Last winter, to celebrate the upcoming birth of my good friend's baby girl, I decided I would try to crochet her some tuques.
I've been crocheting for years but had never done more than granny squares and a few failed attempts at other items. Being a perfectionist, nothing ever worked. Then I found an amazing blog that I am now obsessed with: Repeat Crafter Me.
Her patterns are fairly simple and absolutely adorable. The first two I tried were:
the owl
and the penguin.
They turned out super cute and everyone loved them but my sizing was off :(. I apparently crochet very tight so I changed my hook to 5.5mm {I/9} (she uses 5.0mm {H/8} in her patterns) and now my tuques fit a whole lot better. Here are some variations in colour and style of the two patterns:
Some other patterns I've enjoyed and that have been a huge hit are:
the lamb
and her newest pattern: the shark.
I now use the penguin pattern to make any hats I come up with on my own. But I'll save that for another day.
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