Crochet Hats

What do I do with the odds and ends of yarn that you always end up with? Make hats!

I do a variety of both adult and kid size hats. I know I need about 2.5 ounces of yarn to do an adult hat. So I take all of my leftover yarn and weigh them out to find the ones I have enough for adult hats. Those I do first, then move on to the kids size which take about 1.5 ounces of yarn.

During the going out of business sale at JoAnns I did stock up on small quantity of various yarns to make hats. Heck at 70% off, why not. Several years ago a local craft shop closed and I did the same thing. Just picked up what would make hats that was on steep discount.  

These pics are from 2024. 

Plus if I have just a small amount of yarn that won't make a full hat I use a solid neutral color. Do the top rows, then use up the colored yarn, then finish the hat off with the solid color. You can see the stripey ones best in the picture below. 

Once I get the hats done from this year I will post pictures. Will probably take me until at least the end of this month before I use up all of the odd bits of yarn.

 

My go to yarn is a #4, medium yarn. What I grew up calling knitted worsted. Works well for both hats and blankets. When I do mail order, even when they say it is a #4, I sometimes feel it is a #3. I can make it work. I have tried bulky or #5 yarn, but I have to see it first. Some yarns are way bulkier than others, so won't buy it through mail order.