The Haylee Earwarmer: A Crochet Pattern Review

A crochet PAttern review of the HAylee Earwarmer designed by Alexandra of Cre8tion Crochet

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Hey Friends! I am stoked to share this crochet pattern review of the Haylee earwarmer with you! A good friend of mine, Alexandra from Cre8tion Crochet is hosting a 12 week long earwarmer crochet-a-long! The Haylee earwarmer is the pattern for the first week of the CAL, and I’d thought I’d share a little bit about it with you!

Alexandra is super talented, like in a huge way! She runs several successful blogs with Cre8tion Crochet being one of them. She designs free patterns for her blogs, manages multiple social media pages, oh and by the way, she still has a day job amongst all of that! Talk about superwoman! I am so thankful to have met her and be partnered with her on several projects!

Alexandra also has a new yarn shop called Yarn Crafts & Coffee based in America’s Antique Mall in Melbourne. If you are on the space coast of FL, or just passing through, you have GOT to go check it out! There is a wonderful selection of some classic brands like Lion Brand Yarn, and Berroco, and also some local hand dyed yarns by dyers throughout Florida! We went in on this yarn shop together and I am so excited to be apart of her vision for this space! Soon we will be offering classes and stitch circles! More on that to come ;)

If you’d like to purchase an Ad Free version of the PDF for the Haylee Earwarmer you can do so on Ravelry. Alexandra has huge plans for her business and every pattern sale helps her reach her goals!

If you want the full details about the entire crochet-a-long you can find them here.

What Materials do You need to crochet a Haylee Earwarmer?

Great question! Alexandra was super thorough with her design and she made a version for DK weight, which is what I made, and worsted weight if you want something a little warmer. If you are unfamiliar with those terms, a DK weight yarn has a #3 symbol on the label and a worsted weight has a #4 symbol on the label. Alexandra used Araucania Huasco DK Kettle Dyed Yarn, and I used Dizzy Blonde Superwash DK in Color Kira.

• Between 75 -110 Yards of DK Weight Yarn
• G6/4.25mm Crochet Hook or whichever size meets gauge
• Tapestry Needle
• Soft Tape Measure

Material Information:

Alexandra chose Araucania Huasco DK Kettle Dyed Yarn for her earwarmer. This is a really gorgeous 75% superwash merino/25% Polyamide blend. I encourage you to go to her pattern for this project and read her extensive notes about washing and drying this yarn. If you decide to use a hand dyed yarn, please read it! She said her shrunk a little bit when she washed it, but the yarn bloomed and filled out all the gaps between stitches so nicely!

I also chose a hand dyed yarn for my earwarmer. I used Dizzy Blonde Studios Superwash DK in the color Kira, and I love how mine turned out! I used about 67 yards for my adult small size. The pattern is written for 3 sizes: child, adult small, and adult large. Make sure you measure the circumference of your head to determine which size you want to make!

Gauge:

Gauge is not incredibly important here as long as you are measuring as you go. She calls for a G+/4.25mm hook, but I didn’t have one. She has gauge measured at 16 HDC = 3 5/8″ Wide or 19 HDC = 4 1/4″ Wide, and 1 Row = Approximately 1/4″high. I used me G/4.00mm hook and I was slightly too small by only 1/8″. I then went up to an H to check, but then it was 1/2″ too big, so I went back down to the G/4.00mm.

Pattern Notes:

This is a perfect earwarmer for a beginner! It was half double crochet back and forth for 72 rows for my size. I kept measuring and I ended up with only 68 rows to the measurement she indicated. I am not planning on washing mine, so I wasn’t worried about shrinkage.

Something that truly surprised me about this pattern was the joining method she used. I assumed we would slip stitch or mattress stitch the edge together to connect, but she had a much better way that I had never heard of before! It’s always nice to be pleasantly surprised by a pattern. She used what she called a PLT join or “pull loop through” join. This is the most seamless join I have ever seen! If you are unfamiliar with it she has step by step photo instructions at the very end of the pattern and I would HIGHLY recommend that you give it a try! It is my new favorite join method, and it might become yours too!

I hope that this pattern review was helpful and that you decide to join us in this fun Crochet-A-Long!