Hello fellow needleworkers! Today I'm here to share my most recent crochet project - a balaclava. Well, balaclava has been trending on social media for a while but since it's not my style I have never attempted one. That was until 
I decided to honour his request but since it is something I would never wear, I did the most basic one. Well, I would have done something more extra but I intend to unravel after recreating so I can use the yarn for a gown I have in mind.
So for this project I used a black yarn all through and a 5mm hook for the whole project. Making a basic balaclava is pretty straightforward and could take a day to finish depending on your speed. This one took me 3 days though 😂😂 because I only worked on it at night.
I started with making the top part of this balaclava, in the same way, I would have started a bucket hat. I started with a magic ring and 12 double crochet in the first row, then increased with 12 double crochet in every row till I got to the 7th row. I stopped increasing because I already had the size of my head in that row since the increase is based on the size of the head.
After that, I continued doing regular double crochet in every row without any increase or decrease for the next few rows. I didn’t use any particular measurement for this project, I kept wearing it to decide if I have gotten to the place where I will make the eye hole.
So, when I got to that area I skipped enough rows for the eyes and did chains that were equivalent to the rows I had skipped then finished up the row and on the next row, I crocheted over those chains I made from the previous rows. All that was left was to keep doing regular double crochet till I was satisfied with the length.
Here’s the final result, the balaclava is a good fashion item. It’s just not something I would wear but I think it’s okay.
Thanks for stopping by.❤