Crochet a man’s beanie using an easy pattern by Drops Design

This man’s beanie is very popular in my family and is super easy to make. Click here for the pattern http://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=6379&cid=17 .

I made these beanies in the recommended Drops Nepal yarn (65% wool, 35% alpaca) and they’re very warm and have a lovely texture.  The colour is very nice also.

The pattern has a great spiral design and fits perfectly. I also made a smaller beanie for my nephew, and a beanie in an 8 ply acrylic yarn for a friend who doesn’t wear wool – the pattern is quite easily adapted for other yarn and hook sizes because it provides some basic measurements.  Just remember to divide the required head circumference by 3.14 and increase every row until the diameter measures that amount, then continue the pattern without increasing until the length from the centre to the edge is sufficient (23cm for a large adult head is suggested by the pattern).

This pattern only uses single crochet stitch (US terminology) so is very simple.

Woman’s cotton jumper using Rowan’s free Sicily crochet pattern

This is a lovely cotton jumper which I’ve just completed. It was made using the free Sicily pattern from Rowan, by Marie Wallin (click here for pattern) .

The pattern includes very clear instructions and caters for various sizes from small to XXL.

For this jumper, I did not use the recommended yarn. Instead, I used Sirdar’s Cotton DK yarn, colour Cottonfield (shade 517). I made the jumper in the Small size, which used 7 balls of the Sirdar yarn with no yarn leftover.

The finished jumper is very nice and I like the colour, however I particularly like Rowan’s Cotton Glace yarn in Ivy so I might make up another in that yarn next time.