aforementioned hat

Spider Web Slouchy Hat
size G crochet hook
about half a skein of Loops and Threads worsted weight yarn in some sort of rainbow color.

I thought that hat deserved its own post. :]
The hat was made from this lovely pattern:
Ravelry link to the free pattern.
And this is her blog.

By the way, this pattern is free! She's got other free patterns that all look fantastic, so pop over and have a look!


At first, I thought the pattern looked rather complex. But I figured go big or go home, right? So I didn't want to stay in my comfort zone for my first hat.


Next to grannies, this is the easiest project I have ever tackled. I mean it. The entire beret is chaining and double crochet, with some single crochet tacked on both ends. The pattern is simple and very easy to understand, and the hat only took me 3.5 hours, I think.


I started with a magic circle. Since it was my first time attempting a magic circle, I used a tutorial. Look, I'm a link!
So, on to pictures:

As you can see, I had made quite a bit of the hat before it occurred to me to take pictures. Halfway through, I discovered a neat trick: if you lose track of how many you're supposed to chain before the next dc, count out from the center round, starting with zero (when I say "center round," I'm referring to the 12 sc made into the magic circle). When you get to the round you're on, that's the number you have to chain. Sure, it only works for the nine rows after the magic circle, but the hat only has 20 rounds.

A few rows farther. Sorry for the not-fabulous photos; I temporarily lost my brain, and used my phone instead of my lovely camera.

Oh look! It's a hat! I've never actually worn a slouchy hat/beret before, so I'm still experimenting with how to actually wear them. Also, my hair is preposterously red. My mom was horrified.


So yeah! That's the awesomesauce hat. I still managed to do my German homework while crocheting it, though.

updates and granny squares!

So, hey there! It's Cupcake with an update of sorts.

My life has been absorbed by college and exams, much to my disdain. My writing has launched itself into my brain, so that urge had to be attended to. On top of all that, both of my wrists have been on the fritz. Yippee!

I have been filling any free time I have (when my wrists cooperate, that is) with making granny squares. I am completely and totally addicted. In fact, I've taken a small stock of my squares and pieced them together to start off one of my blankets. Right now, it makes a fair lapghan. Sadly, I did not think to take any pictures of my pretty little squares before piecing them together.

The squares were made with a size G crochet hook and worsted weight yarn.

I've also been busying myself with making squares using Redheart baby soft yarn. It's a right pain in my behind, since I've never worked with a yarn quite like it before. But I'm starting to get the hang of it, and I'm making plans for that blanket, as well. It's a bulky yarn, but I've been using a size J hook. No pictures at present, but I'm fond of the tension that the yarn/hook combo makes.

And alas! There's more! In an effort to distract myself from doing German homework, I made my first hat! I decided that it was finally time to escape simple projects like scarves and grannies, so I tackled a beret. It was a whole lot easier than I had thought it would be, and I'm very excited to start designing my own patterns. That, unfortunately, will wait until I have much more experience.