CROCHET BEANIES

 Hello everyone! Welcome back to another beautiful Monday. It has been a while since I made a beanie, I almost thought I had forgotten how to. I got a rush order to make 3 in a day. I am always skeptical about making rush orders because I feel something will go wrong somewhere, however, I couldn’t decline this one because it came from a close friend.  Lucky for me I had most of the colors she requested. I had to mix the yellow with a darker shade because I did not have enough of the light yellow. The urgency of the project made me just go with the regular beanie pattern but with a little difference.  My go-to stitch for beanie is HDC, so I stuck with that. I saw a YouTube video that helps reduce the bulge when we close up the hat and all I can say is, I am hooked, the final result is amazing. I used to hate how hard it was to close up the hat and deal with the bulge that comes with it. I am just happy I discovered this new pattern, it also consumes less yarn and time! I just love it.  Although I discovered this pattern after I was done making the black beanie, for the black I tried to use HDC in the main body of the beanie and SS around the closing of the hat, which also worked fine but I prefer this new pattern.  The pattern just involves working up the stitch to the closing slowly while building the beanie itself. By the time I had gotten my desired size, I only had to close up 4 stitches at the top of the hat, so it had a seamless joining which I love.  Each of the beanies took around 4 hours to complete, and with that, I was able to meet the deadline. While that is great, I don’t like having to rush orders because that would mean I can’t take breaks in between and it gets tiring. Nevertheless, I am happy I was able to meet up with the deadline without making any mistakes. I love the final look of the beanies and I hope you like them too.  Thanks for stopping by❤