Crochet Craft. Spring Hat Crochet Free Pattern

Petite Spring Hat Crochet Free Pattern

Design by Patricia Ritchie

Beautiful crochet craft idea for a spring project. This petite crochet spring hat with free pattern will decorate and brighten your room!

CROCHET CRAFT. FINISHED MEASUREMENTS FOR THE PETITE CROCHET HAT

21/2 inches in diameter (Bottom) x 21/4 inches high

CROCHET CRAFT MATERIALS

• Aunt Lydia’s Classic Crochet size 10 crochet cotton (white: 400 yds per ball; solids: 350 yds per ball;

shaded colors: 300 yds per ball):

50 yds each #1 white and

#15 shaded pinks

15 yds #397 wasabi

• Sizes 9/1.25mm and 7/1.65mm steel crochet hooks or size needed to obtain gauge

• Tapestry needle

• Stitch marker

• Small amount fiberfill

• Straight pin with white head

• 60-inch retractable tape measure 2 inches in diameter x 1/2 inch high

GAUGE

Size 7 hook: 8 sc = 1 inch;

9 sc rows = 1 inch

CROCHET CRAFT PATTERN NOTES

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
Chain-4 at beginning of round counts as first treble crochet unless otherwise stated.

CROCHET CRAFT HAT

BOTTOM
Rnd 1: With size 7 hook and shaded pinks, ch 2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join (see Pattern Notes) in first sc. (6 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each sc around, join in first sc. (12 sc)
Rnd 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in same sc as beg ch-1, sc in next sc, [2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc] around, join in first sc. (18 sc)
Rnd 4: Ch 1, 2 sc in same sc as beg ch-1, sc in each of next 2 sc, [2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 2 sc] around, join in first sc. (24 sc)
Rnd 5: Ch 1, 2 sc in same sc as beg ch-1, sc in each of next 3 sc, [2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 3 sc] around, join in first sc. (30 sc)
Rnd 6: Ch 1, 2 sc in same sc as beg ch-1, sc in each of next 4 sc, [2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 4 sc] around, join in first sc. (36 sc)
Rnd 7: Ch 1, 2 sc in same sc as beg ch-1, sc in each of next 5 sc, [2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 5 sc] around, join in first sc. (42 sc)
Rnd 8: Ch 1, 2 sc in same sc as beg ch-1, sc in each of next 6 sc, [2 sc in next sc, sc in each of next 6 sc] around, join in first sc. (48 sc)

Rnd 9: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, join in first sc.
Rnd 10: Working in back lp (see Stitch Guide) of each st, ch 4 (see Pattern Notes), tr in each of next 45 sts, leaving last 2 sts unworked, leaving 18-inch length, fasten off. (46 tr)

TOP
Rnds 1–8: Rep rnds 1–8 of Bottom. (48 sc)
Insert tape measure in Bottom with retraction button at center bottom of crocheted piece and tab of the tape measure in the opening of 2 rem sts of rnd 10. Position Top on Bottom and sew tog, leaving the 2 sc sts of Top unsewn.

PINCUSHION CROCHET HAT

Rnds 1–7: With size 7 hook and white, rep rnds 1–7 of Bottom. (42 sc)
Rnd 8: Place st marker in first sc of rnd 8 and move as rnds progress, ch 1, sc in each sc around, do not join rnd. (42 sc)
Rnds 9–17: Sc in each sc around, do not join.

Rnd 18: 2 sc in each sc around. (84 sc)
Rnds 19–24: Sc in each sc around.
Rnd 25: Ch 1, [working backward (right to left if right-handed, opposite if left-handed), sl st in previous sc, ch 1] around, join in first st. Fasten off.

Joining Hat

Thread 18-inch length of white on tapestry needle, sew rnd 17 of Pincushion Hat to rnd 8 of Top, stuffing Hat with fiberfill before closing.

HATBAND

Row 1: With size 9 hook and wasabi, ch 55, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (54 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each of next 7 sc, 5 dc in next sc, sk 1 sc, [sc in next sc, sk next sc, 5 dc in next sc, sk next sc] across to last 7 sc, sc in each of next 7 sc, turn. (10 groups 5 dc)
Rnd 3: Now working in rnds, ch 1, sc in each sc and in each dc st across, ending with 2 sc in last sc, working on opposite side of foundation ch, 2 sc in first ch, sc in each rem ch across to last ch, 2 sc in last ch, sc in same st as first sc of rnd 3, leaving 12-inchlength of cotton, fasten off.

Place Hatband around base of Hat crown, cross ends at back and sew in place.

CROCHET FLOWER

Rnd 1: Leaving a 12-inch length at beg, with size 9 hook and shaded pinks, ch 6, join in first ch to form a ring, ch 1, 12 sc in ring, join in first sc. (12 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), 5 dc in same sc, 6 dc in each of next 11 sc, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. Fasten off. (72 dc)

Sew Flower to center front of Hatband. Insert straight pin through center of Flower.