NO. 28—”HAT” PINCUSHION
Lily Crochet Book No. 1300
Hat Pincushion
MATERIALS—Lily Pearl Cotton, size 3:—2-balls Blue: 1/2 ball Lily Sil-Tone Mercerized Crochet Cotton in White (or other colors)
Crochet hooks size 3 and 10
1/2 yd. White ribbon 1/”2 wide
CROWN:
In Blue and size 3 hook, ch 2, 7 sc in 1st st. In bath loops, (2 sc in next sc) 7 times. (1 sc in next, 2 sc in next, 2 sc in next) 7 times. (Sc in 2 sc, 2 sc in next) 7 times.
Make 5 more rows with 1 more sc between widenings in each row 63 sc in final row). Make 8 rows even. Sl st in 6 sts. Fasten off.
BRIM: In Blue, ch 2, 8 sc in 1st st. In back loops, (2 sc in next sc) 8 times. (1 sc in next, 2 sc in next) 8 times.
Make 6 more rows with 1 more sc between widenings in each row ) 72 sc in final row.
In Rows 8 and 9, put widenings between those in previous row. Sl st in next, ch 3. dc in 7 sc (2 dc in next sc, dc in 8 sc) repeated around. Sl st in ch-3. Ch 3 and in both loops, widen in every 5th st. In next row, widen in every 6th dc. (Ch 5, sc in next 4th dc) 27 times, ch 2. dc in next 4th dc. (Ch 5, sc in next loop) 28 times. Fasten off.
FLOWER: In Sil-Tone and size 10 hook, * ch 9, tr in 9th st from hook, (ch 5, sc in 5th st from hook for a p, ch 1, tr) twice in same st with tr, ch 6 sl st in same st. Repeat from * 15 times. Roll up in 2 complete turns and tack. Make 2. Stretch and pin Brim right-side-down and wet with hot starch. Press thru cloth.
Remove when dry, sew crown on top to loops on edge of Row 9, stuffing hard with cotton. Tie ribbon around crown. Tack flowers on bow.
Lily Crochet Book No. 1300
Stella's Secret Gate 
Dec 24, 2009 @ 01:00:00
If you’ve printed this pattern just after I posted on or around 12-23/2009, there have been revisions, largely due to WORD not recognizing some characters in the old type fonts from the original pattern. I’ve edited them carefully for errors, and think I got them all, but I’m not perfect 🙂
Feb 25, 2024 @ 23:51:55
Between widenings???? What does this mean? And make 8 rows even…what does this mean??? Directions are not clear to me.
Feb 25, 2024 @ 22:59:25
Widening (adding stitches)
The term ‘widening’ may refer to two kinds of activities while crocheting, namely:
Shaping a crochet piece by increases and decreases in rows
Adding stitches while working on circular piece (see → crocheting in the round)
Feb 25, 2024 @ 23:01:07
https://crochetpedia.com/widening-adding-stitches/#:~:text=The%20term%20%27widening%27%20may%20refer,%E2%86%92%20crocheting%20in%20the%20round)