I had a knit hat that I was tired of. It was still as fresh looking as the day it was originally made but I never chose to wear it. I took just a tiny bit of yarn and a couple of minutes and quickly added a touch of style ot the hat and felt like I had a brand new one. This technique can work well for new knitters or crocheters, and also can be used to update and personalize a store bought knit hat.
I picked up a smal skein of fancy sparkly “fur” yarn – the smallest skein they sold was more than enough. Using a small crochet hook – size F worked for me, I simply added a single row of single crochet stitches around the edge of the hat. That’s all. Now the hat has a subtle yet fresh touch of style to it that made an old hat “new” to me.
Another suggestion? Search your pin collection. You may just find, as I did, a costume jewelry piece that when attached to the hat will give it a fun new look!
Try it!
I love the one with the rainbow strip! Fun!
Thanks. it’s clearly the more wild of the two. The pin on the black one was hand painted in Africa and bought in a gallery shop and why I bought it and never wore it, I cannot guess. IRL that hat “pops” now. It has sparkly fur around the edge like the rainbow on the other, but the photo doesn’t show well. I love quick fixes like changing buttons on a jacket . . . other simple things that punch up “old” and make it “new.” Very green approach to life, too.