Materials
Bernat Cashmere Natural Blends (worsted weight, 65% acrylic/30% nylon/5% cashmere, approx. 60 g/2.1 oz, 94 m/103 yds). Color Earth.
Complementary substitution: Lion Brand Wool Ease (worsted weight, 80% acrylic/20% wool, approx. 70 g/3 oz, 180 m/197 yds). Color Chocolate Brown.
H (5.00 mm) hook
Tapestry needle
Brownie, a crochet hat
Finished Size
Fits an average woman’s 20″ (50.5 cm) head circumference. If you would like to make a smaller size, replace Round 6 with instructions for Round 8.
Length of hat from center to bottom shell edge is 7 1/2″. If you would like to shorten hat, remove Rounds 15 and 16.
Pattern
Ch. 2. Work 8 dc into the 2nd chain from the hook. Join with sl st to first dc.
Round 1: Ch 1, sc in first dc, (ch 1, sc in next dc) 7 times, ch 1. Join with sl st to first sc.
Round 2: Sl st into first ch-1 sp, ch 3, 3 dc in ch-1 sp, (sk next sc, 4 dc in next ch-1 sp) 7 times. Join with sl st to first sc.
Round 3: Ch 1, sc in first dc, (sk next dc, ch 2, sc in next dc) around; at end of round, skip last dc, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc.
Round 4: Sl st into first ch-2 sp, ch 3, 2 dc into same ch-2 sp, (sk next sc, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp) around. Join with sl st to first dc.
Round 5: Ch 1, sc in first dc, (sk next dc, ch 2, sc in next dc) around; at end of round, skip last dc, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc.
Round 6: Sl st into first ch-2 sp, ch 3, 2 dc into same ch-2 sp, (sk next sc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, sk next sc, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp) around; at end of round sk next sc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, join with sl st to first sc.
Round 7: Ch 1, sc in first dc, (sk next dc, ch 2, sc in next dc) around; at end of round, skip last dc, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc.
Round 8: Sl st into first ch-2 sp, ch 3, dc, (sk next sc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp) around. Join with sl st to first dc.
Rounds 9 – 16: Repeat Rounds 7 and 8 four times
Round 17: Ch 1, sc in first dc, (sk next dc, ch 2, sc in next dc) around; at end of round, skip last dc, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc.
Round 18: Sl st into first ch-2 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, (sk next sc, sc in next ch-2 sp, sk next sc, 3 dc in next ch-2 sp) around, sc in last ch-2 sp, join with sl st to first dc.
Brownie by Tiffany Roots is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Sweet hat!Thanks!!
I love the hat……It will look good this winter on several friends I know that will be skiing on Mt.Hood….thanks so much for sharing your talents and time.
Cute hat and looks easy, so it could be made by bunches for winter charity giving! Thank you for sharing.
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