Celebrate – Knitted and Crocheted Party Hats
Happy Birthday Petite Purls! You are a great magazine and your first birthday issue is fantastic.
A few months ago I sent co-editors Brandy and Allegra a goofy tweet saying they should knit party hats to celebrate. I almost immediately got an e-mail asking me if I would be willing to design the hat in Petite Purls colors. No problem!
Photo by Brandy Fortune
I had no problem envisioning how to make a crocheted hats – spots and a shell edge seemed like a must. But they wanted a knit hat too. So I spent far too much time trying to make the same crocheted hat into knit. Nothing looked right. I must have swatched 5-6 times. Then I remembered something I already knew. Knit and crochet are different. Trying to design the same way for both crafts just will not work.
Photo by Brandy Fortune
So out went the shells and spots and in came a ruffled edge and french knots to quilt the layers together (a step that the stiffer crocheted fabric did not need). The knit hat was also worked differently. For the crocheted hat you started at the tip of the hat and increased while for the knit it made more sense to start at the base of the hat and decrease on the way up.
Photo by Brandy Fortune
It was a fun challenge. I hope you guys enjoy the patterns. And they are free!
Celebrate – Knit | Celebrate – Crochet
Later I will share how this was the most redonkulous photo shoot ever.
Lies
I love them! They’ve just brightened up my day
Randi
I came over from Petite Purls … this hat design is fantastic and I’m definitely making the knit version for my baby’s first birthday this fall. Thanks for sharing!
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Joan Granger
I’m a beginner crochet worker and I would love to try this hat. I know how to single crochet, double crochet and slip stitch. What I don’t know the meaning of is the initials MC and CC – hope it doesn’t show my ignorance too much but please explain.
Carrie
Joan~ MC is main color
Ganxetades
Great pattern!! I try it, is wonderful!
Thanks
Dedri
These hats are brilliant. They are the kind of thing you have to make as soon as you see it!
Thank you for the free patterns.
I adore your site and esp. your beautiful patterns
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