Last Saturday, I checked out a couple of thrift stores with my daughter. We love thrift stores, for their quirkiness and, of course, great prices. Because she's an artist, too, we're always looking for things we can recycle and reuse, so we browse through the area where patterns, fabric, yarns, etc. are packaged up and put out for sale. On this particular trip, I was thrilled to discover a bag with two skeins of sport weight yarn that looked very soft, and upon investigating the tags (thank you, whoever donated it, for leaving those on!), I discovered that one skein was 50/50 alpaca/silk and the other was wool/rayon. Ooooh...the softness! The price? $3.99 for both skeins was too good to pass up. So, even though I've set myself a "rule" (no going to the yarn store until my stash is mostly used up), I had to have it. And technically, I didn't "go to the yarn store." (We knitters/crocheters can justify anything when it comes to yearning for yarn!)
Of course, once I opened it up and felt it, I had to wind it and use it. They were short skeins, so I knew I'd have to make something small. This hat was born.
I posted the picture on my knitting forum (www.knittingparadise.com) and got such a warm response and so many requests for the pattern that I've decided to make it free and post it here. It's a bit "loose" (24" in circumference), and I tend to make a lot of hats that way since I want them to fit most everyone, and if I'm wearing it, I have to compensate for lots of poofy hair! As always, I had a lot of fun with it and am getting more comfortable with writing crochet instructions. Though I've crocheted for about three times as long as I've knitted, I find that I don't design much crochet--perhaps that will change now!
If you do make the hat, please give me feedback on it, so I know if I'm going in the right direction. I'd love to see pictures, too, for color choices. I plan to make a "scrappy" version as well (still busting that stash!), and I'll post the color scheme for that with pictures once it's done. Now, without further ado, here's the pattern--enjoy!
Dual Color Crochet Hat
By Sorlenna’s Studio
Materials: Fingering or sport weight yarn, approximately 110 yards of color A and 85 yards color B (Model stitched with Blue Sky Alpaca/Silk [50/50], slate and Berroco Softwist [59% rayon/41% wool], Kale); size G hook or size needed for gaug, stitch marker if desired for end of round
Gauge: 16 sc and 19 rows = 4”
Finished size: 7 ¼” high and 24” circumference (hat will be a bit loose for smaller heads; if you want it a bit smaller, use a hook the next sizesmaller)
Hat is worked in rounds. Ch 1 at beginning of round does not count as first stitch of round; other chs do count as one stitch in increase rounds. When round instructions indicate one color, continue working in that color until pattern notes to change.
Round 1: With color A, ch 2 loosely. Work 8 sc in first ch. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1.
Round 2: Work 2 hdc in each sc around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (16 sts)
Round 3: Hdc in first stitch, 2 hdc in next stitch. *Hdc in next stitch, 2 hdc in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (24 sts)
Round 4: *Hdc, ch 1, skip next st, [hdc, ch 1] in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (32 sts)
Round 5: With color B, *Sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain). Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (32 sts)
Round 6: With color A, *hdc in next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (40 sts)
Round 7: With color B, *[hdc, ch 1, skip next st] twice, [hdc, ch 1] in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (48 sts)
Round 8: With color A, *Sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain). Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (48 sts)
Round 9: With color B, *hdc in next 5 sts, 2 hdc in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (56 sts)
Round 10: *[hdc, ch 1, skip next st] 3 times, [hdc, ch 1] in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (64 sts)
Round 11: With color A, *Sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain). Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (64 sts)
Round 12: *Hdc in next 7 sts, 2 hdc in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (72 sts)
Round 13: *Hdc in next 8 sts, 2 hdc in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (80 sts)
Round 14: With color B, *Hdc, ch 1, skip next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (80 sts)
Round 15: With color A, *[sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain)] 4 times, sc in next stitch, 2 dc in hdc one row below. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (88 sts)
Round 16: With color B, hdc in each stitch around. (88 sts)
Round 17: With color A, *hdc in next 10 sts, 2 hdc in next stitch (96 sts).
Round 18: With color B, *hdc in next stitch, ch 1, skip next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1.
Round 19: With color A, *Sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain). Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1.
Round 20: With color A, *hdc in next stitch, ch 1, skip next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1.
Round 21: With color B, *Sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain). Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1.
Rounds 22-25: Repeat rounds 18-21.
Round 26: With color A, repeat round 18.
Round 27: With color B, repeat round 19.
Rounds 28-31: Repeat rounds 26 and 27 twice.
Round 32: With color A, sc in each stitch around.
Round 33: With color B, sc in each stitch around.
Round 34: Repeat round 32.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Update! The scrappy version is done, and the color scheme is what I used, though you can feel free to do your own thing!
Scrap Version (Stained Glass effect)
Work color scheme using one main color and various colors as follows (CC denotes contrasting color):
Round 1: With MC, ch 2 loosely. Work 8 sc in first ch. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1.
