Family of Hats
Make a crochet hat for everyone in the family with this free crochet hat pattern. The Family of Hats includes instructions on how to crochet the same hat for a man, woman, and child. Use a different color yarn for each hat so that you can easily tell them apart. This is a great hat to wear in family portraits and holiday pictures.
Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
MATERIALS:
- RED HEART® With Love®: 1 (1, 2) skeins. Child (18¼”) 1805 Bluebell or 1303 Aran, Women (19½”) 1909 Holly Berry, Men (21”) 1937 Deep Blues
- Susan Bates® Crochet Hooks: 5mm [US H-8] and 5.5mm [US I-9]
- Yarn needle; optional pompom maker
Gauge: 14 sts =4”(10 cm); 16 rounds = 4” (10 cm) in sc with smaller hook. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
Directions are for child size (6 year-old); changes for women and men are in parentheses.
Special Abbreviation:
dec (decrease) = [draw up a loop in next sc] twice, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on hook.
DIRECTIONS:
HAT
Cuff
With larger hook ch 64 (68, 74); join with a slip st to first ch, being sure ch is not twisted.
Round 1: Ch 1, sc in same ch as joining and in each ch around; join in the back loop of first sc; turn – 64 (68, 74) sc.
Round 2: Ch 1, sc in back loop of each sc around; join in the back loop of first sc; turn.
Repeat Round 2 until 5 (5½, 5½)” [12.7 (14, 14) cm] from beginning slightly stretched. Do not turn at the end of last round.
Crown
Change to smaller hook.
Next Round (Right Side): Ch 1, sc in both loops of each sc around; join. Do not turn.
Repeat last round until 9 (10, 10)” [22.8 (25, 25) cm] from beginning decreasing 0 (0, 2) sc on last round – 64 (68, 72) sc.
Shape Top
Ch 1, [dec, sc in next 11 (12, 13) sc, dec, sc in next sc] 4 times; join – 56 (60, 64) sc.
Next Round: Ch 1, [dec, sc in next 9 (10, 11) sc, dec, sc in next sc] 4 times; join – 48 (52, 56) sc.
Next Round: Ch 1, [dec, sc in next 7 (8, 9) sc, dec, sc in next sc] 4 times; join – 40 (44, 48) sc.
Next Round: Ch 1, [dec, sc in next 5 (6, 7) sc, dec, sc in next sc] 4 times; join – 32 (36, 40) sc.
Next Round: Ch 1, [dec, sc in next 3 (4, 5) sc, dec, sc in next sc] 4 times; join – 24 (28, 32) sc.
Next Round: Ch 1, [dec, sc in next 1 (2, 3) sc, dec, sc in next sc] 4 times; join – 16 (20, 24) sc.
Women’s and Men’s Size Only-Next Round:
Ch 1, [dec, sc in next (0, 1) sc, dec, sc in next sc] 4 times; join – (12, 16) sc.
All Sizes:
Ch 1, sc in each sc around; join.
Fasten off, leaving a long end. Weave end through remaining sts and draw up tightly; fasten securely.
Optional: Make a pompom and fasten to top of hat.
Abbreviations:
ch = chain; mm = millimeters; sc = single crochet; st(s) = stitch (es); [ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified.
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