Friday, April 8, 2011
Dr Oodberg!
Ever since I started crocheting the Goth Vampires, my boyfriend kept on bugging me to make him a crochet Zoidberg. After putting it off for a while, I decided to make one for him for Valentine's Day. It took a bit of scheming, as I had to make it in secret, and a fair bit of trial and error to get the tentacles right (I used a mix of patterns from Creepy Cute Crochet), but I was reasonably happy with how he turned out. However, I only had black eyes, so he ended up looking a bit like an Ood from Doctor Who. Not that that's a bad thing (I might actually make an Ood properly one day...). So here's Dr Oodberg!
Textured Crochet Hat
Awhile ago I made some fingerless gloves from Crafty Beaver's pattern, and wanted to make a hat to match. After spending hours trying to find a pattern that I liked, I decided to frankenstein one up from a few different patterns, plus a bit of random adaptation, and this was the result. I made the same hat in black for a friend who wears it with crochet flower badges that match her outfits.
Pattern uses:
4 mm crochet hook
~ 50 g 8 ply wool
r1 ch2, 91 foundation sc, join with a sl st
r2 ch1, turn. *Skip first (next) sc, (sc, dc) in next*. Repeat * * around (45 clusters)
r3-r25 ch1, turn. (sc, dc) in each dc around.
r26 ch1, turn. *(sc, dc) in next 4 dc. Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*. Repeat * * around (8 times). (36 clusters)
r27 ch1, turn. (sc, dc) in each dc around.
r28 ch1, turn. *(sc, dc) in next 3 dc. Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*. Repeat * * around. (27 clusters)
r29 Repeat r27
r30 ch1, turn. *(sc, dc) in next 2 dc. Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*. Repeat * * around. (18 clusters)
r31 Repeat r27
r32 ch1, turn. *(sc, dc) in next dc. Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*. Repeat * * around. (9 clusters)
r33 Repeat r27
r34 ch1, turn. *Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*. Repeat * * around. (4.5 clusters)
Tie off, leaving a longish tail. Use tail to sew closed the hole.
This hat is a snug fit on my large (59 cm) head. The pattern can be adapted by using fewer stitches (Start with multiples of 2 + 1 stitch). Try and keep to multiples of 5, or you'll need to change the decreasing rounds as well. For shorter heads, use fewer rounds between r3 and r25.
Textured Crochet Hat
Pattern uses:
4 mm crochet hook
~ 50 g 8 ply wool
r1 ch2, 91 foundation sc, join with a sl st
r2 ch1, turn. *Skip first (next) sc, (sc, dc) in next*. Repeat * * around (45 clusters)
r3-r25 ch1, turn. (sc, dc) in each dc around.
r26 ch1, turn. *(sc, dc) in next 4 dc. Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*. Repeat * * around (8 times). (36 clusters)
r27 ch1, turn. (sc, dc) in each dc around.
r28 ch1, turn. *(sc, dc) in next 3 dc. Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*. Repeat * * around. (27 clusters)
r29 Repeat r27
r30 ch1, turn. *(sc, dc) in next 2 dc. Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*. Repeat * * around. (18 clusters)
r31 Repeat r27
r32 ch1, turn. *(sc, dc) in next dc. Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*. Repeat * * around. (9 clusters)
r33 Repeat r27
r34 ch1, turn. *Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*. Repeat * * around. (4.5 clusters)
Tie off, leaving a longish tail. Use tail to sew closed the hole.
This hat is a snug fit on my large (59 cm) head. The pattern can be adapted by using fewer stitches (Start with multiples of 2 + 1 stitch). Try and keep to multiples of 5, or you'll need to change the decreasing rounds as well. For shorter heads, use fewer rounds between r3 and r25.
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