So here are the promised pics of the beanies I hooked up last week. The pattern is called the Brain Waves Beanie by Liz McQueen.
I made both my boys an adult sized hat from the FREE pattern, which has lots of clear instructions and is easy to follow. The only thing I didn’t have was the stated yarn weight so made these ones from my trusted stylecraft DK Special… it took me a couple of attempts to get the guage correct because of this and my first try was disappointingly huge!! So I came down a couple of hook sizes and used a 4.5mm hook and crocheted using the yarn double stranded… which as you can see has made up a dense, snug fitting hat.
Love the hats, they are gorgeous and thanks for the note tips, I rarely have anything thicker than a dk weight yarn here so it’s good to know about what hook size and holding it double to get such a great fit.
Fun hats for them.
Wow, those hats are fabulous. I love the waves effect, it’s always interesting to read modifications to a pattern, using the yarn doubled has made it a perfect fit.
These look fantastic! I may make some of these for my kiddos!
It’s a great pattern… Free to which is always a bonus xx
Finally catching up. Love the beanie