Welcome to the first pattern in the 2017 Holiday Stashdown Crochet Along! You can find more information about the CAL here. Be sure to share your completed project pictures of this hat for your chance to win one of 23 prizes in the end-of-CAL giveaway here. Today’s pattern is the crochet brim hat pattern for the Cobblestone Cap. This unisex hat uses a self-striping yarn for easy color work and alternating stitch placement for an interesting texture. It’s available in toddler, child, and adult sizes if you’d like to make one for several people on your handmade holiday list.
This post contains affiliate links. I may receive compensation (at no added cost to you) if you make a purchase using these links. Supplies for the sample were generously provided by Clover USA and Premier Yarns.
So, if you’re new to Premier Yarns Aurora (as I was, before I made this hat), let me tell you a little about it. It’s an ultra soft, self-striping medium weight yarn. It’s a roving-style yarn on the thicker side of medium weight, so the hat feels very warm and plush. I made my hat with one skein of yarn, but I was playing a game of yarn chicken while finishing the brim, so I’ve listed two skeins for the adult size in case your tension is different than mine and you need more yarn. The toddler and child sizes would definitely use less than one skein.
And, let me tell you a little bit more about the Cobblestone Cap. The hat starts off simple enough by increasing outward from the crown.
By alternating rounds of single crochet with rounds of half double crochet (and by alternating hook placement each round from the back loop to the third loop), you get some really great texture and a bit of a “knit look.”
The brim can be tipped up or down. If you prefer your brims stiff (I like mine a bit softer), you can use a smaller crochet hook or tighter tension when you crochet the brim.
Best of all (for me at least), there’s enough room inside of the Cobblestone Cap to cover up even the worst hair days.
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Cobblestone Cap
Crochet Brim Hat Pattern by Underground Crafter
This brimmed, unisex hat uses self-striping yarn to create easy color changes and alternating hook placement to create interesting texture. It’s the first pattern in the 2017 Holiday Stashdown Crochet Along.
Finished Sizes
- Toddler (Child, Adult). Photographed sample is size Adult.
- Toddler: 15” (38 cm) hat circumference x 6.75” (17 cm) height.
- Child: 17.5” (44.5 cm) hat circumference x 7.5” (19 cm) height.
- Adult: 19” (48.5 cm) hat circumference x 8.25” (21 cm) height.
Materials
- Premier Yarns Aurora yarn (100% acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g/166 yd/152 m) – 1 (1, 2) skeins in 1028-03 Anemone, or approximately 127 yd (165 yd, 196 m)/116 m (151 m, 179 m) in any medium weight yarn.
- US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Yarn needle.
Gauge
- Through Rnd 6 = 4.25” (11 cm) diameter in pattern. For best fit, always check your gauge.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- 3L – third loop only
- BL – back loop only
- ch – chain
- FL – front loop only
- hdc – half double crochet
- hdc2tog – half double crochet 2 sts together – [Yo, insert hook in next st, yo and draw up a loop] twice, yo and draw through all 5 loops on hook. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video tutorial for the hdc2tog above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- rep – repeat
- sc – single crochet
- sc2tog – single crochet 2 sts together – [Insert hook in next st, yo and draw up a loop] twice, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook.
- sk – skip
- sl st – slip stitch
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
Pattern Notes
- Sc stitches are worked into third loop (3L) of hdc from previous Round. You can find a photo and video tutorial for working into the third loop here on Moogly.
- Hdc stitches are worked into back loop (BL) of sc from previous Round. You can find a video tutorial for crocheting in the back loop only by Fiber Flux here.
- Ch 1 at beginning of Round and sl sts do NOT count as sts.
- Hat is worked in the Round with the right (front) side facing. Brim is worked flat in Rows.
Pattern Instructions
Hat
Increase Rounds
- Starting at crown, ch 2.
