Steps
- Obtain Yarn in the color of your choice. One skein should be sufficient.
- Obtain a crochet hook the right size for your yarn weight.
- Begin to crochet in the round.
- Continue until the round is as large as the top of your head (or of the head you wish to cover...)
- Stop "increasing" the stitches slowly. Instead of two crochet per loop, do two crochet only every other loop for several rounds... until the round is of a size to slide comfortably over your skull (or the head of the person for whom you are crocheting.)
- From this point, the number of rounds you crochet will determine the height of the hat.
- Crochet sufficient rounds to reach your ears. 3-4 should do.
- Test fit.
- Crochet a brim by increasing rounds again. Several consecutive increasing rows will yield a floppy brim, while increasing a few rows and then stopping the increase for a few more will yield a brim that will roll up slightly at the edges.
Tips
- A large crochet hook will make looser crochet stitches and a floppier hat, while a smaller hook will make tighter crochet stitches and therefore a stiffer and warmer hat.
Things You Will Need
- Yarn in your choice of colors. It is best to keep them all of the same weight, but one "can" mix thicknesses for a more interesting (and difficult to make) hat.
- Crochet Hook
- time.
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