 rows with blue thread, 4 rows with red thread, 4 rows with blue thread, 18 rows with red thread, 4 rows with blue thread.

After 34 knitted rows, will knit jersey point knitting together stitches 3 and 4 in every 2nd row 5 times.

Through the frames threads pass the working thread, the thread is tightened and fixed on the back side of the work. The back seam of the hat is made.

The bottom edges of the hat are finished with blue thread with 1 row crochet without jeteu and 1 row crochet stitches with jeteu.

On 26 central stitches on the front and back sides with blue thread will knit 2 rows crochet without jeteu.

For earwigs, on 17 crochet stitches without jeteu on the sides will alternately crochet 1 row stilts with no jeteu and 1 row crochet with jeteu subtracting stitches from the sides amblele: 17, 14, 12, 9, 7, 5 crochet stitches.

After that, all around it will crochet with blue thread 1 row crochet crochet without jeteu and with red thread (the thread in two) 1 row crochet stitches without jeteu- every 3rd crochet will crochet by inserting the crochet 1 row above.

They will crochet 3 flowers in the following way: With red thread is crocheted a chain of 5 stitches and closes in a circle through a connecting crochet.

Row 1: 20 crochet stitches with jeteu. Row 2: with blue thread 20 crochet stitches without jeteu. Row 3: with blue thread – 1 chain eye for lifting, * 2 crochet stitches with jeteu, 2 legs with 2 jets, 2 crochet stitches in one eye at the base, 1 crochet without jeteu in the next crochet with jeteu. Repeat from *.

The flowers will be sewn one on the ears and one on the top of the hat. The stems and leaves of the flowers will be sewn with blue thread in the form of a chain (see the picture).

From red and blue thread will be made 2 tassels of length 9-10 cm and will be fixed in the center of the flower at the top of the hat.