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Bev's "Warm-Me Hat"
Copyright Beverly A. Qualheim 2009 Created for Southern NV chapter of WARMING FAMILIES
Ages
1-4 use a G hook and baby or sport weight yarn.
Size pictured Ages 5-10 use G hook and worsted weight yarn
The tri color hat was crocheted using "Feel Good
Yarn" donated by LandsEnd to Warming Families Chapters
for this project! Thanks LandsEnd!
Abbreviations used : Rnd = round ch = chain; st = stitch; sl st = slip stitch; dc = double crochet; FPDC = front post double crochet
AGES 5-10 with (teens/womens) (mens)
G hook and 2 oz of
worsted weight yarn, 3 oz for bigger sizes.
Ch 4, join to form
a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc),
do 13
more dcs inside ring., join with a sl st in top of the first dc.
Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in base of same
stitch, *(dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc) repeat from * around.
Dc
in base of the ch 3, join with a sl st in top of the 1st dc. (21 dcs)
Rnds 3 and 4: Repeat rnd 2. (32 dcs)
(41 dcs)
(for teens/womens hat
do another row of increase ; for men do 2 more
rows of increase)
Rnds 5 - 12: Ch 3, dc in base
of 1st dc and in each dc around including in base of the ch 3, join
with a sl st in top of the 1st dc.
(Teens
and women: Rnd 6 - 13: Ch 3, dc
in base
of 1st dc and in each dc around including in base of the ch 3, join
with a sl st in top of the 1st dc.)
(For Men: Rnd 7-14: Ch 3, dc
in base of 1st dc and in each dc around, including in the base of the
ch 3; join with a sl st in the top of the 1st dc.)
BRIM
Rnds 13 - 18: Ch 3, FPDC in each dc around. Do not FPDC in
the Ch 3 though. Join and
end off. Weave extra yarn through stitches several times and cut.
(Larger hat for teens and women: Rnd 14 - 20 and men: Rnds 15 - 21: Ch 3, FPDC in each dc around. Do not FPDC in the Ch 3. Join and end off. Weave extra yarn through stitches several times and cut.
