How to Make a Bobble Stitch Crochet Hat With Ear Flaps
Add some bobble stitches to a basic crocheted hat with ear flaps to add textural interest to a plain hat. Bobbles lend addition warmth to a garment because of the air pockets inside the stitches. Like its cousins the popcorn and cluster stitches, a bobble require more yarn than plain double crochets. Worked with two strands of yarn, this earflap hat is extra warm and is easy to make. You can make one in an evening and wear it the next morning to go to work, to class or to hunt.
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Things You'll Need
- 5 ounces worsted weight yarn
- Crochet hook US size P
- Safety pin
- Scissors
Instructions
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Main Hat
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Wind the yarn into two equal-sized balls. Hold two strands of yarn together and use the crochet hook to make three chain stitches. Join them with a slip stitch to form a ring.
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Chain three stitches. Work five double crochets into the ring. Join the last stitch of the round with the beginning stitch using a slip stitch.
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Chain three stitches. Make two double crochet stitches in each stitch of the round. End with a slip stitch into the beginning chain.
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Chain three stitches. Work two double crochets in each stitch of the round. Slip stitch to the beginning chain. Chain three, then make two double crochets in the first stitch of the new round.
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Form a bobble stitch by making five double crochets in the next stitch. Remove the hook from the loop. Reinsert the hook from the front to the back of the first double crochet and then into the front of the fifth double crochet's loop. Draw its loop through the one from the first double crochet. Chain one to secure the bobble stitch.
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Work two double crochets in the following stitch and a bobble stitch in the next one. Alternate these steps to the end of the round. End with a slip stitch into the starting chain.
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Work the next three rounds in double crochet, the work evenly spaced bobble stitches as desired. On the next round, chain three and work 26 double crochets in from the last row.
Ear Flaps
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Turn your work so the wrong side is facing you. Work three chain stitches, then double crochet in the next 26 stitches.
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Turn your work to the right side. Chain three stitches and work double crochets in the next 26 stitches.Turn the hat to the wrong side again.
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Chain three stitches and work two double crochets in the next two stitches. Make one double crochet. Slip stitch into the following stitch. Cut the yarn with the scissors and fasten it off. Mark this last stitch with the safety pin.
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Turn back to the right side and attach the yarn to the opposite side to make the other earflap. Chain three stitches, then make two double crochets in each of the next two stitches. Double crochet in the following stitch, then make a slip stitch in the next one.
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Turn to the wrong side. Chain two stitches. Make a double crochet in the edge stitch of the hat, starting with the right ear flap. Work double crochets in the stitches around the face area, ending at the safety pin at the left ear flap.
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Work single crochets in the stitches at the back of the hat from one ear flap to the other. Cut the yarn and fasten it off. Attach the yarn at the inside edge of the right ear flap and chain enough stitches to make a cord 9-inches long. Repeat on the other ear flap.
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Tips & Warnings
Add pompoms or bells to the ends of the tie cords.
References
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