Hey you guys, I thought I'd post the free little single crochet baby hat pattern that I have as a little add-on on this Spring Flowers, Bees, Butterflies and More Crochet Pattern ebook.
I'd love for you to check out the entire pattern set on shopify, amazon, or etsy, but in the meantime get started on that little baby's fuzzy little hat!
Dc double crochet
Lsc long single crochet, in which the hook is inserted below the normal space, to a previous round, resulting in a very long post which covers previous single crochets or double crochets (depending on the situation).
Picot small decorative bump made by making a chain, then going back to a loop a few chains back (the pattern determines how many), inserting your hook, yarning over and pulling through a sl st to join and form the bump
Prev previous
Rnd round
Sep separated
Sl st slip stitch (running your thread through some work to get to a new place without changing the shape of the work; or, attaching to a stitch with just a loop pulled through) Sp space formed in your work, usually on a previous round
St stitch
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my sassy flowers, bees and butterflies perch nicely on this darling sc baby hat
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Abbreviations and Terms used in this Pattern:
Beg beginning (as in, “sc in beg chain” – single crochet in the chain at the beginning of this portion).
Ch chain Dc double crochet
Lsc long single crochet, in which the hook is inserted below the normal space, to a previous round, resulting in a very long post which covers previous single crochets or double crochets (depending on the situation).
Picot small decorative bump made by making a chain, then going back to a loop a few chains back (the pattern determines how many), inserting your hook, yarning over and pulling through a sl st to join and form the bump
Prev previous
Rnd round
Sep separated
Sl st slip stitch (running your thread through some work to get to a new place without changing the shape of the work; or, attaching to a stitch with just a loop pulled through) Sp space formed in your work, usually on a previous round
St stitch
Instructions for Hat
Newborn (for an approximate head circumference of 12” when worked in baby or lightweight yarn)
Begin with a ring made of ch-2 (in other words, ch 2, join to 2nd ch from hook to form a small ring); rnd 1 is 6 sc in that ring; rnd 2 is 2 sc in every sc(an increase in every stitch); rnd 3 is working a sc in every sc, with 2 sc (an inc) in every other sc; rnd 4 is working a sc in every sc, inc in every third sc; rnd 5 is sc in every sc, inc in every 4th sc; rnd 6 is sc in every sc, inc in every 5th sc; rnd 7 - 16 is sc in every sc; rnd 17 is again 1 stitch in every stitch, --but make every other stitch a long single crochet, which will make a long decorative post. In other words, *(sc, lsc) around. rnd 18 is sc in every sc, with a decr at the beg of the rnd. rnd 19 is a repeat of rnd 17, *(sc, lsc) around. rnd 20-24 is sc in every sc, with a decr at the beg of each rnd.
Then work a decorative brim which looks a bit frilly, if you wish:
Rnd 25: ch 2, dc in every dc around, join.
Rnd 26: *(ch 3, sc in next dc)around, join. Tie off and weave ends through work.
Tie off and weave ends through work.
3 Month: (for an approximate head circumference of 14” when worked in baby or
lightweight yarn) Use 4 colors, three solids and a variegated, if desired.
Begin with a ring made of ch-2 (in other words, ch 2, join to 2nd ch from hook to form a small ring);
rnd 1 is 6 sc in that ring;
rnd 2 is 2 sc in every sc(an increase in every stitch);
rnd 3 is working a sc in every sc, with 2 sc (an inc) in every other sc; rnd 4 is working a sc in every sc, inc in every third sc; rnd 5 is sc in every sc, inc in every 4th sc; rnd 6 is sc in every sc, inc in every 5th sc; rnd 7 is sc in every sc, inc in every 6th sc;
rnd 8 is sc in every sc, inc in every 7th sc; rnd 9 - 21 is sc in every sc; rnd 22 is again 1 stitch in every stitch, --but make every other stitch a long single crochet, which will make a long decorative post. In other words, *(sc, lsc) around.
rnd 23 is sc in every sc, with a decr at the beg of the rnd; rnd 24 is a repeat of rnd 17, *(sc, lsc) around. rnd 25-28 is sc in every sc, with a decr at the beg of each rnd.
Then work a decorative brim which looks a bit frilly, if you wish:
Rnd 29: ch 2, dc in every dc around, join.
Rnd 30: *(ch 3, sc in next dc)around, join. Tie off and weave ends through work.
Tie off and weave ends through work.
6 Month: (for an approximate head circumference of 16” when worked in baby or
lightweight yarn) Use 4 colors, three solids and a variegated, if desired.
Begin with a ring made of ch-2(in other words, ch 2, join to 2nd ch from hook to form a small ring); rnd 1 is 6 sc in that ring; rnd 2 is 2 sc in every sc(an increase in every stitch); rnd 3 is working a sc in every sc, with 2 sc (an inc) in every other sc; rnd 4 is working a sc in every sc, inc in every third sc; rnd 5 is sc in every sc, inc in every 4th sc; rnd 6 is sc in every sc, inc in every 5th sc; rnd 7 is sc in every sc, inc in every 6th sc; rnd 8 is sc in every sc, inc in every 7th sc; rnd 9 - 11 is sc in every sc, inc in every 7th sc; rnd 12-26 is sc in every sc; rnd 27 is again 1 stitch in every stitch, --but make every other stitch a long single crochet, which will make a long decorative post. In other words, *(sc, lsc) around.
rnd 28 is sc in every sc; rnd 29 is a repeat of rnd 17, *(sc, lsc) around.
rnd 30--34 is sc in every sc, with a decr at the beg of each rnd.
Then work a decorative brim which looks a bit frilly, if you wish:
Rnd 35: ch 2, dc in every dc around, join.
Rnd 36: *(ch 3, sc in next dc)around, join. Tie off and weave ends through work.
Tie off and weave ends through work.
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