Hat With Earflaps Crochet Pattern and Post

I absolutely love these hats. They are so fun to wear and really warm (I should know, I wore one on a hot summer day because I was having a hair catastrophe and couldn't find any other hat to wear). When searching for a pattern to this hat, I had a hard time finding a decent pattern that I was able to do. I finally decided to make my own pattern. After watching two hours of Ugly Betty and lots of thinking, I finally came up with an idea that had to work. Here's the pattern, and I hope that its easy and quick for all. Peace. Love. Krochet.

Hat W/ Earflaps

Gauge: Unimportant

Materials: Crochet of any size ( I used H/8-5mm), Caron One pound yarn in any color (you don’t need the whole pound I just used the leftovers I had), sewing needle, scissors, cardboard.

Hat Body: Ch. 4 and sl. st. to first ch. Made to form magic ring. Ch. 3 (This counts as first dbl cr from this round to all other rounds) and dbl. cr. Eleven times inside ring. Sl. st. to ch. 3.

Round 2: ch. 3 and dbl cr. In same stitch as ch. 3. *do 2 dbl cr inside same st* from * repeat until you have 24 dbl cr including ch 3. sl. st. to ch 3. 24 dbl cr.

Round 3: ch 3 and dbl cr. In same st. as ch 3. dbl cr. In next st. *2 dbl cr in next st and 1 dbl cr. In next st.* from * repeat until you have 36 dbl cr including ch 3. sl. st. to ch. 3. 36 dbl cr.

Round 4: ch 3 and dbl cr. In same st. as ch 3. dbl cr. In next two stitches. * 2 dbl cr. In next st. and dbl cr. In next two stitches* From * repeat until you have 48 dbl cr. Including ch 3. sl st to ch 3. 48 dbl cr.

Round 5: ch 3 and dbl cr in same st as ch 3. dbl cr in next three stitches. *2 dbl cr in next st. and dbl cr. In next three stitches.* from * repeat until you have 60 dbl. cr. Sl. st. to ch 3. 60 dbl cr.

Round 6-14: dbl. cr. In each st. around. 60 dbl. cr.

Round 15-17: Single Cr. In each st. around. 60 sc. Make sure that you have 60 stitches, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. Cut yarn and leave long tail to weave in end w/ sewing needle.

Earflaps: Divide hat into four sections using markers. The first section will be wherever you want the front of the hat to be. Make that 20 stitches long. Place markers on the first and twentieth st. the other two sections will be where the earflaps are to be made. Separate those into sections that are 15 stitches long each. This leaves a small section at the back that is 10 stitches long.

    Begin sc. Along the section that you divided for your first earflap. After first row of single cr. Turn and ch 2. single cr. In next ten sc. And sk. A st. continue sc. This will be the decrease for each row. You can continue the decrease for however many rows you want. To end, cut yarn and leave a tail long enough to weave in ends at the end of project.  Repeat with next earflap space provided.

Edging: SC on the edge of the whole hat, including earflaps, cut yarn and leave long tail to weave in ends.

Braided tassel: using two strands of yarn and your largest needle, sl. st. to center st. of earflap. Make a ch. However long you desire it to be and cut, leaving tail, do not weave in this tail.

I have a link for how to make a Pom Pom below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a03BTR3_3qg




Here's the Pictures of my Finished Hats:

Truffle-Filled Brownies

As I flipped through my Pampered Chef cook book, lots of recipes popped out at me. French Macaroons, mini S'mores, Chocolate Tortes, and much, much more. My brother and dad had left to go to the Gold Cup in Miami, Florida, and they were coming back today. We decided that I should bake them a little treat for when they got home. I chose a simple brownie recipe with truffles in the middle. My mom and I weren't planning on spending alot of money, so we chose to use some dark chocolates she had left over from her Dove Chocolatier things. We then went to Kroger to pick up the rest of the items I needed. We only needed four ingredients, so we probably spent six dollars give or take. I mixed all of the ingredients together, praying it would all come out right. I never really have had much of a good history with chocolate, even though I love to eat it. My brownies and Giant Chocolate Chip cookies never really come out right, and Iwould soon learn that these cupcakes would not be much different. After I mixed the mixture with my blender, I could already tell that the batter was a bit runnier than I was used to. Ignoring this, I slid the cupcakes into the oven and crossed my fingers while they baked. When I first checked on them, I noticed that they were baking stranger than usual. When I finally took them out and tried them, I absolutely couldn't stand them. They had an interesting and thick taste that I wasn't very associated with. When my mom tried them, she loved them. she said that they were extremely rich, and was the one, in the end, who finished them. I figured that because my mom liked them, my dad and brother would like them. when my brother tried them, he practically screamed "These are H O R R I B L E!!!"  which was heartbreaking for me. My dad went about it nicer, and told me that they were good. in the end, I decided that I was better off not experimenting with chocolate. below are the pics of my Chocolate Catastrophe:)

The Brimmed Hat

For this weeks project, I chose to crochet. With the week being so hectic, I didn't have enough time to bake anything, so crocheting was the best way to go. This year has been all about doing things I've never done before. In the earlier years, when I first learned to crochet, I would read the crochet blogs where woman (and the occasional guy) would blog about the fabulous projects they had just finished. I would look at the photos and wish I could crochet something as wonderful as what they were crocheting, I was especially fond of the chic billed hats that they would feature. The thing that scared me off was that they would state how it was extremely hard for them to perfect their bill, and how hard it was to find a pattern for it. Finally deciding to do some hard work and search hard for a good pattern, I began searching. When I felt that there was no hope, I went back to an old friend on YouTube: tjw1963. She had a wonderful video on YouTube about how to crochet a hat with a brim. The pattern was simple and worked out well for me. The hat came out succesfully in the end, and I was thankful for the success and being lead to that link. The link to the video is below. Hope all of you Crochet artists enjoy it:]

http://crochetbabysweater.com/crochet-baby-hat/the-art-of-crochet-by-teresa-crochet-hat-with-brim/458/