This week I am excited to share with you my new hat design. A while back I was browsing Pinterest for some new Tunisian stitch ideas and I came across the weave stitch and instantly fell in love with it. The following day I immediately took out some yarn and a Tunisian hook and got to work learning it. My first project with this stitch was actually my Prehistoric Mammoth Cave Adventure Bag (pattern coming soon) but after only completing a few rows I knew this was a stitch I would be using in a whole load of projects in the future! Whilst working with it I could see it being useful for bags, wash cloths, scarfs and even hats. As it happened, Lily's hat was misplaced from her preschool (though I am sure someone else just took it and kept it!) so she needed a new one, and the weave stitch idea was something I immediately pursued.
The only guidelines I was given by Lily were that she wanted it blue and black and it needed to have a pom pom, otherwise I was free to create as I wanted to. So obviously I used the Tunisian Weave Stitch for it. The actual stitch is easy enough to work if you can do the Tunisian Full Stitch and the Tunisian Knit Stitch then you are set. Its basically a row of knit stitch in one colour, and then a row of the full stitch in a contrasting colour and you repeat this pattern to get the weave effect. If you want a straight piece of work, you do have to alternate skipping a stitch at the beginning and end of each row of the full stitch part, although for the hat which is sewn together anyway this doesn't really make any real difference.
Like a lot of Tunisian pieces, this does have the tendency to curl at the ends, which is not a problem on the top end where it is all sewn together,
but can potentially be an issue for the open end of the hat. To combat this I added a RIB band at the bottom, alternating between a knit and a purl stitch for a few rows in whichever colour is the most prominent. This gives the option to either have a normal hat with a thick band folded up, or you can leave it down for a more slouchy fit hat. On the other end, figuring out the decreases at the top of the hat was a challenge, as I haven't really had to do many decrease stitches in Tunisian crochet, although with a little YouTube help I worked it out. I then topped the finished hat with a fur pom pom which I made from the new really furry chinchilla yarn by James C Brett.
Lily loved her new hat, which she immediately tried on and has been wearing since I made it for her. In fact I loved her hat so much that I decided I wanted to create a version for myself. So after working out the measurements I made myself one in black and lilac and also added the same pom pom to the top. Once I had made the adult hat, I sat and worked out a couple of variations so that the hat could be made for a toddler, child, small adult or teen and a larger adult size. Today I want to share the pattern for those hats so you can make them yourself. You just need 100g of two contrasting colours (a little less for the second colour) and a Tunisian crochet hook and as it's all made in chunky yarn this is a pattern you can work up quickly in an evening.
I hope that you have enjoyed this post on the Tunisian Weave hat and I look forward to seeing your finished hats!
See you next week,
Vicky x
Tunisian Weave Hat
1.
Materials and
Resources
Below is a list of everything you will need to make this hat
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Paintbox Simply Aran – 100g balls in any colours you choose
– I used the following colours;
o
Dusty Lilac (346) (1 ball)
o
Pure Black (301) (1 ball)
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6mm tunisian hook
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Tapestry needle
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Scissors
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Pompom, either homemade or bought, I made a fur one using
James C Brett Chinchilla yarn
2.
Stitch List
Below is a list of all the stitches (and
their abbreviations) featured in this series of patterns. All terms used are American.
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Ch – chain
·
TW - Tunisian weave stitch – this is made up of a row of
Tunisian full stitch and a row of Tunisian knit stitch alternating
·
TK - Tunisian knit stitch
·
TP - Tunisian purl stitch
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TSS – Tunisian Simple Stitch
·
Dec – decrease (for Tunisian full stitch, don’t pull up a
loop on the skipped stitch, for Tunisian knit stitch, insert hook through next
2 loops and then pull up a loop)
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MC – main colour
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CC – contrast colour
3.
Notes
Here are a few handy tips to help you with the pattern.
·
The gauge for this pattern is 13 stitches and 18 rows of
the TW stitch in a 10cm square
·
This hat comes in 4 sizes, toddler (48cm round, 21cm tall),
child 51cm round, 24cm tall), small adult/teen 54cm round, 27cm tall) and large
adult (57cm round, 30cm tall). There is
a bit of stretch in the hats
·
Return pass for each row is not written in the patterns,
you still need to do this at the end of each row.
