names (why oh why do we have two different naming systems? Sad day.) I can't now remember if she uses the U.S.

So, after buying the yarn and hook recommended in her video, I crocheted the beanie following her instructions, rewinding whenever I got confused. Since I knew Patches has a big head, I did the tutorial for 4 to 8 year olds despite the fact that he isn't 3 yet. I suppose any beanie tutorial would do, but this wonderful woman goes step by step by step (in a fabulous accent, I might add), so I could learn how to crochet while making the hat. Thank you, 'Crochet Hooks You'! May it stay up forever. Thus begins my tutorial of 'How to Make a Child Dobby Hat for Those Who Don't Know How to Crochet.'įirst step? This marvelous youtube video. So I then decided not to learn how to crochet and to dive in anyhow. There's some amazing online classes that are completely free! First, I decided to learn how to crochet. Yet since I was very pregnant and not a talented sewer, I thought that making the hat fulfilled my mom requirement for the year. So that's part of my Halloween paradigm, I guess. Anyone who has briefly perused the blog can tell she's a talented sewer, and she always made our Halloween costumes. Still for some reason, I had it in my head that we were going to be Harry Potter themed for Halloween as a family, and I wanted to make SourPatch a Dobby hat.Īctually, I know exactly what the reason was: my mom. As a young teenager, I learned how to do a basic chain stitch of some kind at a church activity once. Halloween is quite over and the New Year is upon us, but I feel like it's important to document my great crocheting moment! See, I don't know how to crochet.