Last year, I crocheted my own version of a viking hat, and this year I got a request for a similar hat, only with more curved horns inspired by the demoness on the left:
Dude, this was fun to make! I was a little nervous about the horns, especially because I was working with bulky, unconventional yarn for 3-D crochet. But once the first one started taking shape, I liked what was happening.
awesome. did you end up using wire?
ReplyDeleteThanks:) I'm proud to say that I didn't have to use wire. I threaded some string through the inner parts of the horns and pulled it taut to reinforce the curves.
DeleteThis is fantastic - may I ask how you did the horns? I'm trying to make something with horms like this for my daughter but am having no luck...
ReplyDeleteThank you! I've made horns a few times, and every time they've come out pretty different. I wouldn't even be able to write down a pattern for this one, because it was more like sculpting than anything else, with a bit of trial and error. Basically, I started at the tip, crocheting in the round, and when I got to a place that needed to tightly curve on the inside, I used a small stitch (single crochet, in this case), and when I got to the outside part, I used a few double crochets. While I was doing that, I gradually increased the number of stitches in the round. One horn took shape easier than the other, because when you crochet in the round, there's a natural spiral effect that occurs, and that helped with the overall curve.
DeleteI guess the best advice I have is to keep track of where your inside and outside curves are, and use smaller and bigger crochet stitches accordingly. Once you do that for a few rounds, you'll start to see the curve, and you should be able to work with it to get that spiral. In the end, to reinforce the spiral, thread some string through the inside curves and pull it tight, and that will help maintain the shape.
Any Ideas on how to do a horn like this but not 3D or stuffed??? I want to try and get the same shape but flat for a headband
ReplyDeletewhat size yarn did you use for this?
ReplyDelete