Instructions on how to crochet a hat for girls with a head circumference of 50-52 cm.
Video Instruction
Text Instruction
What do we need?
2 rolls – 50g of yarn
4mm crochet hook
Sewing needle
Scissors
Measuring tape
Shell pattern instructions
Work 6 double crochet together into 3 stitches (2 of each double crochet into one stitch), chain 2
Instructions – Hat
Chain 4 and close the ring with a slip stitch
1: chain 3, 10 double crochet into the ring, slip stitch into the 3rd chain from the beginning
2: chain 3, 1 double crochet into the stitch of the series of chains, 2 double crochet into each following stitch in the ring, slip stitch into the 3rd chain from the beginning (22 stitches)
3: chain 3, 1 double crochet into the stitch of the series of chains, * 2 double crochet into the following stitch, 1 double crochet into the next stitch * (repeat from * to * until the end of the ring), slip stitch into the 3rd chain from the beginning (33 stitches)
4: chain 3, 1 double crochet into each of the following 2 stitches starting in the series of chains, * 2 double crochet into the following stitch, 1 double crochet into the next 2 stitches * (repeat from * to * until the end of the ring), slip stitch into the 3rd chain from the beginning (44 stitches)
5: chain 3, 1 double crochet into each of the following 3 stitches starting in the series of chains, * 2 double crochet into the following stitch, 1 double crochet into the next 3 stitches * (repeat from * to * until the end of the ring), slip stitch into the 3rd chain from the beginning (55 stitches)
6: chain 3, 1 double crochet into each of the following 4 stitches starting in the series of chains, * 2 double crochet into the following stitch, 1 double crochet into the next 4 stitches * (repeat from * to * until the end of the ring), slip stitch into the 3rd chain from the beginning (66 stitches)
7: chain 3, 1 double crochet into each of the following 5 stitches starting in the series of chains, * 2 double crochet into the following stitch, 1 double crochet into the next 5 stitches * (repeat from * to * until the end of the ring), slip stitch into the 3rd chain from the beginning (77 stitches)
Check the diameter with the measuring tape – it should be around 16cm now.
If you want to have a bigger head circumference, just continue the pattern to increase the diameter before proceeding with 8.
8: chain 3, shell pattern until the end of the ring, slip stitch into the 3rd chain from the beginning
9: chain 1, 1 single crochet into each stitch, slip stitch into the chain from the beginning
10-17: repeat rings 8 and 9
18-19: chain 3, 1 double crochet into each stitch, slip stitch into the 3rd chain from the beginning
Cut, secure and hide the thread.