Vertical Stripes in the Round

Horizontal stripes are awesome...

I have been wanting to do vertical stripes on a beanie for a while now. Horizontal stripes are great (and popular), but... they aren't the be all and end all of stripes! So, I tried changing the stripes in the row (massive fail) and I tried making the hat vertically, rather than in the round (sort of worked, but I wasn't a fan of the top of the hat). Then I gave up for a bit.

But... vertical stripes have edge!

But! I stumbled across an afghan pattern done in a shell stitch and my brain said "hey! turn that thing on its side!" and presto! an idea was born. I worked up a quick black and hot pink number last night to test it and I think it's safe to say you can expect more vertical stripes in the future from Baby Hooked Boutique!

It was actually pretty simple. I worked the hat in the round, like normal and alternated colors each round, just like with horizontal stripes, but used a shell stitch instead of a standard double or single crochet and voila! stripes on a beanie.