Textured Crochet Hat

Awhile ago I made some fingerless gloves from Crafty Beaver's pattern, and wanted to make a hat to match.  After spending hours trying to find a pattern that I liked, I decided to frankenstein one up from a few different patterns, plus a bit of random adaptation, and this was the result.  I made the same hat in black for a friend who wears it with crochet flower badges that match her outfits.

Textured Crochet Hat

Pattern uses:
4 mm crochet hook
~ 50 g 8 ply wool

r1         ch2, 91 foundation sc, join with a sl st
r2         ch1, turn.  *Skip first (next) sc, (sc, dc) in next*.  Repeat * * around (45 clusters)
r3-r25   ch1, turn.  (sc, dc) in each dc around.
r26       ch1, turn.  *(sc, dc) in next 4 dc.  Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*.  Repeat * * around (8 times).  (36 clusters)
r27       ch1, turn.  (sc, dc) in each dc around.
r28       ch1, turn.  *(sc, dc) in next 3 dc.  Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*.  Repeat * * around.  (27 clusters)
r29       Repeat r27
r30       ch1, turn.  *(sc, dc) in next 2 dc.  Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*.  Repeat * * around.  (18 clusters)
r31       Repeat r27
r32       ch1, turn.  *(sc, dc) in next dc.  Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*.  Repeat * * around.  (9 clusters)
r33       Repeat r27
r34       ch1, turn.  *Skip next sc, sc in dc, skip next sc, dc in dc*.  Repeat * * around.  (4.5 clusters)

Tie off, leaving a longish tail.  Use tail to sew closed the hole.


This hat is a snug fit on my large (59 cm) head.  The pattern can be adapted by using fewer stitches (Start with multiples of 2 + 1 stitch).  Try and keep to multiples of 5, or you'll need to change the decreasing rounds as well.  For shorter heads, use fewer rounds between r3 and r25.