Eight-by-Six

  Chunky mustard hat with pom pom Amanda Hurrell   Eight-by-Six© Sizes and Materials List Needles: 9mm needles, you can use circular 60cm or straight (I’ve used circular) knitters darning needle (metal or plastic) small scissors stitch marker (one) one faux fur pom pom (mine are bought from Craftfriendsuk) Yarn: King Cole Timeless Super Chunky 1 x 100g ball (90% premium acrylic 10% Alpaca, approximately 93 yards, 85 metres) colourway shown Mustard 4449 Tension: 10 stitches over 14 rows = 10x10cm Wash care instructions: machine washable 30 degrees, cool tumble dry, no iron, no dry clean Alternative yarn for second hat King Cole Explorer Super Chunky in colourway 4304 Hawkins approximately 87 yards, 80 metres) 80% premium acrylic 20% wool Wash care instructions: machine washable 30 degrees, no tumble dry, no iron, no dry clean Tension: 10 stitches over 14 rows = 10x10cm   Abbreviations Skill Level : beginner to intermediate. You need to know how to cast on, join in the roun...

As a King Cole ambassador, I'm lucky I get to play around with new yarn and new colours each month. The Cotton Top range is my latest yarn crush. This flecked, lightly textured yarn is available in vintage pastel shades of a cotton and premium acrylic blend (Mist, Teal, Lilac, Blue, Avocado, Stone, Rose, Grey, Cream, Pink, White). There is sure to be a colour or colours you will fall in love with. You can buy yours here at LoveCrafts and get 15% off your first order, even better value. A new project for June I chose the colour Stone (4221) because it's neutral and will be perfect with jeans, white t-shirt and my old converse trainers. A comfortable, cosy outfit for walks on the beach or just sitting around the house. Now I've finished this one I'm starting another in blue (4218) which is another colour thats pretty neutral. I bought my yarn online but I have been gifted the new colour Mist which will also be made into a jumper, probably the s...

If you'd like to know how to make this here is the easy granny stitch triangle shawl.  Happy crocheting! Ch4 join with a ss into a ring Row 1: ch3 (3tr, ch2, 4tr), turn Row 2: ch3 then 3tr in the same base stitch (this is important to give an even shawl) then (3tr, 2ch, 3tr) in the ch2 space made on the previous row, 4tr in the top of ch3, turn Row 3: ch3, 3tr in the same base stitch, 3tr in next space, then (3tr, 2ch, 3tr) in the 2ch space (the middle point) 3tr in next space, then 4tr in the top of the 3ch, turn Repeat until you have the shawl size, I used 2 x100g balls of yarn in King Cole Riot shade Parchment (new shade) kindly gifted by King Cole as part of the Ambassador team. For the edge. It’s simple I just did this: you may need a stitch marker to mark the centre point Row 1: ch3 then 1 htr into 2 ch from hook,  htr all the way round, in the middle (3htr, ch2, 3htr) Row 2: ch1, htr all the way round, in the middle 2htr, ch2, 2htr)  ...