Ladies’ “Pansy” Hat Crocheted of Gray Utopia Alpaca and Gray and Lavender Chenille, No. 578

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Model No. 578

MATERIALS

3 balls Gray Alpaca Yarn. About 1 skein of various colors Shetland Floss. 3 skeins Dark Green Chenille. 2 skeins Purple Chenille. Round sailor hat shape and green satin lining. Crochet Hook No. 4.

DIRECTIONS

For top of hat (crown)—With gr. y. ch. 14 sts., wk. all around ch. with triple cro., made short to give twisted effect, inc. in e. end to have 5 sts., wk. 3 in center and 2 on either side of it, 9 single sts. on e. side, makes 28 sts. all around. Second row, popcorn 71st., and for inc. wk. 4 ch. and 1 s. c. in same sp., 1 s. c. in next st., and so on to circle the r., close e. r. with tight sl. st. Third row, tr. cro., no inc. Fourth row, popcorn st., as described. Fifth row, like third. Sixth row, like fourth, but popcorn is closed in st. next to it with s. c., not in same space, as no inc. is needed on fol. 5 popcorn rs. and 6 tr. cro. rs. 2 s. c. between e. popcorn.

For Brim—Inc. on 6th popcorn r. in same manner as top of crown, wk. to edge fol. patt., inc. as required for frame used. For under brim, ch. cir. as large as head size of hat, wk. outward to edge. 1 r. pl. d. c., 1 r. s. c. with No. 4 gr. chenille, re. pl. d. c. and chenille s. c. rs. to edge., inc. as needed, sew firmly over outer edge, dr. complete hat over frame smoothly, first finish last r. with che. (che.: chenille) s. c., sew over under brim closely, tack around lower part of crown.

For Trim—Wk. several different colored pansies and leaves and dispose around hat according to taste.

For Pansies—Ch. 3 for sm. cir., cro. 3 ch. st. lps. into it, wk. 7 d. c. shells into e., then 2 4-ch. lps. back of these, wk. 9 d. c. in e., turn, cro. 1 h. d. c. in e. st. of last 2 petals to enlarge, tip all 5 with lav. che. No. 2, wk. yel. centers of ch. st. E. pansy may be made with 2 col. of Shetland Floss.