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Cotton Sun Hat - Free Crochet Pattern

I first made this quick cotton sun hat for my little girl last Summer. It kept the sun out of her eyes and she always received lots of lovely compliments when she wore it. It's rare to find a hat she'll happily keep on her head but this one has been a hit! This pattern is for a child’s size and should fit around 3 years (my 2 and almost 5 year old can both wear this size!) it’s easy to adapt for other sizes too.

I used 1 ball of the WI Home Cotton Aran in light blue with a 5.5mm hook, you could use any aran weight cotton yarn. Use a smaller hook and/or dk cotton if making a smaller size

The hat is made using treble and double crochet stitches worked in a spiral so you don't get a noticeable seam, just use a stitch marker in the first stitch of each round to help keep count of your rows.


Pattern written in UK terms
Abbreviations :
Ch= chain, Trb,= treble crochet, Dc= double crochet, Ss= slip stitch, sk= skip 1 stitch

1. using a 5.5mm hook make a magic circle and work 10x trb, do not ss to join= 10 st

2. work 2x trb in to next stitch (place a stitch marker in the 1st trb) work 2x trb in each stitch around up to the marker= 20 st

3. 1 trb (place marker here) 2trb in next stitch, *1 trb, 2 trb repeat until marker= 30 st

4. *1trb, 1trb, 2trb repeat from* =40 st

5. *1trb, 1trb, 1trb, 2trb repeat from* =50 st

6. (trb in the next 24 st, 2 trb in the next stitch) x2=52 st

You could add more or less increase rows to make a differnet size. Increase each row by 10 st, then a final row increased by 2.

10. 1trb in each st= 52 st at the end of row 9 ss into the next stitch to begin row 10

11. ch 5 (counts as 1 trb+ch2) sk 1, dc in next stitch, ch2, sk 1, trb, *ch2, skip 1, dc, ch2, sk 1, trb, repeat from * dc and ch2, ss to 3rd chain of starting chain to join =26 st and 26 ch 2 spaces

12. ch 3 (counts as 1 dc and chain 2) trb in first dc of previous row, ch 2, dc in next trb of previous row, ch 2, continue working into the stitches and skipping the chain spaces as follows: *trb, ch2, dc,ch 2, repeat from * trb and ch2, ss to 1st chain of starting ch3 to join =26 st, 26 chain 2 spaces

13. ch 1, dc in same stitch,* dc in chain 2 space, dc in next stitch, repeat from *
ss to first dc to join =52 st

14. ch 3 (counts as 1 trb) 2 trb in next st,* trb, 2 trb, repeat from* ss to ch 3=78 st

15. ch 3, trb in next st, *2 trb, trb, trb repeat from* ss to ch 3=104

16. ch 3, trb in next 2 st, *2 trb, trb in next 3 st repeat from*ss to ch 3=130 st

17. I then finish with one row of reverse dc (crab stitch) alternatively you could slip stitch or double crochet around

Fasten off and weave in ends.

That's it! Hope you find this pattern useful. Let me know if you make one and please tag me in your photos on Instagram, I'd love to see your work!

Hayley

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