When You Screw Up Hat Measurements...
So there I was, attempting to make a hat for my husband, and I ended up WAY over-guessing the size of his head. Instead of ripping out the stitches like a normal, sane person, I continued with it in the hope that it would miraculously become what I had originally intended. It didn't. :(
As I looked at it with a frown of the eyebrows, I noticed it had begun looking very "frenchie" in style, and I realized that if I decreased the stitches a bit as I continued, I would be making myself a very French Beret. Add a fuzzy rim or ribbon around the rim and YAY!!! I had myself a cute French beret to wear out in public!
So my tip is this: When you screw up measurements on a hat, don't count it out. You might just end up making something terribly creative, one-of-a-kind and beautiful.
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Just a 27-year old traveler and lover of textiles! I started crocheting as soon as I got a glasses prescription at the age of 6, and haven't stopped since!
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I have done this before- my kids stopped buying my line that if it's nice & loose, they won't get "hat head"!
Another way to fix it is to use a piece of ribbon or yarn run up the back of the hat from top to bottom- tie it to the inside top- and pull it to scrunch it up.
Lisa
Ooooh. I love the vertical ribbon idea. I suppose you could also run it on the outside of the hat and scrunch it from the bottom for a very Bohemian/flowerchild look!
Breezy
Or you could finish it and give it to someone with a big head. :)
Very cute hat! Has anyone ever mentioned that you look quite a bit like Barbra Streisand?
No they haven't! But I'm going to take that as a compliment!
Breezy
Sometimes when my hat turns out too large at the bottom, I run some elasticized thread through (clear, like the kind used in jewelry making).