My Mother-In_Law belongs to “Red Hat Society”. I wanted to make her a Red Hat that no other hatter would wear. (Her in my creation in bottom pic. Shes so sassy!)
The inspiration for this hat came from Clare of “BobWilson123”. In her pattern and YouTube video she shows how to make a basic mesh hat and a brim that can be used on any hat pattern. So I took this pattern and ran with it.
I used a G-hook for hat and brim. She suggests a smaller hook for brim that resulted in a ruffly looking brim.
I used 2 colors of Carron worsted weight yarn. (acrylic yarn makes it stiffer I feel).
I mostly followed the pattern directions with some minor changes for the look I wanted.
With color “A” I worked rounds 1,2,3 & 4 skipped 5 (the cap turned out too big with this round)
I worked 6 rows with color “A” of round 6 and 3 rows with color “B”.
Brim:
With color “A” worked round 1 skip to round 3 (rnd 2 made it too “ruffly”) Worked 10 rows, finish with a few slip stitches.
The second hat, the white and black one only took 3 hours to hook!
I added some roses directions HERE, and Wha La!