- Round 1: Sk 1 ch, 8 sc in next ch, join with sl st to first sc. (8 sts)
- Round 2: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 hdcBL in each st] around, join with sl st to first hdc. (16 sts)
- Round 3: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 sc3L in next st, sc3L in next st] around, join with sl st to first sc. (24 sts)
- Round 4: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 hdcBL in next st, hdcBL in next 2 sts] around, join with sl st to first hdc. (32 sts)
- Round 5: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 sc3L in next st, sc3L in next 3 sts] around, join with sl st to first sc. (40 sts)
- Round 6: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 hdcBL in next st, hdcBL in next 4 sts] around, join with sl st to first hdc. (48 sts)
- Round 7: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 sc3L in next st, sc3L in next 5 sts] around, join with sl st to first sc. (56 sts)
- Round 8: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 hdcBL in next st, hdcBL in next 6 sts] around, join with sl st to first hdc. (64 sts)
- Round 9: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 sc3L in next st, sc3L in next 7 sts] around, join with sl st to first sc. (72 sts)
- Round 10: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 hdcBL in next st, hdcBL in next 8 sts] around, join with sl st to first hdc. (80 sts) TODDLER SIZE ONLY: Continue to Work Even Round 1 (below).
- Round 11: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 sc3L in next st, sc3L in next 9 sts] around, join with sl st to first sc. (88 sts) CHILD SIZE ONLY: Continue to Work Even Round 2 (below).
- Round 12: Ch 1, starting in same st [2 hdcBL in next st. hdcBL in next 10 sts] around, join with sl st to first hdc. (96 sts)
Work Even Rounds
- Work Even Round 1: Ch 1, starting in same st [sc3L in next st] around, join with sl st to first sc.
- Work Even Round 2: Ch 1, starting in same st [hdcBL in next st] around, join with sl st to first hdc.
- Rep Work Even Rounds 1-2 until hat measures approximately 5.5” (6.25”, 7”)/14 cm (16 cm, 18 cm) from crown, ending after Work Even Round 1.
Decrease Rounds
- Decrease Round 1: Ch 1, starting in same st [hdcBL2tog, hdcBL in next 8 (9, 10) sts] around, join with sl st to first sc. — 72 (80, 88) sts
- Decrease Round 2: Ch 1, starting in same st [sc3L2tog, sc3L in next 7 (8, 9) sts] around, join with sl st to first sc. — 64 (72, 80) sts
- Decrease Round 3: Ch 1, starting in same st [hdcBL2tog, hdcBL in next 6 (7, 8) sts] around, join with sl st to first hdc. — 56 (64, 72) sts
- Rep Work Even Rounds 1-2 until hat measures approximately 6.5” (7.25”, 8”)/16.5 cm (18.5 cm, 20.5 cm) from crown, ending after Work Even Round 2.
- Rep Work Even Round 1 once more. Fasten off.
Brim
- With right (front) side of hat facing, skip 18 (21, 24) sts from last st of final Round, join yarn with sl st to next st.
- Row 1: Ch 1, sc in same st and next 19 (21, 23) sts, slstFL in next st. — 20 (22, 24) sts
- Row 2: Turn, sk sl st, *2 scBL in next st, scBL in next st, 2 scBL in next st,** scBL across to last 3 sts, rep from * to **, slstBL in next st. — 24 (26, 28) sts
- Row 3: Turn, sk sl st, *2 scFL in next st, scFL in next st, 2 scFL in next st,** scFL across to last 3 sts, rep from * to **, slstFL in next st — 28 (30, 32) sts
- Rep Rows 2-3 until desired brim size is reached, ending after Row 2.
- Final Row: Turn, sk sl st, slstFL in ea st across, slstFL in next st. Fasten off.
Finishing
- With yarn needle, weave in ends on wrong (inside) side of hat.
Cobblestone Cap is lovely! I’ll make it when I get a chance. Thanks for sharing it.
I found the Holiday Crochet Along yesterday afternoon and started my hat right away! I had some beautiful Yarn Bee Wildstreak with Green/Pink coloring that I bought on clearance a while back, it is perfect! I think I might even have enough to make a matching cowel or scarf, I noticed there are a couple of those in the CAL links.
Thanks for sharing!