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HOOK TO HOOK
Nicole Lovell
“I was very excited when I was asked to take part in this Hook to Hook challenge! I loved the idea of designing a Christmas hat using the Scheepjes
Terrazzo range. I wanted to design a hat that could be worn for all of the winter season but that was also Christmassy.
The standing double crochet stitches and ribbing really show off the flecks in the yarn, too, and the snowflakes and pompoms give it a lovely winter and Christmassy feel!” Find Nicole on Instagram at @justmycupofcrochet
Liz Pugh
“I so enjoyed the brief for this Hook to Hook challenge! I love Christmas and fun crochet, and everyone needs a winter hat in their cupboard. The yarn gave the hat great texture and was lovely to work with. My inspiration was my very own Christmas tree, which always looks like the tinsel fairy visited and gave it a touch of kitsch – that’s why a fairy lights-themed make was right at the top of my list!” See more of Liz’s designs on the Liz Pugh Ravelry page and on Instagram at @ditzysdelights
Left to right: Nicole’s hat may look like complicated colourwork, but you never work more than one colour per round; after stitching the top of the hat closed, sew the snowflake motifs evenly spaced all around the ribbed section, then finish with a pair of multicoloured pompoms
Snowflake Hat
Nicole Lovell’s effervescent hat is full of fun details like motifs, pompoms and ribbing
■ Scheepjes Terrazzo (70% recycled wool, 30% recycled viscose, 50g/175m), 1 ball of each: Cenere (741), Cremisi (719), Garofano (724), Millennio (731)
■ A 3.5mm (US E/4) hook
■ A 4mm (US G/6)