·
When you are in the Tunisian weave section, you will need
to alternate the yarn colour every other row.
4.
Pattern
Toddler
–
start in MC
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Row
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Instruction
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Stitches
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1
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Ch 54
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54
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2
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TSS
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54
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3-7
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(TK, TP) rep to end
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54
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8
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TW (In CC, TK to end)
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54
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9
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TW (In MC, TF to end)
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54
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10-28
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Repeat rows 8 &
9 and end on a TK row
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54
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29
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In TF (7 stitches,
dec) x 6
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48
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30
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In TK (2 stitches,
dec) x 12
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36
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31
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In TF (1 stitch,
dec) x 12
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24
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32
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In TK (dec) x 12
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12
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33
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In TF Pull up a
loop in each stitch but do not do return pass, cut yarn leaving a long tail
and thread through the loops pulled up, then pull tight.
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Use remaining tail
to sew the side of the hat shut.
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Add pompom to the
top.
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Child
–
start in MC
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Row
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Instruction
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Stitches
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1
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Ch 63
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63
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2
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TSS
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63
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3-7
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(TK, TP) rep to end
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63
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8
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TW (In CC, TK to end)
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63
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9
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TW (In MC, TF to end)
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63
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10-32
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Repeat rows 8 &
9 and end on a TK row
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63
|
|
33
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In TF (10 stitches,
dec) x 3
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60
|
|
34
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In TK (3 stitches,
dec) x 12
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48
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|
35
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In TF (2 stitches,
dec) x 12
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36
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|
36
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In TK (1 stitch,
dec) x 12
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24
|
|
37
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In TF (dec) x 12
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12
|
|
38
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In TK Pull up a
loop in each stitch but do not do return pass, cut yarn leaving a long tail
and thread through the loops pulled up, then pull tight.
|
|
|
|
Use remaining tail
to sew the side of the hat shut.
|
|
|
|
Add pompom to the
top.
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|
Teen
/ Small Adult– start in MC
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Row
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Instruction
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Stitches
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1
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Ch 72
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72
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2
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TSS
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72
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3-7
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(TK, TP) rep to end
|
72
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8
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TW (In CC, TK to end)
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72
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9
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TW (In MC, TF to end)
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72
|
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10-37
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Repeat rows 8 &
9 and end on a TK row
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72
|
|
38
|
In TF (4 stitches,
dec) x 12
|
60
|
|
39
|
In TK (3 stitches,
dec) x 12
|
48
|
|
40
|
In TF (2 stitches,
dec) x 12
|
36
|
|
41
|
In TK (1 stitch,
dec) x 12
|
24
|
|
42
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In TF (dec) x 12
|
12
|
|
43
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In TK Pull up a
loop in each stitch but do not do return pass, cut yarn leaving a long tail
and thread through the loops pulled up, then pull tight.
|
|
|
|
Use remaining tail
to sew the side of the hat shut.
|
|
|
|
Add pompom to the
top.
|
|
Large
Adult– start in MC
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Row
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Instruction
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Stitches
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|
1
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Ch 81
|
81
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2
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TSS
|
81
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3-7
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(TK, TP) rep to end
|
81
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|
8
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TW (In CC, TK to end)
|
81
|
|
9
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TW (In MC, TF to end)
|
81
|
|
10-41
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Repeat rows 8 &
9 and end on a TK row
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81
|
|
42
|
In TF (7 stitches,
dec) x 6
|
72
|
|
43
|
In TK (4 stitches,
dec) x 12
|
60
|
|
44
|
In TF (3 stitches,
dec) x 12
|
48
|
|
45
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In TK (2 stitches,
dec) x 12
|
36
|
|
46
|
In TF (1 stitch,
dec) x 12
|
24
|
|
47
|
In TK (dec) x 12
|
12
|
|
48
|
In TF Pull up a
loop in each stitch but do not do return pass, cut yarn leaving a long tail
and thread through the loops pulled up, then pull tight.
|
|
|
|
Use remaining tail
to sew the side of the hat shut.
|
|
|
|
Add pompom to the
top.
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