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Tallahassee Crochet Club |
We meet the 2nd Sunday of every month from 4pm to 6pm at Michaels off Magnolia and Apalachee Parkway
in the Craft Room.
Address: 1524 Governors Square Blvd
Tallahassee FL 32301-3020
Come join
the fun!
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Click image for Crochet Me, a free online magazine!
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Crochet Preemie blankets for area hospitals.
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Learn to Crochet Level 1-Beginners
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Learn to Crochet Level 1-Beginners
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Currently, we are crocheting preemie blankets, 15" X 20", for Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. We reached
our goal and donated 106 preemie hats. This is an ongoing project!
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Baby blankets displayed at Watermelon Festival in Monticello, FL, June, 18, 2005.
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Learn to Crochet Level 1-Beginners
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Crochet Level 2-
Adv. Beginner/Int
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Operation Top Knot is our new project. We're crocheting baby hats, booties, blankets, cardigans, and
toys in coordinating yarn to give to the soldiers wives who give birth while their husbands are serving
overseas. Should fit regular sized babies newborn to 9 months. This is an ongoing project!
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2nd Annual Florida FiberIn
September 16 and 17
Orlando, FL
Check back for more details!
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No more green yarn!
Anything, but green yarn!
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106 Preemie hats donated to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Help us make preemie blankets, 15" X 20"!
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One hat fits this little guy as he grows and grows. The hat started out too big, but now it's just
right!
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SINGLE CROCHET PREEMIE HATS
Size F crochet hook and either sport or baby weight yarn. All rows are
worked in back loop only (BLO) to create rib effect. There is more demand for the larger sizes shown
in parentheses.
Chain 21 (25, 29, 32, or 35). Sc in second ch from hook and in each stitch across.
Ch 1 and turn.
Remaining rows: Sc in BLO of each stitch, ch and turn. Continue this pattern for
30 rows (36, 42, 50, or 56). Fasten off leaving a two foot tail. Thread this through a tapestry needle.
Weave in end of stitches, joining sides of row 1 and the last row. Now continue to weave around the top,
pulling tightly and whip stitching to firmly secure the crown. Add a pom or bow.
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Tallahassee Crochet Club member Sandy Knight also likes to knit and sew. Here is her favorite pattern
for a knitted preemie hat.
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KNIT PREEMIE HAT (Sandy Knight)
Comments: I use size 3 needles, and I prefer to use a 24" circular
needled for this project. The sizeof the hat will vary according to the yarn you use. Each baby yarn
is a little different. This project works up quickly--I can do two hats in one evening of TV watching!
Tip: If you're interrupted during knitting, slip a small square of rubberized shelf liner over both needle
tips so the stitches can't slide off! Also, keep a stitch/row counter handy to count your rows.
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Cast on 40 stitches (preferably over both needles at once, then carefully slide one out). If you want
to make a larger hat, always cast on a multiple of 4 for the 2X2 ribbing. This way, you always start
with k2 and end with p2, no matter what row you're working. But remember that if you're making a larger
hat, you'll need to do more than 6 rows of ribbing and 20 rows of straight stockinette, to get the right
proportions!
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Rows 1-6: k2, p2 ribbing (2X2 ribbing is more flexible than 1X1)
Next 20 rows: straight stockinette
Row 21 of stockinette: Decrease-(K3, k2tog)* across
Row 22: purl across
Row 23: Decrease-(K2,
k2tog)* across
Row 23: purl across
Row 25: Decrease-(K2tog)* across
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Cut yarn about 15". Thread onto tapestry needle & pull yarn through remaining stitches; pull until closed.
Sew flat invisible seam, trying not to make a ridge inside. Tie off with starting tail of yarn. Weave
both ends into ribbing; cut flush. Turn cuff up. Add pompom if desired, with knot on outside, attaching
firmly so washing won't loosen it.
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OLD FASHIONED KNITTING BOARD OR
SOCK/SMALL ROUND LOOM CLOWN PREEMIE HAT
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For Old Fashioned Knitting Board Preemie Clown Hat:
1. Start with slip knot. Place it over Rounder
Peg 1.
2. Cast On Row (CO): Continuing to your right, use e-wrap stitch. Wrap around each knitting
peg (to the right and around) until you get back to Rounder Peg 1. Wrap around end tie-off peg.
3.
Push the yarn to the bottom of the knitting pegs.
4. Unwrap yarn from tie-off peg.
5. For rows
1-21, use flat stitch, knitting off one peg at a time.
TERMS:
e-wrap stitch: Keep yarn on
inside of board. Wrap yarn to the right of the knitting peg and back around. Continue. Always used for
cast on row in round knitting.
Flat stitch: Lay the yarn on the outside of the knitting pegs at
the top of the peg. KO. Continue.
KO: take bottom loop over yarn laid loosely at top of knitting
peg.
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6. To end, cut yarn leaving a 15 inch tail. Use Bindoff Method 3 (gathering method).
Bindoff
Method 3
Take the loop off knitting peg 2 (the loop on the left of the knitting board on the bottom
board.) Pull the tail through. Use your fingers to remove the loops off each knitting peg, drawing the
tail through them, one at a time. Continue on around the board until all loops are removed on to the
tail. Pull the yarn tight to gather the end of the hat. Knot and weave in the ends on the inside of the
hat. Roll the edge up on the other end for a brim.
To make a Clown Hat:
Make a large pompon
and tack it to the top of the hat. Make 3 smaller pompons and sew them in a row down the center of the
hat.
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Sock Loom or Small Round Loom Preemie Clown Hat
1. Wrap yarn around notch or peg on outside
of board.
2. Use e-wrap stitch for cast on row. Go completely around the loom.
3. Flat stitch
rows 1-21. It's best to KO one stitch at a time. Flat stitch gets very tight.
4. Bind off with the
gathering method described above.
5. Follow directions above for Clown Hat
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1. Cut a piece of yarn 4" long. Set aside.
2. Hold out your hand and wrap yarn around it approximately
40-50 times. Don't wrap yarn too tight. The more you wrap, the fluffier the pompon.
3. Cut the yarn
from the skein.
4. Hold the yarn in the center and gently pull it off your hand. Take the 4" length
of yarn and tie it around the middle of the pompon. Tie it very tight and knot.
5. Cut loops on both
ends of the pompon. Fluff ends.
6. Trim ends so the pompon is round and even.
7.Tack the pompon
to the top of the hat using a tapestry needle. Cut yarn and knot on inside of hat. Weave in ends.
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What to bring to meetings:
1. Enthusiasm for fiber arts
2. Crochet hooks, scissors, tape measure
3. Current project you're working on or starting
4. Show and tell (optional) -current or past project
5. Crochet sightings--from magazines, web sites, etc.
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