Holiday Pie-Rets (Pie Berets)

[ladylinoleum]

I have been infused with some serious crochet mojo combined with a touch of holiday spirit for the past few weeks. Now, you all know what that means...Oh yes, that definitely portends a bit of twist in my yarn!

Introducing Holiday Pie-rets!



These crocheted versions of round flaky goodness are just in time for Turkey Day! And yes, you can be sure I will be wearing pie to my family's Thanksgiving feast. So, let's take a look at my crusty choices shall we?

There is the always popular seasonal delight, Pumpkin Pie-ret...



Topped with a dollop of cream...





OR how about a touch of dark and rich Pecan Pie-ret...





And my personal fave, the Cranberry Orange Pie-ret with lattice crust!





It's a tough choice to be sure.

Onto the crochet stats...

The Pecan and Cranberry Pie-rets were crocheted with an F hook and some of my Cascade 220 stash. An F hook combined with this light worsted yarn creates a very tight fabric. This is exactly the effect I was attempting to achieve as I was aiming for structure, not drape. My challenge during the design process for both of these Pie-rets was creating a perfectly shaped circle while using a popcorn stitch pattern. Needless to say, frogging ensued before I came up the correct increase to stitch ratio. I am happy with the results.

The Pumpkin Pie-ret was also crocheted with an F hook. However, I chose to use Lamb's Pride worsted for this one. Don't think I would choose this yarn again for this type of project. The FO ended up being too heavy for my taste. I will use Cascade 220 going forward should I ever decide to crochet another dessert-themed hat!

Thanks for looking!

[radiochu]

mmmmm, pie.  these look awesome 

[ladylinoleum]

Yeah, got to love pie.  Thank you!!

[Ahdora]

These are awesome!  I wish I had a few for my family, but I'm hopeless at crochet.

Thanks for sharing your delicious pie-rets!

[tragiqcandy]

So cool!

[purringbubbles]

these are functional and delicious.  double thumbs up!

[ladylinoleum]

Thanks guys!!

[wendyloo]

Wow, those are great!

[loca4crafts]

These are so creative.  I love them.

[Puppy_girl]

heehee.  those are awesome!!