With a Snip Snip Here and a Snip Snip There...

Do you have some kiddos at home, or in your classroom perhaps, that claim they do not like cutting but need the fine motor skill practice? Well, I too have had this issue and the solution I have found is....

A CUTTING POOL!!!

We place scrapbooking scissors into a carrying tote, place odds and ends of a variety of paper into a shallow 'kiddie' pool, and presto! No more complaints! Plus, as an added bonus, my complaining cutters are more than happy to practice cutting away while seated in the cutting pool! YAY!!!

Elongated Cone Hat Pattern

So....I have had a couple of requests, from people who have seen my elongated cone hats, for my hat pattern.  Remember these?

Well, if you would like it too, here it is!

Elongated Cone Hat

Using a size I crochet hook:

Rnd 1: Form an adjustable ring or “magic circle”, ch 2, 5 dc in ring, join w sl st in top of 1st dc (6 dc).

Rnd 2: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (6 dc).

Rnd 3: Ch 2, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (9 dc).

Rnd 4: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (9 dc).

Rnd 5: Ch 2, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (12 dc).

Rnd 6: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (12 dc).

Rnd 7: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (15 dc).

Rnd 8: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (15 dc).

Rnd 9: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (18 dc).


Rnd 10: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (18 dc).

Rnd 11: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (21 dc).

Rnd 12: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (21 dc).

Rnd 13: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 6 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (24 dc).


Rnd 14: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (24 dc).

Rnd 15: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 6 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 7 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (27 dc).

Rnd 16: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (27 dc).

Rnd 17: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 7 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 8 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (30 dc).


Rnd 18: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (30 dc).

Rnd 19: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 8 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 9 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (33 dc).

Rnd 20: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (33 dc).

Rnd 21: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 9 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 10 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (36 dc).

Rnd 22: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (36 dc).

Rnd 23: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 10 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 11 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (39 dc).

Rnd 24: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (39 dc).

Rnd 25: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 11 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 12 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (42 dc).
Rnd 26: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (42 dc).

Rnd 27: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 12 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 13 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (45 dc).
Rnd 28: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (45 dc).

Rnd 29: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 13 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 14 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (48 dc).

Rnd 30: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (48 dc).

Rnd 31: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 14 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 15 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (51 dc).

Rnd 32: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (51 dc).

Rnd 33: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 15 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 16 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (54 dc).

Rnd 34: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (54 dc).

Rnd 35: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 16 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 17 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (57 dc).

Rnd 36: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (57 dc).

Rnd 37: Ch 2, 1 dc in next 17 dc, 2 dc in next dc, * dc in next 18 dc, 2 dc in next dc, rep from * once, join as before (60 dc).

Rnd 38-40: Ch 2 dc in ea. dc. Join w sl st in top of 1^st dc (60 dc). If you would like to change colors for the brim of the hat do so at the end of this round.

Rnd 41-45: Ch 2, *dc in back post of next dc sp, dc in front post of next dc sp* repeat from * sl st in top of 1^st dc. (60 dc)

Tie off and tuck in tail.

Make a pompom out of same or desired color of yarn and attach to the top of the hat.
Enjoy!

And The List Goes On....And The List Goes On...

Great news everyone! I am down to my last hat for the kiddos in my classroom. It is a really pretty bluish-teal one. I am so thrilled that I am almost done as I am certian they will be ready for our holiday party on the 22nd! Now, I just have a Hawkeye Pillow (for my soon to be nephew?), a purse (for my Mom) that is mostly finished..., two hats to be sent to little cousins in California, and an order for three hats to finish and get to where they need to be before Christmas. Phew! I should not have written that down. For some reason the list seemed shorter in my head! Anyway, pictures of the above items to follow soon.