Toddler Size Hat - 12 months to 3 years
Written and Designed by Sara McFall of My Merry Messy Life
Materials:
Hook: G, 4.25 mm (any hook size larger will make a huge hat!)
Yarn: Worsted Weight, Medium 4. I used Red Heart Super Saver in Perfect Pink, Aruba Sea, Light Coral and Medium Purple, White, and Yellow.
Abbreviations
SL ST = slip stitch
HDC = half double crochet
CH = chain
Crown of Hat: (I used one color to stitch the crown of the hat)
CH 3, join with a SL ST to form a ring
Round 1: CH 1 (counts as first HDC). Work 11 HDC in ring (12 HDC total). Join to beginning CH 1 with a SL ST.
Round 2 (increasing round): CH 1. In same stitch, work 1 HDC. In next stitch, work 2 HDC. Work 2 HDC in each stitch all the way around (24 HDC total). Join to beginning CH 1 with a SL ST.
Round 3: CH 1. In the next stitch, work 1 HDC (counts as first HDC). Work 1 HDC in each stitch around (24 HDC total). Join to beginning CH 1 with a SL ST.
Round 4 (increasing round): CH 1 (counts as first HDC). In next stitch, work 2 HDC. *In next stitch, work 1 HDC. In next stitch, work 2 HDC.* Repeat from * all the way around (36 HDC total). Join to beginning CH 1 with a SL ST.
Round 5: (make this another increasing round if you want the hat to be bigger for child older than 3 years, otherwise continue the instructions outside of the parenthesis - 1 HDC, 1 HDC, 2 HDC all the way around). CH 1, in the next stitch, work 1 HDC. Work 1 HDC in each stitch around (36 total HDC).
Granny Stitch(switch colors now)
Join your new color to the opposite side of where you ended the last round. Join with a SL ST and CH 1.
Work 3 HDC in the same ST, and CH 1.
SK 2 HDC spaces.
*Work 4 HDC in the next stitch and CH 1.
SK 2 HDC spaces.*
Repeat from * all the way around and join to beginning CH 1 with a SL ST.
Repeat rows of this Granny Stitch until your hat reaches its desired height!
How to Change Colours:
To change colors for each round, continue to join in a different place than the previous color and follow the directions above.
To Keep the Same Colour:
To keep the same color, eliminate the last CH 1 and join to beginning Granny Stitch with a SL ST. Then, CH 1 and work 3 HDC in same space (it's a little awkward feeling, but it evens out as you work your way around and makes a seamless join!).
CH 3, SL ST to form ring
Round 1: CH 1, 10 HDC in ring (11 HDC total), join with SL ST to beg CH 1
Round 2: CH 1, 2 HDC in each st around (22 HDC total), join with SL ST to beg CH 1
Round 3: CH 1, 2 HDC, 1 HDC, 1 HDC all the way around (30 HDC total), join with SL ST to beg CH 1
Round 4: CH 1, 1 HDC in each stitch around (30 HDC total)
Now work about 9 rows of the Granny Stitch, with 10 of them in each row. See my other post for the Granny Stitch, complete with a photo tutorial.
The hat should measure about 5.5 inches tall, and be about 15 inches in circumference (or 7.5 when folded in half).
Crochet Sun Hat - Brim Pattern
This brim pattern can be worked on any sun hat. It's very easy and worked in the round. If your hat is not made with a HDC like mine, then you can change all the half double crochet stitches to the stitches that were worked in your hat (i.e., double crochet or single crochet).
Brim:
Round 1: If attaching a new color for the brim, then attach with a SL ST and CH 1. In the next stitch, crochet 1 HDC. Work 1 HDC in each stitch around. (The picture does not reflect this round. It is optional.)
If using the same color, CH 1 and do the same as above - in the next stitch, work 1 HDC. Work 1 HDC in each stitch around.
For both - join to beginning CH 1 with a SL ST, and CH 1.
Round 2: In the next stitch, work 2 HDC (in the same stitch). Then, *work 1 HDC in the next stitch. Work 2 HDC in the next stitch.* Repeat from * around & join with beginning CH 1 with a SL ST. Join to beginning CH 1 with a SL ST, and CH 1.
Round 3: In the next stitch, work 1 HDC. In the next stitch, work 2 HDC (in the same stitch). Repeat this pattern all the way around - 1 HDC, 1 HDC, 2 HDC. Join to beginning CH 1 with a SL ST, and CH 1.
Rounds 4 & 5: Work 1 HDC in each stitch around. in to beginning CH 1 with a SL ST, and fasten off.
