http://www.crochetnow.co.uk | 55Aran 5mm
★ Beginner friendly
Yarn used
Caron Simply Soft Heathers
1 ball in Grey Heather 9509 (MC)
Caron Simply Soft
1 ball each in Cobalt Blue 9784 (CC1) &
Harvest Red 9763 (CC2)
Available from
http://www.woolwarehouse.co.ukAbout the yarn
Simply Soft Heathers
Aran; 228m per 141.7g ball; 100% acrylic
Simply Soft
Aran; 288m per 170g ball; 100% acrylicTension
15 sts x 9 rows = 10cm measured over trHook used
5mmOther supplies
tapestry needle
pompom maker, 6cmSizing
20cm in height, 50cm circumferenceStart crocheting
Turning chains do not count as a stitch.
Do not cut your MC yarn when making the
stripes, you can simply carry it over. Join
the new colour when you yarn around to
make the last slipstitch.
With MC, chain 34.
Row 1: Starting in 2nd ch from hook, 9 htr,
2 tr in next st, 3 tr, 1 tr3tog, 3 tr, 3 tr in
next st, 3 tr, 1 tr3tog, 3 tr, 2 htr in next st,
1 dc, 2 sl st. Turn. 33 sts
Row 2: 1 ch (does not count as a st here
and throughout), 2 sl st, 1 dc, 2 htr in
next st, 3 tr, 1 tr3tog, 3 tr, 3 tr in next st,
3 tr, 1 tr3tog, 3 tr, 2 tr in next st, 9 htr in
BLO. Turn.
Row 3: 1 ch, 9 htr in BLO, 2 tr in next st,
3 tr, 1 tr3tog, 3 tr, 3 tr in next st, 3 tr,
1 tr3tog, 3 tr, 2 htr in next st, 1 dc,
2 sl st. Turn.
Rows 4-15: Rep rows 2-3.
Rows 16-17: With CC1, rep rows 2-3.
Rows 18-19: With MC, rep rows 2-3.
Rows 20-21: With CC2, rep rows 2-3.
Rows 22-45: With MC, rep rows 2-3.
Row 46: Rep Row 2.
Fasten off, leaving a 60cm tail.Finishing
Sew side seam with tail using mattress
stitch. Once you have reached thetop, close the hole by threading into the
top of every second rib and pull to close.
Weave in ends. Make a pompom with
CC2 and fasten to the top of the hatDesigned byMylène Kummerling
P O P WAV E S
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Special abbreviations
Treble 3 together (tr3tog): [Yrh,
insert hook into next st, yrh, pul, yrh,
draw through 2 loops] 3 times, yrh,
draw through all 4 loops on hook