Project:Hackalicious Beard!

Akki14 crocheted this one day, in celebration and trolling of Solexious on Gadget Geeks

Pattern

This is a crochet pattern - not knitting! Can't make it on the knitting machine either. It makes use of the somewhat obscure stitch - the loop stitch. I've just realised since watching this that my loop stitches are messy and miss out some looping. It still works, it's just a bit looser than shown.

Pattern uses UK terms (if you're USian, treble=double, and double=single) Feel free to modify to fit. Please don't go selling this pattern - I'd like it to be free for everyone! Using black Aran-weight wool/yarn and a 6.50mm hook. Pick a nice soft feeling wool. I've used a soft acrylic (bonus: easy washing - handy for beards.)

ch 37
row 1: In 2nd ch from hook, treble stitch across
row 2: ch1(=turning stitch), turn, loop stitch across
row 3: ch1, dc in same stitch and across
row 4: ch1, loop stitch
row 5: ch1, 12 dc, 3 sl st, ch2 (counts as treble), 2 dc, 3sl st, 14 dc.
row 6: ch1, turn, 13 loop stitches, 1 dc then ch 8, skip 9 stitches, sc in next stitch, 13 loop stitches
ch1, turn, 14 dc, dc in each loop of chain, 13 dc

DO NOT FINISH OFF YET!! Need to make ear loops!
Ear Loops: ch 8 (may need to adjust this length to suit beardwearer), 
attach with slip stitch to first chain at bottom of work,  ch1, dc along chain, 
slip stitch into last dc in main beard, bind off
Attach yarn to other end of the top row, ch8, attach to bottom end of row, 
ch 1, dc along chain, slip stitch back at beginning stitch and bind off.

Each beard takes about 17g of wool... but that was using my sloppy loop stitches. If you do the loop stitches properly, it'll possibly take up a little bit more material so figure on 20g of wool per