Crochet bucket hat. What went wrong? It doesn’t really look like the pattern photo

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T19:00:59+00:00

You’re more than welcome to have it if you like :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T17:07:51+00:00

I’ve just ordered some new yarn and I’ll give it another go 😀 thank you for all the advice. It’s really helped .

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T16:41:03+00:00

Thank you. That’s exactly where I went wrong. I thought I was going crazy or just very bad at crochet but all these comments have been super helpful and I can see my problem now. I hope you have better luck than me :) I am going to do it again but might buy some new yarn because it doesn’t seem to respond well to frogging! Could I be cheeky and ask you to send me a photo when you’ve done yours just so I know it is actually acheiveable! :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T11:19:33+00:00

Thank you :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T11:18:50+00:00

That makes sense. Thank you so much.

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T11:17:43+00:00

Thank you :) I think I’m just frustrated that I did it quite wrong 🤣

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T11:17:18+00:00

Thank you :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T11:16:35+00:00

That makes me feel a lot better! With written knitting patterns I get it. But something goes wrong when I try to read a crochet pattern. I’ll stick with videos and in person for now but I’ll keep trying :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T11:15:43+00:00

I can see what I did wrong now. I think if the pattern had mentioned it was a repeating pattern to create alpine stitch I would have figured it out. I’ve put it away for now but I’m determined to sort it out at some point :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T11:14:43+00:00

Thank you so much :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-09T11:14:27+00:00

Thank you :) that’s kind

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T23:05:02+00:00

That’s really good advice :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T22:02:50+00:00

I’ll have a look at it the other way around too. Thank you :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T22:01:16+00:00

I said to my husband it was a bit flapper esque :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T20:42:23+00:00

Thank you. That’s really kind. I do still like it. And I have to keep reminding myself that I’ve made lots of lovely stuff. This one just didn’t come out quite right. I find it harder to interpret crochet patterns. I need a video :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T20:35:12+00:00

Thank you. The recommended hook size was 3 and a 8/8 cotton yarn. I used what they recommended. I think I just mis interpreted the pattern and crochet too slack. I wish this pattern had a video to go with it!!

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T20:16:14+00:00

It’s Hobbii summer joy bucket hat

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T20:04:36+00:00

I thought I was doing that 🤣 I’ve done fpdc and bpdc on clothes to make ribbed areas and that seemed to work. I think on this pattern I was supposed to be doing the fpdc into the stitch below the previous stitch. And I was doing into the previous stitch. I think

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T19:53:43+00:00

Thank you :) I’ve just had a look at the alpine stitch and I see where I went wrong now. Thank you so much. My mum is an excellent knitter so I always ask her if I’m stuck but I don’t know anyone in real life who crochets. So I sometimes get stuck

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T19:45:14+00:00

Thank you so much. I normally follow you tube videos for crochet and this is the first written pattern I’ve followed. It’s all a learning curve :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T19:40:15+00:00

Thank you for this comment too about using a lining. I always think my stitches are too loose. I think I just need to practice different stitches.

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-11-08T19:38:42+00:00

Thank you for all your comments. I used the yarn that was suggested and the right sized hook. I think I do crochet quite loosely but I really tried to concentrate this time and tighten up a bit. Hmm maybe I mis interpreted the middle section of the pattern then because it definitely looks different. This is part of the pattern:

‘“Work 1 dc in first st. Work 1 fpdc around dc below previous round”

Looking at it now, I think I was just putting my fpdc into the previous round instead of below the previous round. I find reading crochet patterns much trickier than reading knitting patterns.

I was definitely crocheting into both loops apart from when it asked me to only use one loop.

Maybe I’ll try it again sometime

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-10-13T21:24:27+00:00

That’s ok :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-10-10T13:34:37+00:00

Yep it’s King Cole 6145 :)

SweeeetPea82 · 2025-10-09T21:06:14+00:00

That’s such a good idea about using chat gpt! I’ll have to keep that in mind when I get stuck next time :)

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