Bernat Hats, Scarves and Mittens - 1977

This is a post about hats that didn't work. I was definitely in a mood when I pulled this booklet out and started figuring out what I wanted to make. I tried several patterns in this booklet and either they didn't work out well or I was bored with the pattern.

The booklet has 27 patterns or sets. Two are Tunisian crochet, and another 10 are regular crochet. I tried three of the regular crochet patterns.

I had bulky yarn so I thought I'd try this one:

So boring.

I think this would have been fine, but I'd already made hats similar to this and it seemed like it was going to be pretty boring. It's a rectangle that you seam up and then gather at the top. Yawn.

On to the next pattern. This one seemed different than the other hats I've done and used bulky yarn and a K hook. 

Maybe some day with the right yarn, but probably not.

​I started it and somewhere around round four things didn't quite line up. I probably could have figured it out but my patience was low that day and I realized that not only was the pattern frustrating but I also didn't like the yarn I was using for this project. I ripped it out.

For my last try from the booklet, I thought I'd try this cute popcorn hat. I really thought this one would be ok but about a quarter of the through using an E hook with Red Heart Super Saver my hands said nope! 

popcorn hell

I didn't try any of the other seven crochet hats for various reasons.

This first set are the hats that seemed like they would be really boring to make:

This second set had several different issues. I didn't have the yarn for the first one. I didn't love the braid on the second one. The third holds together two strands of sport weight yarn and I don't like doing that and I'm not sure I had enough yarn for this hat in that weight.

​Last is the granny square hat. This didn't look like it fit quite right so I wasn't willing to risk the time, yarn and sewing ends in for it. 

Next week I will have one last hat and then I'll start wrapping the year of the hat up and planning for next year.