The editor of the Afrikaans magazine I design for, requested a poofy hat. When I sent a photo of myself wearing the hat to my testers, one person said the hat looked like a crown. When I modelled the hat on Facebook in a life video, Heidi Wahl also said it looks like a crown and called me The Yarn Queen. So there is a hat that will make you feel like the yarn queen!
Requirements
- ± 400 m DK (±200 m / 100 g)
- 4.00 mm crochet hook (use a smaller hook than usual to give the hat firmer shape)
Abbreviations
- ch – chain stitch
- dc – double crochet
- foll – following
- fpdc – front post double crochet
- hdc – half double crochet
- rep – repeat
- rnd – round
- sk – skip
- ss – slip stitch
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- tdc – twisted double crochet (starting dc)
- tog – together
Pattern
Start with a double magic loop. Crochet round 1 in the circle before closing.
Round 1:
tdc 1, dc 14, ss in the tdc to close the round (= 15 sts).
Round 2:
tdc 1, fpdc 1 around the same st, *dc 1, fpdc 1 around the same st, rep from * to end, ss in tdc to close the round (= 30 sts).
Round 3:
tdc 1, dc 1 in the same st, fpdc 1, *dc 2 in foll st, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in tdc to close the round (= 45 sts).
Round 4:
tdc 1, dc 1 in the same st, dc 1, fpdc 1, *dc 2 in foll st, dc 1, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in tdc to close the round (= 60 sts).
Round 5:
tdc 1, fpdc 1, *dc 1, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in tdc to close the round (= 60 sts).
Round 6:
tdc 1, dc 1 in the same st, fpdc 1, dc 1, fpdc 1, *dc 2 in foll st, fpdc 1, dc 1, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in tdc to close the round (= 75 sts).
Round 7:
tdc 1, dc 1, fpdc 1, dc 2 in foll st, fpdc 1, *dc 2, fpdc 1, dc 2 in foll st, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in tdc to close the round (= 90 sts).
Round 8:
tdc 1, dc 1 in the same st, dc 1, fpdc 1, dc 2, fpdc 1, *dc 2 in foll st, dc 1, fpdc 1, dc 2, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in tdc to close the round (= 105 sts).
Round 9:
tdc 1, dc 2, fpdc 1, dc 2 in foll st, dc 1, fpdc 1, *dc 3, fpdc 1, dc 2 in foll st, dc 1, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in tdc to close the round (= 120 sts).
Round 10:
tdc 1, dc 2 in foll st, dc 1, fpdc 1, *dc 1, dc 2 in foll st, dc 1, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in tdc to close the round (= 150 sts).
Round 11:
tdc 1, dc 1 in the same st, dc 3, fpdc 1, *dc 2 in foll st, dc 3, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in tdc to close the round (= 180 sts).
Round 12:
tdc 1, dc 4, fpdc 1, *dc 5, fpdc 1, rep from * to end (= 180 sts).
Rrepeat round 12 three times, but ss in the stitch AFTER the tdc at the end of round 15.
Round 16:
tdc 1, dc 3, fpdc 1, *sk 1, dc 4, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in the st AFTER the tdc to close the round (= 150 sts).
Round 17:
tdc 1, dc 2, fpdc 1, *sk 1, dc 3, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in the st AFTER the tdc to close the round (= 120 sts).
Round 18:
tdc 1, dc 1, fpdc 1, *sk 1, dc 2, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in the tdc to close the round (= 90 sts).
Round 19:
tdc 1, dc 1, fpdc 1, *dc 2, fpdc 1, rep from * to end, ss in the tdc to close the round (= 90 sts).
Round 20:
ch 1 (does not count as st), hdc 1 in the same st, hdc 1 in each st to end, ss in 1st hdc to close the round (= 90 sts).
Round 21:
as round 20 (= 90 sts).
Try on the hat. If the bottom part fits well, leave out round 22. If the bottom part is too loose, crochet round 22.
Round 22:
ch 1 (does not count as st), hdc 1 in the same st, hdc 3, hdc2tog, *hdc 4, hdc2tog, rep from * to end, ss in 1st hdc to close the round (= 75 sts).
Round 23:
ch 1 (does not count as st), hdc 1 in the same st, hdc 1 in each st to end, e/off and close the rnd with an invisible join (= 75 sts).
Weave away all the tails and wear it like a queen!
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