This hat idea was born during my quest to find crochet cloche patterns thanks to Bonnie and Clyde. I couldn’t find a pattern for what I pictured in my head so I made it up as I worked. Made entirely in the round using one ball of yarn and only 23 rows (!!) of crochet. Pretty quick and lightweight project. Download a PDF at link below, check it out on Ravelry, or purchase this hat on Etsy.
Yarn: 1 ball of Knit Picks Palette fingering weight yarn in Bluebell or equivalent yarn
Hook: Size E hook or hook that yields appropriate gauge
Gauge: 10 sts = 2 inches in hdc
Measurements: Finished hat measures approximately 8.5 inches tall and 12 inches at widest
Abbreviations:
sc = single crochet dc = double crochet
hdc = half-double crochet sts = stitches
ch = chain sl = slip
Techniques:
This hat is worked entirely in the round beginning at the crown. Be sure to chain 2 at the start of each non-eyelet round as the first half-double crochet. Each non-eyelet round is joined with a slip stitch into the first chain 2 of that round. Eyelet rounds are joined to the 3rd chain of the first ch 6 of that round. I used a magic ring to start my rounds but use whatever method you like best.
Directions:
1) Make 8 single crochet in a magic ring, slip stitching into first sc. (8 stitches around)
2) Ch 2, 2 half-double crochet into each sc around. (16 sts)
3) Ch 2, 2 hdc into next stitch, * 1 hdc, 2 hdc into next stitch. Repeat from * around. (24 sts)
4) Ch 2, 1 hdc, 2 hdc into next stitch, * 2 hdc, 2 hdc into next stitch. Repeat from * around. (32 sts)
5) Ch 2, 2 hdc, 2 hdc into next stitch, * 3 hdc, 2 hdc into next stitch. Repeat from * around. (40 sts)
6) Ch 2, 3 double crochet, 2 dc into next stitch, * 4 dc, 2 dc into next stitch. Repeat from * around. (48 sts)
7) Ch 2, 4 dc, 2 dc into next stitch, * 5 dc, 2 dc into next stitch. Repeat from * around. (56 sts)
8) Ch 2, 5 dc, 2 dc into next stitch, * 6 dc, 2 dc into next stitch. Repeat from * around. (64 sts)
9) Ch 2, 6 dc, 2 dc into next stitch, * 7 dc, 2 dc into next stitch. Repeat from * around. (72 sts)
10) Ch 2, 7 dc, 2 dc into next stitch, * 8 dc, 2 dc into next stitch. Repeat from * around. (80 sts)
11) Ch 2, 8 dc, 2 dc into next stitch, * 9 dc, 2 dc into next stitch. Repeat from * around. (88 sts)
12) Ch 6, * dc in 3rd dc, ch 3. Repeat from * around. Sl st into 3rd chain of starting ch 6.
13) Ch 2, * 3 dc into loop, 1 dc in each dc. Repeat from * around.
14) Ch 2, dc in each dc.
15) Ch 6, * dc in 3rd dc, ch 3. Repeat from * around.
16) Ch 2, * 3 dc into loop, 1 dc in each dc. Repeat from * around.
17) Ch 2, dc in each dc.
18) Ch 6, * dc in 3rd dc, ch 3. Repeat from * around.
19) Ch 2, * 3 dc into loop, 1 dc in each dc. Repeat from * around.
20) Ch 2, dc in each dc.
21) Ch 6, * dc in 3rd dc, ch 3. Repeat from * around.
22) Ch 2, * 3 dc into loop, 1 dc in each dc. Repeat from * around.
23) Ch 2, dc in each dc. Finish off.
Very clever and lovely shade of blue on you.
Thanks so much! 🙂
Hello, thanks for sharing your pattern.
After completing this project, I’m unclear on some of the instructions. In row 12 (and the other eyelets) I followed the pattern and ended up with an increase. By skipping three st, and DC in the 4th, I ended up at the proper number of st.
Hi Anna! Thanks for the message. I haven’t made this hat since drafting the pattern a couple years ago but I pulled out the hat and the pattern and from what I can tell, the pattern is accurate as to how the hat was made. I do not have any increases beyond that eyelet row. Perhaps I am off a stitch and that’s why you have to go into the 4th? Again, I did just count and had the right number of stitches but maybe I miscounted. I will take a closer look next time I make it up using this pattern.