After I finished making the sample A Beginner’s Super Scarf, I knew it needed a companion – a matching and easy crochet hat.
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I debated whether to repeat the texture throughout the hat and decided it would be more dramatic if I didn’t! (Also, the mock bobbles “pop out” on the wrong side of the hat, so it would be require a bit more finesse to get them to face the right side on a hat worked in the round, and I wanted to keep this an easy crochet hat pattern.)
This beginner-friendly hat is available in 7 sizes from newborn through adult large, so you can make one for you and as many as you’d like for your family and friends!
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A Beginner’s Textured Hat
Easy Crochet Hat Pattern by Underground Crafter
This easy crochet hat uses mock bobbles to create texture. Get the free matching companion pattern, A Beginner’s Super Scarf.
Finished Sizes
- Newborn (3-6 months, 6-12 months, 12 months-2 years, Child, Teen/Adult Small, Adult Large). Photographed sample is size Teen/Adult Small.
- Newborn: 12.5” (31.75 cm) hat circumference, 5” (13 cm) length.
- 3-6 months: 15” (38 cm) hat circumference, 6” (15 cm) length.
- 6-12 months: 16.5” (42 cm) hat circumference, 6.25” (16 cm) length.
- 12 months-2 years: 17.25” (44 cm) hat circumference, 6.75” (17 cm) length.
- Child: 18.75” (47.5 cm) hat circumference, 7” (18 cm) length.
- Teen/Adult Small: 20.5” (52 cm) hat circumference, 7.5” (19 cm) length.
- Adult Large: 22” (56 cm) hat circumference, 8.5” (21.5 cm) length.
Materials
- Swish Worsted (100% Merino wool, 1.75 oz/50 g/110 yd/101 m) – 8 skeins in Rainforest Heather, or approximately 110 (110, 110, 220, 220, 220, 220) yd/101 (101, 101, 202, 202, 202, 202) m in any medium weight yarn.
- US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Yarn needle.
- Locking stitch marker or scrap yarn.
Gauge
- Through Rnd 9 in pattern = 4” (10 cm) diameter. For best fit, always check your gauge.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- ch – chain
- pm – place stitch marker
- rep – repeat
- Rnd(s) – Round(s)
- sc – single crochet
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- tr – treble (triple) crochet
- * Repeat instructions after asterisk as indicated.
Pattern Notes
- Hat is worked in rounds in continuous spirals. Move stitch marker up each round to mark last st of round.
Pattern Instructions
Hat
- Starting at crown, ch 4, skip 3 ch, join with slip st to first ch to form ring.
- Rnd 1: Ch 1, 6 sc in ring, pm in last st. (6 sts)
- Rnd 2: 2 sc in each st. (12 sts)
- Rnd 3: *2 sc in next st, sc in next st; rep from * around. (18 sts)
- Rnd 4: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 sts; rep from * around. (24 sts)
- Rnd 5: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 sts; rep from * around. (30 sts)
- Rnd 6: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 4 sts; rep from * around. (36 sts)
- Rnd 7: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 5 sts; rep from * around. (42 sts)
- Rnd 8: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 6 sts; rep from * around. (48 sts)
- Rnd 9: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 7 sts; rep from * around. (54 sts) NEWBORN SIZE ONLY: Continue to Rnd 17.
- Rnd 10: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 8 sts; rep from * around. (60 sts)
- Rnd 11: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 9 sts; rep from * around. (66 sts) 3-6 MONTHS SIZE ONLY: Continue to Rnd 17.
- Rnd 12: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 10 sts; rep from * around. (72 sts) 6-12 MONTHS SIZE ONLY: Continue to Rnd 17.
- Rnd 13: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 11 sts; rep from * around. (78 sts) 12 MONTHS-2 YEARS SIZE ONLY: Continue to Rnd 17.
- Rnd 14: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 12 sts; rep from * around. (84 sts) CHILD SIZE ONLY: Continue to Rnd 17.
- Rnd 15: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 13 sts; rep from * around. (90 sts) TEEN/ADULT SMALL SIZE ONLY: Continue to Rnd 17.
- Rnd 16: *2 sc in next st, sc in next 14 sts; rep from * around. (96 sts)
- Rnd 17: Slip st in next st, turn to face wrong side (inside) of hat, *tr in next st, sc in next st; rep from * around, slip st to top of first tr, turn to face right side (outside) of hat.
- Rnd 18: Sc in each st around.
- Rep Rnd 18 until hat measures approximately 4.5” (5.5”, 5.75”, 6.25”, 6.5”, 7”, 8”)/11.5 cm (14 cm, 14.5 cm, 16 cm, 16.5 cm, 18 cm, 20.5 cm) from crown.
- Rnds 19-20: Rep Rnds 17 & 18 once. Fasten off.
Finishing
- With yarn needle, weave in ends.
So cute! I pinned it to one of my crafty boards. Thank you for sharing!