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Mushroom Cap Crochet a cap with a funky mushroom profile. From "Uncommon Threads" episode DUCT-112

Jill Head takes viewers through the crochet steps involved in her funky-shaped mushroom hat. She starts with the circle at the top, expands to create a ripple for the base and finishes with a long double crochet to reinforce the brim. In the end, the hat takes on its distinctive mushroom shape.

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Materials:

Mushroom Cap

Red Heart Super Saver
U.S. size I crochet hook

Abbreviations:
ch chain
dc double crochet
tr st treble stitch
sl st slip stitch
yo yarn over
dec decrease

Ch 5, connect the ends with a sl st, ch 3.
Row 1: Work 15 dc in the circle (count the ch 3 as the 1st dc), close at top of ch 3 with a sl st, ch 1.
Row 2: Work 25 long dc in the circle, close at ch 1 with a sl st, ch 3.
Row 3 (increase row): Work 2 dc at base of ch 3, work 3 dc in each dc around, close at top of ch 3 with a sl st, ch 1.
Row 4: Sc in each dc around, close at top of ch 1 with a sl st.
Row 5: Ch 1, repeat Row 4, ch 3.
Row 6: Skip 1st sc, *sc in next sc, ch 1, skip next sc,* repeat from * around, sl st in second ch of ch 3, ch 3.
Row 7: Work 2 dc in ch 1 space, work 3 dc in ch 1 space around, join with sl st, ch 4.
Row 8: Work 1 tr st at the base of the ch 4, work 2 tr st in each dc around, sl st, ch 4.
Row 9: Tr st at base of ch, *skip 1 tr st, work 2 tr st in the next tr st,* repeat from * around, ch 1.
Row 10: *Insert hook in first tr st, yo, pull through, insert hook in 2nd tr st, yo, pull through, yo, draw through all 3 loops on hook* (equals 1 sc dec), repeat from * around, sl st to close, ch 1.
Row 11: Repeat Row 10, ch 3.
Row 12: Dc in each sc around, sl st, ch 3.
Row 13: Dc at base of ch 3, *skip next dc, work 2 dc in next dc,* repeat from * around, sl st.
Rows 14: Ch 3, repeat row 13.
Rows 15: Ch 3, repeat row 13, ch 1.

Band:
Row 21: Sl st across 21 stitches, ch 2, dc across 22 stitches, ch 2, turn.
Row 22: Yo, insert hook in first dc, pull through, insert hook in next dc, yo, pull thorugh, yo, draw through two loops, yo, draw through two remaining looks (equals 1dc dec), dc across 19 dc, dec 1 dc, ch 1, turn.
Row 23: Long dc from base of row 21 across (being careful to draw the loop up high enough to keep the two dc rows relatively flat).

Edge:
Sc down the side of the two dc rows, across the dc and over the sl st, back up the side of the two dc rows, sl st at beginning of long dc, end off. Hide end.

RESOURCES :

Red Heart yarn
Website: www.coatsandclark.com

GUESTS :

Jill Head
Website: www.myspace.com/wonderwomanjj