There are wind socks… why not sun? This is a little invention I made up for my car, because my sun visor is too short, and doesn’t block all the sun, which I hate when I’m driving. This takes care of it!
I am writing this pattern to fit what seems to me to be a typical size for a car. My cars, anyway. It has fit my last 2 cars (a '95 Ford Contour, and an '08 Mazda3), but you could possibly have to do some work for this pattern if your visors are different. It's easy to adjust.
Materials:The size of hook and yarn won't really matter: I used worsted (Red Heart), with an H hook.
But here, size DOES matter. ;) Measure yours. Just make sure it fits as you go.
Pattern Instructions:1)
Make a starting chain 15" long.For me this was a chain-45, but you should measure how big around your sun visor is, and make your starting chain that long. Your vehicle could vary, plus, I don't exactly crochet tightly.
Being careful not to twist the chain, sl-st back to first ch to join it into a circle.
2) Next, determine how long we'll need to work the piece. 10" seems long enough to slip over my visor, and still cover the sun gap. You can measure how big the gap is that you need to fill. The "gap" is that sad empty part that you can see in my first picture up top!
Then, just start stitching in rounds.
Work your piece in the stitch pattern you prefer (sc, DC, or HDC), until it fits the length of the gap (or 10" if you're not sure).
So for step 3), chain 3 and DC in each stitch around, joining back to the first stitch with a slip stitch. I prefer to work in DC's - they seem to go faster - but you can use whatever stitch you like.
Then, 4) Repeat step 3 for about 12 rows.
We don't want to start increasing too soon, because then the sock would turn out cone-shaped, and not be very effective at solving the Gap problem we're trying to eliminate here.
And, we don't want to make it a complete rectangular-shaped sock, because it would be too heavy at one end when we're done.
5) So, we decrease slightly at first to give it some shaping:
Decrease 2 DC stitches (evenly around) per row for the next 2 rows.
6) Then, decrease 4 DC stitches (evenly around) per row until you get the piece worked as long as is needed. Again, I made mine 10" long and this worked great for me.
The end will slip over the end of your visor (the diagram below is incredibly rough, lol, but you get the idea).
7) Once it's long enough, just sl-st the ends together to enclose it.
8) Now, turn it inside-out. You're done! Try it out.
9) Elastic helps.
I decided to weave some elastic through the opening so the sock can hang on to the visor. This was definitely a good idea. I'll try to remember and grab a pic of that to post here later.
10) For some visors, it helps to affix something rigid inside along the top edge, for support.
A piece of cardboard would be perfect. Just insert it all the way inside. This helps to keep the sock standing up and out instead of sagging down, if you have to pull it out far.
