Here is a beanie hat I made from Margaret Hubert's book on crochet hats: I made it in a DK pure wool and it was both super quick and very easy.
The result you can see my daughter wearing, she loves it!!!
And that's no mean feat I can tell you.....
She has a selection of beanies all different kinds and now this is one of her favourites.
I am pleased also it was fun to make, she's happy AND I made a saving for once: these hats are £5 and upwards in the shops and this one was a small fraction of £3!
( ie less than a 50 g ball of wool, you can probably make 3 out of one ball of yarn)
I do find it a little dissappointing that most of the time it's more expensive to make something yourself than to buy it ready made in the shops?!!
The mark up on buying yarn for crafts is such that the raw materials end up costing more- sometimes much more- than the finished product( which should include the costs of materials,overheads and labour... not to mention design costs, marketing ,distribution and retail mark-ups as well)!!!!
We are supposed to feel so good we made it ourselves that the cost no longer matters?
At least on the whole : when you make it yourself there are other advantages : such as
it's totally unique
it fits superbly
it's of a higher quality in terms of both yarn and construction.
In many cases the fibre content of the yarn can be more luxurious than that found in retail.
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