Cat's Basic Hat Pattern

In honor of starting this blog, I wanted to giveaway one of my basic styles.  There is one basic hat pattern I like to use for woman's and girls hats.  It's pretty easy and it's one of my first patterns I pieced together with basic stitches.  Here are some of the hats I have made with this basic design:

 This pattern does NOT include the fancy edging that I used above though OR the flowers... those patterns I will share at a later time when I have time to write them down.  Most of my work is in my head.  I made this thinking I wanted something fast, cute and not too hot!  Hat's in general tend to make my head sweat and I wanted something with a little ventilation, if you know what I mean!

(And on a side note, I would like to thank that random person who wrote that ancient book I dusted off at the library who taught me the beauty of the chain and V stitches.)

Cat’s Basic Hat

Pattern by Catherine Lang

Materials:

·         Yarn.  Color of your choice.  Medium/ Worsted weight

·         Crochet Hook size H and I

Gauge:

After round one, the diameter of the circle should be 2in (5cm).

Special Stiches:

V-Stitch – (double crochet, chain 1, double crochet) in same stitch.

Body:

With size I crochet hook ch 5, ss in first chain to form a ring.

Rnd 1: ch 4 (counts as 1^st dc and ch 1 throughout pattern) *dc in ring, ch 1.  Repeat from * 10 more times.  Ss in 3rd ch of ch 4 at the beginning to join.  (12 dc)

Rnd2: ss in 1^st ch 1 space.  Ch 4, dc in same space as ss. *ch 1, v-stitch (dc, ch 1, dc in same space) in next ch 1 sp. Repeat from * all the way around and end with a ch 1. Ss in 3rd ch of ch 4 at the beginning to join.  (24 dc)

Rnd 3: ss in 1^st ch 1 space. Ch 4. *dc in next ch 1 space, ch 1.  Repeat from * all the way around. Ss in 3rd ch of ch 4 at the beginning to join. (24 dc)

Rnd 4:  ss in 1^st ch 1 space. Ch 4. Dc in same ch 1 sp. *(ch 1, dc in next ch 1 sp.) 3 times, ch 1, v-stitch in next ch 1 sp.  Repeat from * around ending with ch 1, ss in 3rd ch of ch 4 at the beginning to join rnd.  (30 dc)

Girl’s Hat:

Rnd 5-9: repeat round 3.

Rnd 10-12: Ch 1. With size H hook, sc in each dc and ch 1 space around.  Ss in ch 1 to join.  After rnd 12 fasten off.

Woman’s Hat:

Rnd 5-11: repeat round 3.

Rnd 11-13: Ch 1. With size H hook, sc in each dc and ch 1 space around.  Ss in ch 1 to join.  After rnd 13 fasten off.

Note:  If you would like it a little longer to cover your ears better, repeat rnd 3 a few more times before you move on to other rnds.

It looks a little stretched out because I tried it on and I have a super big head!

Disclaimer:  This hat came from putting together some basic stitches, if someone has posted another pattern similar to this one, it is purely coincidence.

Here I am wearing the hat... although I am thinking it needs a flower...