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Columbia Minerva Bucket Hat 1972

5/29/2022

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​This week's hat comes from Columbia Minerva's "Teach Yourself to Crochet", published in 1972. The booklet has a lot of adorable patterns that look fun to make. Before we get to the bucket hat here are a few of the pattern photos from the booklet.
​First the ones that have dog sweaters in the pictures:
Columbia Minerva Sailor Dog Coat (worn by a cute poodle) and Ribbed Cardigan in blue worn by a woman
Columbia Minerva belt and bag in red white and blue.  Dog sweater with stripe worn by a Yorkie

​Cardigans and Blazers:
Columbia Minerva His and Hers Cardigans in cream with brown buttons
Columbia Minerva Shell Cardigan 777-14 in Gray, CM Blazer in777-15 Blue with Pink Stripes and large shell buttons

​A Shawl, Poncho and Shrink:
Blue/Purple Shawl 777-16 with long fringe. Bright Pink Poncho 777-17 with fringe
Columbia Minerva Shrink 777-9 in brown, orange, cram and pink

There aren't a lot of hats in the June magazines so I might make these in June:
Columbia Minerva 777-5 Hat and Belted bag in purple with a turquoise stripe and pink and yellow flowers.  Worn by a woman with long hair and a yellow turtle neck ribbed sweater
Columbia Minerva Hooded Scarf and Mittens 777-6.  Pink, cream and brown stripes worn by a blond woman in a suede jacket.

​And here's the bucket hat that I made for this week's hat pattern:
Columbia Minerva Hat, Scarf and Mittens 777-10.  Orange and yellow.
This hat uses worsted weight yarn in two colors and an H hook for the hat.  It does give a gauge for a G hook that you use for the mittens but not the H hook. I had yellow and orange yarn that matches this photo pretty closely. The yellow is Impeccable and the orange is Lion Brand Basic Stitch.

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​The hat is worked from the bottom to the top. Then the brim is crocheted on using the other side of the starting chain at the bottom of the hat.

​This was pretty easy to follow and the only quibble I have with the pattern is that it tells you, "work in pat, dec'ing 4 hdc groups evenly spaced around" which means the crocheter has to do that math for that. Since this is a beginner book I was a little surprised by those instructions. 






This turned out to be almost exactly like the photo and is a super cute hat.  I'm giving this hat 5 stars. It was easy to follow the pattern. It's cute and functional. Above all, it fits!
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2 Comments
Felicia
6/4/2022 06:37:29 pm

Youri bucket hat turned out so cute!!! That blazer pattern is amazing - maybe you'll give that a try someday. 😀

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Alana
6/4/2022 08:14:39 pm

It really is an awesome blazer. Maybe someday.
I was wondering if I could get my cat to wear one of the dog outfits. She's probably toy poodle sized :)

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    I'm from Minnesota and have been crocheting since 2003.  I inherited a box full of Workbasket Magazines from my mother-in-law and became obsessed with the vintage patterns.  

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