Ocean Breeze
"The crochet stitch pattern consists of the Herringbone stitch and the front post double crochet stitch. The front post double crochet stitch separates each Herringbone around the hat which in return gives a lovely textured pattern with little fuss. You also have the option to leave an opening for a messy bun or pony tail. The hat begins being made at the the brim and finishes at the crown. Once the first few rows are completed, the hat pattern repeats it's self through out, making it an easy pattern to make once you get going."
NotesHerringbone meaning: a pattern consisting of columns of short parallel lines, with all the lines in one column sloping one way and all the lines in the next column sloping the other way so as to resemble the bones in a fish, for example as used in the weave of cloth.
Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Finished SizeSize, small to med.
Instructions
Shell = (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc = shell made) Half Shell = (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc = half shell) Fpdc dec = work 1 fpdc around the next 2 st's together (dec made)