Touch of Spring Hat | Free Crochet Pattern | My Hobby is Crochet

The "Touch of Spring" Hat is an easy crochet hat made with double crochet stitches.
This hat is worked top down in joined rounds, finished with a star stitch border and embellished with cute crochet flower appliques.

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Touch of Spring Hat

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SIZE:

3-5 years (to fit 20″ circumference)
Hat circumference: 48 cm - 50 cm
Hat height: 17 cm

For smaller/bigger sizes work less/more increase rounds for the crown and less/more rounds for the body of the hat.

SUPPLIES:

- Caron Simply Soft yarn (color A); yarn weight Aran/ 10 ply, approx. 70 g.

- small amount of Caron Simply Soft Paints for the star stitch border (color B)

- small amount of Caron Simply Soft yarn in 3 other colors for the flowers

- 5 mm crochet hook for the hat and 4.5 mm crochet hook for the flowers

- tapestry needle to sew in the ends.

GAUGE:

15dc and 8 rounds = 10 x10 cm (4 inches x 4 inches)

STITCHES AND ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMS)

ch: chain
sc: single crochet
hdc: half double crochet
dc: double crochet
sl st: slip stitch

Special stitches:

- csdc: Chainless starting double crochet: see this Tutorial by Moogly

- The Star Stitch, explained in the pattern. (See my Video Tutorial

NOTES: To have pretty seamless rounds, the increase rounds (for the crown of the hat) are started with the chainless starting double crochet (csdc).

HAT INSTRUCTIONS:

Using a 5 mm crochet hook start with a magic ring.

Round 1: work 1 csdc and 11 dc into ring; join with slst to top of csdc. (12 sts)
Alternative: ch2 (will not be counted as a stitch), 12 dc into ring; join with sl st to top of first dc. (12 sts)

Round 2: csdc, 1dc in same stitch, 2dc in each of the next 11sts, join with slst in the top of the first dc. (24 stitches)

Round 3: csdc, 1dc in same stitch, 1dc in next st, *2dc in next st, 1dc in next st*, repeat from * to * around, slst in the top of the first dc. (36 stitches)

Round 4: csdc, 1dc in same stitch, 1dc in each of next 2 sts, *2dc in next st, 1dc in each of next 2 sts*, repeat from * to * around, slst in the top of the first dc. (48 stitches)

Round 5: csdc, 1dc in same stitch, 1dc in each of next 3 sts, *2dc in next st, 1dc in each of next 3 sts*, repeat from * to * around, slst in the top of the first dc. (60 stitches)

Rounds 6 – 13: ch2 (does not count as a st), 1dc into same st, 1dc into each st around, sl st to top of first dc. (60 sts)
At the end of round 13 sl st with color B to top of first dc!

Star Stitch Border

See my Picture Tutorial in this post!!)

a) The first star stitch: Continue with color B and ch 3, insert hook into 2nd ch from hook, pull up a loop; insert hook into 3rd ch from hook, pull up a loop;

insert hook into first st, pull up a loop;

insert hook into 2nd st, pull up a loop;

insert hook into 3rd st, pull up a loop;

having 6 loops on hook, yo and pull through all 6 loops on hook;

ch 1 to close the star stitch.

b) Making the second star stitch:

Insert hook into ch 1 on top of start stitch just made, pull up a loop;

insert hook under the 2 bars of last spike of the star just made, pull up a loop;

insert hook into same st where last loop of previous star was made, pull up a loop;

(insert hook into next st, pull up a loop) x 2 times

having 6 loops on hook, yo and pull through all 6 loops on hook;

ch 1 to close the star stitch.

For the next 28 stars of the round repeat all the steps from b); before the last star you will have one stitch left. At the last star of the row, to make the last bar you will insert the hook under ch 3 at beginning of the row. Join with sl st into top of ch 3 at beginning of row. (30 stars)

Last round: sl st to ch1 on top of first star, ch 1, 2 hdc in same st, 2 hdc into ch1 of each star around; sl st to top of first hdc. (60 sts)
Cut yarn. Fasten off.

Flower Pattern:

(Make 2 flowers using the colors of your choice.)

Flower center:

With a 4.5 mm hook and yarn color C make a magic ring. 5 hdc into ring, join with sl st to top of first hdc. Cut yarn. Fasten off.

Flower petals:

Join yarn color D into top of a hdc of the flower center.
*ch 2, 3 dc in same st, ch 2, sl st into next st *, repeat from * to * 5 times. (5 petals made).
Cut yarn leaving a long tail to sew the flowers on the hat. Fasten off. Sew the flowers on the hat.

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