Striped Beanie Crochet Pattern

I made beanies for all the men in my family this past Christmas. I come from a big family, so it meant lots of hats. If that wasn't bad enough, I decided last-minute to make one each for two of my nieces. It  was crazy. My poor husband had to put up with crochet stuff all over the house, since I don't have a craft room (yet). Now that it's the second week of January, I think I've cleaned up all the little pieces of yarn from around the house, most of which came from my toddler getting crazy with the scissors when my back was turned.

I got the pattern from Colie's Crochet. I loved how simple it was, and that she has patterns for pretty much any head size you could need a head for. I mostly made the medium and large adult sizes. I found that I had to take about an inch off the length of the large hat size, but otherwise the hats fit perfectly. I used Red Heart With Love yarn for most of the hats. The soft green pictured above isn't red heart, but it was a worsted weight I found at Joann's.

I made all the hats with three colors, but didn't finish them all the same. Some had two colors at the bottom, like this green one. Others had the single line, like in the pattern. Others had several rows of single crochet in alternating colors. I'll try to get more pictures up soon.

Christmas Crochet Presents

I learned how to crochet as a teenager. I think I learned how to make a scarf, and a little Christmas stocking. I'm pretty sure they both looked meh. Over the next few years, I made a scarf for myself, which I never wore, and one for a boyfriend, which he probably never wore. One year, I attempted to make animal hats for a couple of my siblings. I finished an owl hat, but I still have an unfinished monkey hat and duck hat in my closet.  It's been two years, and I'll probably never finish them. This last Christmas, I made a beanie for each of the men in my family, and an infinity scarf for the women. They turned out pretty well, and somehow I was able to make close to 30 of them in just over a month. It was insane.

Anyway, here is one of the beanies I made. I'm sorry it's not a great picture. I got the pattern from Colie's Crochet. She's provided a pattern for every size you could ever need. The smaller hats I made for my nieces took 1-3 hours. The larger ones took 3-5, but mostly because I had issues issues with the hat widths being inconsistent as I crocheted.

I don't have a picture of any of the scarves I made, unfortunately, but they looked great! I got the pattern from Rookie Crafter. Another simple pattern, but I loved the way the scarves look. They took 1 1/2 to 2 hours to make, which was great. 

I'll make individual posts for the two patterns in the future, with better pictures, and with any tips I think might be useful.