Size charts. Search Bev's Country Cottage Sizes for making various items Charts compiled by Bev Qualheim and friends! Hat sizes Baby measurements Foot Sizes/Lengths Sweater-measurements ages 2-14 Blanket sizes Head/hat Size Chart - knitted or crocheted hats should be made about 1- 1 1/2" smaller around than the head circumference, as the hats should stretch and sizes are not an exact science! If you make it, someone will fit into it. =) April 2010 ~ Help with adding metric equivalents thanks to: Cynde Sadler Dec 2011 ~ Children's Sweater measurements added Metric equivalent converter IMPORTANT!
On newborn hats I plan to fold up about 1" for a brim, on adult hats I usually figure 2" - 3" or so for a brim, but this varies according to personal preference. Preemies (I have been told by many NICU nurses that Bev's Baby Ribs hat ideal hat to knit for preemies and newborns because it has so much stretch and will fit several sizes of babies.) Adult Woman Head Circumference: 21.5" - 22.5" Hat height = 11" Still Trying to Customize Hat Sizes. Yes, I'm still trying to customize hat sizes. Over the last few months, I've gotten numerous comments and questions about hats sizes. Considering we all crochet with different tensions/ gauges, it's impossible to give definite numbers of stitches.
The charts are great but they do not tell us when to stop increasing. This has always been my problem with gifts. If I make something for Ireland, I'll just put it on her head and see how it fits and then adjust from there. But when you have to make a gift, it's tough to guess. I've decided to get all of Ireland's hats that I've made for her since birth to use for my experiment.
This is a general chart, but still pretty helpful...Better than nothing. Age Diameter of circle Newborn 4 inches 3-6 months 5.5 inches 9-12 months 6-6.5 inches 24 months 6.5-6.75 inches Toddler and small child 7 inches Adult woman 7.25-7.5 inches The hat in the photo above will be for a child about a year old. The finished length will also vary according to age. Carina's craftblog: No foundation chain crochet tutorial. No foundation chain crochet tutorial Did you know that you can make crochet rows without the foundation chain?
It was news to me until very recently. But bloody 'ell, what a brilliant concept! The reason this is so great is that when you make a foundation chain first, it can sometimes screw with the tension at the beginning of the project, making it tighter than the rest of it. The ripple blanket I made last year is an example of this. But I had no idea, then, that it didn't have to be like that. Anyway, here's the tutorial. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Now we are starting to see a pattern, right? Here's what a (small) no foundation chain row looks like. And here are example swatches of no foundation chain and foundation chain. Labels: crochet, tutorial scribbled by Carina 5/23/2008 07:00:00 PM Please note: as of December 2009 this blog has moved to carinascraftblog.wardi.dk, and commenting has been disabled on this version of the blog.
Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks pattern by Morgen Dämmerung. Crochet 101 Finish Off. Single Crochet Decrease. Crochet Dictionary page 1 A-F. 25 Crochet Techniques to Learn. Cro-tatting – learn more Continuing on with the series, here is a list of 25 crochet techniques to learn to help jumpstart your crochet creativity. Some of them are specific techniques for traditional crochet and others are variations on traditional crochet. I’ve included seom information on getting started with learning each of these things.
Print out the list, add to it and challenge yourself to learn something new with crochet all of the time! 1. Crochet in the round Do you learn better from words and still photos than video? Many people prefer to use the magic ring to start their in-the-round project. 2. I like the tutorial from Stitch Diva that shows the anatomy of crochet stitch and explains where to put the hook to crochet in either the front or back loop only. 3. The best resource for getting started is the WonderHowTo page that shows a variety of different variations of two color crochet including how to crochet using two threads at once. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.