Tezzie Hat
Why doesn’t every crochet designer do this? Do what? Check out the pictures and notecards that accompany this pattern. The pattern sets itself up to be difficult. The write up about it states that you have to know a lot of different stitches before you attempt to crochet the hat. Okay. I know a lot of stitches. But, for a lot of folks, it’s the crocheting in the round that presents the problem, not the stitches. To join or not to join? To join with slip stitch or a single crochet? And so forth.
So, when you encounter a stitch or pattern section that you don’t understand, you might need a little of this to make it very clear!
Then, to make things perfectly crystal clear, we get this bit of help:
A picture is truly worth thousands of words – and lots of crochet symbols. This little picture brings the whole are of ‘disturbance’ into focus. Almost any crocheter of any skill level will be able to decipher this pattern and recreate this pretty hat pattern with it’s cleverly arranged ’embossed’ stitch motifs.
On another of Cats-Rockin’s patterns, we see similar helpful photos. I’m not very accomplished at cables, but with these clear photos, I feel like I can tackle this pretty neckwarmer and succeed with the cables.
Cabled Neck Warmer Cowl
For even more crochet inspiration and patterns with visual aids, take a look around the blog here .
I agree with you. I just returned to crocheting. So far I have checked many reference books to verify if I am correctly following a pattern or watched YouTube videos for help. Oh well, if nothing else, I started a nice small library of craft references and patterns.