Round 2: Work 2 hdc in each sc around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (16 sts)
Round 3: Hdc in first stitch, 2 hdc in next stitch. *Hdc in next stitch, 2 hdc in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (24 sts)
Round 4: *Hdc, ch 1, skip next st, [hdc, ch 1] in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (32 sts)
Round 5: With CC, *Sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain). Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (32 sts)
Round 6: With MC, *hdc in next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (40 sts)
Round 7: With CC, *[hdc, ch 1, skip next st] twice, [hdc, ch 1] in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (48 sts)
Round 8: With MC, *Sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain). Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (48 sts)
Round 9: *hdc in next 5 sts, 2 hdc in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (56 sts)
Round 10: *[hdc, ch 1, skip next st] 3 times, [hdc, ch 1] in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (64 sts)
Round 11: With CC, *Sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain). Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (64 sts)
Round 12: With MC, *Hdc in next 7 sts, 2 hdc in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (72 sts)
Round 13: *Hdc in next 8 sts, 2 hdc in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (80 sts)
Round 14: With CC, *Hdc, ch 1, skip next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (80 sts)
Round 15: With CC, *[sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain)] 4 times, sc in next stitch, 2 dc in hdc one row below. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (88 sts)
Round 16: With CC, hdc in each stitch around. (88 sts)
Round 17: With MC, *hdc in next 10 sts, 2 hdc in next stitch (96 sts).
Round 18: *hdc in next stitch, ch 1, skip next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1.
Round 19: With CC, *Sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain). Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1.
Round 20: With MC, *hdc in next stitch, ch 1, skip next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1.
Round 21: With CC, *Sc in hdc, dc in hdc one row below (over chain). Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1.
Rounds 22-25: Repeat rounds 18-21, varying colors or order of CC as desired.
Round 26: With MC, repeat round 18.
Round 27: With CC, repeat round 19.
Rounds 28-31: Repeat rounds 26 and 27 twice.
Round 32: With MC, sc in each stitch around.
Round 33: With CC, sc in each stitch around.
Round 34: Repeat round 32.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Thank you so much for sharing. I can't wait to start ;D
ReplyDeleteRedhook here, Got some teal and yellow to do your dual colors in.
ReplyDeleteHi Sorlenna, Thank you for posting the dual colour hat. I have started it tonight and I cannot understand the instruction on row 5. I have tried a few things but no luck! Is it a technique I can look up or can you explain it for a not so pattern wise crafter? Thanks a million. Triona
ReplyDeleteHi--I'll try to clarify: You will make a sc in the next stitch as usual, and then for the next stitch, [dc in hdc one row below (over chain)] means that instead of making the dc in the chain from row 4, you work the stitch into the stitch below the chain in row 3. Yo, insert the hook into the stitch in row 3, pull up the look and work the dc. I hope that clarifies it.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love this pattern thank you for sharing. I will send a pic of my colors as you asked its the least I could do!
ReplyDeleteLove the scrappy version! I think I will try it with a mix of worsted and novelty yarns, like a fun fur or yarn with nubs. Thank you so much for sharing your talent!
ReplyDeleteCute hats. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI am also having trouble with row 5. I understand the dbl in the next row down over the chain. What I don't understand is what to do with the chain between the hdcs that are next to each other with no free stitch between. Unless I've done row 4 wrong...again. But it's the only way I can figure to do row 4 and end up with 32 stitches. HELP! : {
ReplyDeleteHaving same issue with row 4. If the person crochets *Hdc, ch 1, skip next st, [hdc, ch 1] in next stitch. Repeat from * , directly from the latter stitch to the beginning of the around again, there will be no space, and the only way to obtain 32 stitches. When beginning round 5, then there is no stitch below into row 3 unless you make the HDC inbetween the 2 HDC's from row 4 that are between 2 hdc's in row 3.
ReplyDeleteHello to you both, and thanks for your interest in the pattern! You're right, D.L.W. The "space" in that case is actually the same stitch from the row below, so you'll make the stitch there. I'm sorry if that was confusing, and I hope that clears it up.
ReplyDeleteI'm not understanding how you go from 24 stitches in row 3 to 32 stitches in row 4. I've followed the pattern and still come up with 24 stitches... Please help
ReplyDeleteHI, Caroline. When you do Row 4, note the brackets:
ReplyDeleteRound 4: *Hdc, ch 1, skip next st, [hdc, ch 1] in next stitch. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to first sc, ch 1. (32 sts)
For the first set of hdc, ch 1, you skip the next stitch to 'even up' with the chain, but when you do the part in brackets, you do not skip the stitch. Since the hdc + ch 1 is in the same stitch, that is where the increase happens. Count those chains as stitches when you complete the row, and that should give you 32. I hope that clears up the row, and thanks for your interest in my pattern! :)
I am a novice with crochet and just starting to try out more challenging patterns. My question is when changing colors of yard do you join them, or do you somehow have both colors going at the same time?
ReplyDeleteWhen I work with two colors, I generally carry the yarn I'm not using. What that means is that I will loop the new color under the one I'm dropping and leave it hanging while I work with the new color for the round. If that's not quite clear, you can look up "carrying yarn in crochet" on youtube and find a visual demonstration. Happy crocheting!
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